Internship week 10:

Helped guide the class to the Vester Marine Lab. Once there I did my best to explain the research projects available to see in progress. Then we unloaded the canoes and hit the water, for a tour around the mangrove inlets. I helped Sarah give a lecture about mangrove ecology and tried to link concepts back to previous examples discussed for freshwater wetlands. That day I definitely experienced both the pros and cons of trying to teach in the field. On the negative side, my mangrove lecture was horribly upstaged by a passing dolphin. But was brought back when I was able to let the students experience the way that black mangroves deal with excess salt, by excreting it through their leaves. I passed around handfuls of leaves to the class and told them to lick the backs...they all thought this was great :)