Biology 306 started this week, which means we’ve been getting our feet wet in the field- literally! We are typically lecturing mid morning and entering marshes either early morning at low tide or early afternoon to obtain water and soil samples. The class has been very hands on and we have beneficially been able to see what we learn within the classroom outside in the field. It has been a lot of work, but a good ride so far. I’ll let you know how Nantucket is next week when I’m a little more sleep deprived from hitting the books 🙂

Rubio and Nicole Folger’s Marsh

This week, we wrapped up hydrology. We will be missing Professor Douglas and learning about the water cycle. In hydrology, we had a guest speaker named Crystal who has worked with NASA and she treated all the students to Kitty Murtagh’s, which was awesome. The test Friday covered material throughout the short semester, I hope everyone does well on it. Gotta start my biology reading, so more updates down the road!

As the semester continues, the responsibility of work begins to dawn more and more with each passing day. Students are becoming more involved in their projects as reading becomes more intensive for the dedicated amateur environmentalists. The group’s educational focus right now is hydrology and independent study/capstone. We took a field trip in hydrology this week and got to check out the island, which was stunning as always and next weekend is a field trip to a wildlife preserve- yay! Pooped from capstone reading, so that is all for now folks, tune in next week for some more action packed reviewing of Nantucket’s living lab.