Most likely my last post ever

Well, this blog is to tell about Mr. Welton. He is my marine biology teacher, an avid hunter and an independent thinker. He says the craziest things and showed us some animal on animal porn. That was a little weird but its nature. I can't complain cause he has been a pretty good teacher, he was easy on us and I like that. Although he ditched Joe at the prom I still have respect for him. Keep on keepin on Mr. Welton.

Marine Biology Last Day

Today is my last day of Marine Biology!!!! I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Not only because it is my last day in marine bio but tomorrow is my last full day of High school. Overall marine biology has been an alright class. I have to tell you though; sometimes I had no idea what Mr. Welton was talking about, and during those presentations I had no idea what was going on. Cleaning and setting up the tanks was alright except for the part where you smell like ass. Oh well, it was worth it.

BYE MARINE BIO

THIS IS THE LINK TO MY ARTICLE

http://caliber.ucpress.net/doi/abs/10.1641/0006-3568(2004)054%5B0297:MFPCCF%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Yet again...another marine bio post

Hey, well monday will be my last class of marine biology ever. Im pretty excited for that. Its going to be nice to not have to come to school anymore. I never got to get my octopus and that makes me a little upset by oh well. Its been a good run, and now its over!!!! YES

Another Marin Bio Entry

today in marine biology I gave a presentation on marine fish populations collapses. It was pretty beast. My pictures were pretty much the best. We also watched jon's powerpoint that was about the giant squid, and shaundra's was about the power of a shark bite which was pretty interesting.

almost done.

Marine biology

well apparently I dont have enough posts on edline so I am going to do a few. This week in marine biology Mr. Welton was gone. He left us to go on a field trip and gave us some project to do while he was gone. The project was to find some very uninteresting article on google scholar and analyze it and make a slideshow presentation. Boy, I can't tell you how much fun I had working on this project (good thing you can't hear sarcasm on the internet).

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118141900.htm

Marine Biology: The final countdown

Well, with only 7 days of school left there is not a lot of time left in marine biology. This will probably be my second to last blog. This week in Marine Biology we learned how to check our water's pH level, Nitrate level, and Ammonia level. We also made sure that the specific gravity or what not was correct. Mine turned out to be 1.025 which is normal. We also finished filling our tanks and started filtering them. This week we have a long project which I have no idea what it is about. I'll figure it out. That is all.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090426094127.htm

MARINE BIOOOOOOOOO HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!

Before spring break the Marine Biology class went to the Omaha Zoo and got to take a behind the scenes tour of the aquarium. The aquarium at the Omaha Zoo is pretty cool. They have things like crabs, penguins, sharks and many other very interesting organisms. The coolest thing that I saw was the leafy sea dragon. That thing looked so cool but it also looked very fragile. The sharks were also very cool. You walk under this giant walkway and the sharks swim right over you. The omaha zoo also has crazy lions, tigers and exotic cats. During spring break I enjoyed sleeping in and hanging out with friends. I hung out with my friend who wants to go to Hawaii Atlantic University to study marine biology. Well thats all I have to say today. PEACE

HAPPY HOLIDAY!!!!!!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418084432.htm

Nematodes!!!!!!!! Fo sho'

Nematodes are the most diverse phylum pseudocoelomates, and one of the most diverse of animals. There are over 80,000 different types of Nematodes and around 15,000 look to be parasitic. A Nematode is a type of round worm. Round worms are bilaterally symetric, triploblastic prostomes and a complete digestive system. They dont have a circulatory or resperatory system. They breathe through a function called diffusion.

which have four juvenile stages. An alternate form of the fourth stage juvenile, often called the "preadult" stage, is a unique resistant or survival stage in which the stylet is reduced and nonfunctional or absent and therefore does not feed. the preadults molt rapidly and begin feeding when placed near a plant root, perhaps due to some chemical compound released from the root. They are free-living species.

Nematodes help and destroy plants. There is one type that attacks cutworms from plants and then another type that attacks the plants. Nematodes are pretty cool. There are a lot of different species so they will probably find some more soon.

I'm Still alive and I'm still in Marine Biology!!!

Hello out there in Marine Biology land,

I am still here. Today in class we set up our aquariums and we put water in them. We have had some time to put corral and other cool things into them also. They are looking good. I am very excited to be able to purchase my fish and raise it. I have to start thinking of some names.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090320-robot-fish-video.html?source=rss

Thats Cool!!!

BLOGGING AGAIN

Well, this week in marine biology we only had one class. We wrote an essay and then we didn't have class on wednesday because of Mitzvah day. Last week we went to the pet store. We didn't buy fish but we looked at different kinds. We saw all kinds of fish, the pirañas were my favorite. Then we also saw this parrot that was extremely annoying and Mr. Welton thought that it had control of us. He also thinks that we are trained to think that puppies are cute. He has a reason for everything.

There is so much out there.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121657.htm

ALGAE IS SUPER DANK!!! whoaaa!

Algae are very important to our world. They produce more oxygen then more plants in the world, put together. Algae is also used in many products that we use today. Vitamins, they are used to treat stomach ulcers, lung aiments,  high blood pressure, arthritis, and other health issues. Algae are also used in food products such as: pickled relish, salad dressing, ice cream and candy bars, dip, egg nog, syrup and chow mein. They are also used in gelatin, adhesives, hand lotion, toothpaste and finger paint. Algae play a major role in the ocean as well as in the life of humans.

ALGAE!!!!!

BLOG UPDATE FOR DANKNESS

This week in Marine Biology, we had a power point about the soul producers for the ocean. We talked about crazy species that survive and produce energy and I can't remember the names of them. We were going to go to the pet store on friday, but since Mrs. Gould was not at school, we couldn't get permission. So instead of going to a pet store, we watched "The Planet Earth"

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090223150331.htm

This is a pretty cool article about a species with tube eyes and a transparent head. 

Pompeii Worm Symbiosis is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

21 years after the first discovery of a hydrothermal vent, scientists discovered the most heat-tolerant species in the world. Alvinella pompejana, or the pompeii worm. They were discovered by french researchers in the 1980's and known as deep-sea polychaetes. They can reach up to 5 inches in length. Their tail end sits in temperatures of 176 degrees Fahrenheit!!!!! scientists are trying to figure out how the pompeii worm can stand that high of heat. Living in a symbiotic relationship, the worms secrete mucous from tiny glands on their backs to feed the bacteria, and in return they are protected by some degree of insulation. The bacteria have also been discovered to be chemolithotrophic, contributing to the ecology of the vent community.

Blogage on marine biology....sweet

Wednesday Mr. Welton came in with a surprise. It wasn't $100,000 but it was close. We got our own AQUARIUMS!!!!! YEAH, and they STANK! I came out of class smelling like vinegar and fish poop. Its okay because when I get my B.A. octopus it will be all good. Im very excited (not lying) to set up my Aquarium. I have a few plans, ya know the whole castle and volcano, and mercedes benz and pool. It'll be the coolest fish tank in the class, just because im cool like that.

Chiggity check this article 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107134539.htm

WHOA!!! MARINE BIOLOGY

So this week in Marine Biology We took a trip outside, it was very cold. We looked at these rocks that had shell fossils in them and you could see that the whole midwest was once an ocean. Thats crazy to think. We came back into the room and watched a movie about evolution. It was pretty cool. 

Here is a cool article about discovering 3 new species of marine life.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204140630.htm

CRAZY MARINE BIOLOGY DANKNESS BLOG WEEK 2

Well when I was in Marine Biology class we went through a powerpoint presentation on the marine life, and about how Mr. Welton doesn't like to eat some types of seafood, because apparently they eat poop, so he doesn't want to eat poop. We also wrote a one page paper about the first chapter. Mine was on how the technology has improved over the past two-hundred years. I hope we get to buy our fish soon, I want to get an octopus, That would be B.A.

Blog Out homie.

Check out this crazy cool article on PLANKTON!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/p/plankton.htm

Marine Biology is Dank

well, on friday in marine biology we talked about organisms of the sea and about the flip ship that goes on its side when they are doing research. We also kind of talked about the advancement in technology for learning about marine life. I thought that it was very interesting.

This link goes to a really good article on sciencedaily.com about coral bleaching. 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/articles/c/coral_bleaching.htm

This was the flip ship.