Its now 5 weeks into the program and I cannot believe how fast time is passing by. These 5 weeks have been very eventful, from educational field trips to dealing with the intense blizzards/snow storms. This past week, as part of our Hydrology class, we were able to go on a tour with Emily McKinnon of the Nantucket Land Council. She lead us around the island to take monthly water level measurements. Then in class we used Darcy’s law (which is an equation that describes the flow of a liquid through a porous material) to find out Nantucket’s groundwater flux, seepage velocity and travel time. With that information we also created a contour map of Nantucket groundwater. It was an amazing learning experience, and I would like to give an special thanks to Emily Mckinnon for the tour.