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Students use yarn to create a mangrove food web or a series of interconnected food chains.

This student was so excited to hold a crab for the first time.

A student answers questions on her activity worksheet while on a field trip to a mangrove forest.

William Knibb student stands next to the mangrove propagules to show the scale.

William Knibb students show off the food web animals that they represent.

William Knibb high schoolers learn about the different trophic levels in the mangrove food web. These two students (macroalgae and phytoplankton) are primary producers meaning they create their own food.

William Knibb student taking a closer look at turban snails. They have two antennae that help them to feel around their surroundings.

Students show off mangrove leaves they collected.

A student shows off his sketch of a mangrove leaf.

$Students taste a mangrove leaf -they\'re salty!$

A student holds up a fiddler crab, one of many species that makes its home in Jamaican mangrove forests.

Camilo Trench finds a tiny crab crawling around and though unexpected, he teaches students how small animals often live on other organisms like sponges and seaweed.

UWI Discovery Bay partner, Camilo Trench, teaching students from William Knibb High School about black mangroves.

University of the West Indies partner, Camilo Trench, explains how sea stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers are part of the Phylum Echinodermata.

Teachers at Willliam Knibb High School holding a sea urchin. Fulvia Nugent (right) is one of our JAMIN teachers.

Holland High School teachers, Cherrida Walters-Jackson and Gregory Peart examine a sea cucumber during professional development training.

A brittle star, a type of starfish, that we showed to teachers and students when talking about the organisms that live in the mangroves.

Holland High School grade 10 biology students concentrate on listening to a presentation about mangrove food webs.

JAMIN participants at Holland High School check out the small structures of a lettuce sea slug in the microviewer.

Biology students at Holland High School touch an anemone and find out that the tentacle are quite sticky.

Purple-tipped anemone that we brought to Holland and William Knibb high schools as part of a "What Lives in the Mangroves?" activity.

10th graders at William Knibb High School check out marine snails.

William Knibb student holds sea anemone and laughs as the tube feet start to move tickling his hand.

William Knibb students take a break from looking at mangrove organisms to take a group photo.

Students at William Knibb High School gently hold a sea cucumber and they mention that it feels slimmy.

William Knibb student (on the right) is explaining to her classmate that there are mirrors inside the microviewer that reflect the image of the animals inside.

Excited students at William Knibb High School ask for a photo with a sea anemone.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth, teaching Holland High School students how to graph their mangrove propagule growth data.

Alumni from Louisiana State University volunteer during their vacation to help remove old stumps and level soil at the JAMIN mangrove restoration site.

Volunteer Kayla Kimmel helps plant mangroves at the JAMIN mangrove restoration site in Falmouth, Jamaica.

Lauren Thayer, Lousiana State University Alumni, plants mangrove trees at the JAMIN mangrove restoration site in Falmouth, Jamaica.

Rachel Villani and Tamra Dardenne, Louisiana State University alumni, volunteer to help restore the mangrove ecosystem in Falmouth, Jamaica.

Kayla Kimmel takes time out from her vacation to restore the mangroves in Falmouth, Jamaica.

The students from the JAMIN program planted the shorter trees with the orange tags last year. They have grown so much in just one year!

University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Education and Outreach Coordinator, Shanna Thomas, squats to appreciate how much the mangroves have grown since last year.

The red mangrove propagules are growing tall at the Falmouth mangrove restoration site.

Partners from the University of the West Indies and the Living Oceans Foundation celebrate a day of hard with with volunteer alumni from Louisiana State University.

Group photo with students from Holland High School before we restored the mangroves

Tenth grade student from Holland High School pauses for a photo before she plants her mangrove propagule.

Students from Holland High School plant their mangrove seedlings at the restoration site in Falmouth, Jamaica.

Holland High School Biology students plant mangrove seedlings that they have been growing for the past 8 months.

A young lady from Holland High School proudly holds up her mangrove propagules.

Biology students from Holland High School say goodbye to their baby mangroves.

Holland High School Biology teacher Cherrida Walters gets her hands dirty and helps her students plant their mangroves.

Holland High School student helps carry one of the plant flats to the restoration site. Each individual propagule was tagged with flagging tape.

Students at Holland High School plant their mangroves carfully in the ground.

The mangrove propagules are planted about one inch deep in the soil. This student from Holland High School makes sure that her propagule is firmly planted in the ground.

Students from Holland High School take a break and pose for a group photo.

William Knibb High School Biology students tag their mangrove seedling with tape, so they can identify which type of media each one was planted in.

William Knibb High School Biology students group photo

William Knibb High School students get ready to plant their mangrove propagules at the Falmouth restoration site.

Students from William Knibb High School are excited to plant their mangroves propagules after caring for them for the past 8 months.

William Knibb High School science teachers proudly hold the JAMIN banner after another successful year.

William Knibb High School student cradles his mangrove propagule signifying all of the hard work that went into caring for this seedling.

Despite the rain, this student from William Knibb High School still has a smile on her face.

Hats are not only good for sun protection, but also shelter from the rain. This William Knibb High School student is getting a real-life field experience.

Students excitedly crowd around a science teacher from William Knibb High School for a quick photo.

Students from William Knibb High School find an open spot to plant their mangrove propagules. These students know that the propagules need space to grow.

Here is the aftermath of the restoration - orange, pink, and yellow tagged propagules!

Last year, students in the JAMIN program planted these black mangroves (tagged in orange). They are very healthy and growing tall.

Amy Heemsoth, the Foundation's Director of Education, proudly hands out certificates of partipation to the students at William Knibb High School

Amy Heemsoth, the Foundation's Director of Education, and William Knibb High School Biology teacher Fulvia Nugent, conduct a short JAMIN award ceremony for the students.

Amy Heemsoth Director of Education for the Foundation and Fulvia Nugent Biology Teacher at William Knibb High School celebrate another successful year of the JAMIN program.

Students at William Knibb High School hold up their certificates to celebrate a successful end of the JAMIN program.

William Knibb High School student sang a song in thanks for the JAMIN program. She is photographed here with the Foundation's Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth.

William Knibb High School student sings a song in thanks for the Foundation providing the opportunity for students from their school to participate in the JAMIN program.

Red mangroves at our new mangrove site at Seville Heritage Park in St. Ann's Bay.

Students from Marcus Garvey Technical School going on their first mangrove field trip to learn about this unique ecosystem.

10th grade Biology student from Marcus Garvey Technical School draws and labels the leaves of the three different mangrove trees in Jamaica.

Marcus Garvey Technical School J.A.M.I.N. participants at Seville Heritage Park mangroves.

Mangrove propagules (seedlings) that were planted during the first year of the J.A.M.I.N. program.

One of the many animals that lives in the mangroves – a fiddler crab.

Propagules (seedlings) from the black mangrove tree.

Red mangroves near the waters edge at the Falmouth mangrove forest.

Videographer Art Binkowski films an interview with Scientific Officer, Camilo Trench from the University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Lab.

A red mangrove tree with black mangrove pneumatophores (looks like sticks) popping out of the ground.

Wiliam Knibb High School J.A.M.I.N. year 2 participants at Falmouth mangrove site.

Student from William Knibb High School assists with the recovery of the drone.

Students from William Knibb High School were excited to help recover the drone after taking aerial shots of the mangrove forest.

Coal burning in Jamaica - mangrove and other trees are cut down and burned to make coal for local hotel and personal consumption.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth teachers students at Marcus Garvey about the three main adaptations of mangroves: reproduction, anaerobic sediment, and living in salt water.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth helps 10th grade Biology students from Marcus Garvey to identify the different mangroves species.

Students from Marcus Garvey put STEAM into action as they draw and label the different species of mangrove leaves. Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth helps to guide this process.

Students and Ms. Mackenzie lean in to see the BAM group photo that we took at Seville Heritage Park.

As part of the J.A.M.I.N. year 1 program, we take students from Marcus Garvey High School to Seville Heritage Park. This park is a cultural site where the remnants of old buildings still exists. This sign tells of a building that once stood there.

The remnants of an English warehouse that once stored sugar during the 1700's, which is located at Seville Heritage Park. This park is the location of the J.A.M.I.N. field trips for Marcus Garvey High School.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth poses for a photo with Shanna Thomas, Outreach Officer at the University of the West Indies Discovery Bay after a successful J.A.M.I.N. field trip to the mangroves.

An old windmill still stands at William Knibb High School to remind students of a time when slavery was a part of their culture and how William Knibb helped to free slaves.

William Knibb Memorial High School, a school participating in J.A.M.I.N., was named after an English Baptist Minister named William Knibb. He is honored for freeing slaves during the early 1800's.

Shanna Thomas (Outreach Officer, University of the West Indies), Amy Heemsoth (Director of Education, Living Oceans Foundation), and Fulvia Nugent (Science Teacher, William Knibb High School) stand at the entrance of the school.

We ended a successful day with a beautiful sunset in Falmouth, Jamaica.

Partners at the Living Oceans Foundation and University of the West Indies Discovery Bay make sure that all of the J.A.M.I.N. supplies for the year 2 field trip are in order.

$J.A.M.I.N. year two students use various scientific tools to monitor their mangrove quadrats. Each group gets a bucket which includes various tools such as refractometers, pH strips, thermometers, and soil corers.$

Camilo Trench, Chief Scientific Officer points out the growth of the mangrove seedlings from the prior year's planting.

After students from William Knibb High School monitored their mangroves, they helped videographer, Art Binkowski, to deploy the drone to get some aerial footage of the mangroves.

The year 2 J.A.M.I.N. students were really excited to assist with flying the drone as part of a film production about the program.

In Jamaica, mangrove trees are chopped down and burned to create charcoal. Here is a large charcoal mound that was burning near the restoration site in Falmouth, Jamaica.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth is ready to introduce a new cohort of grade 10 Biology students at William Knibb High School to the mangrove ecosystem and the J.A.M.I.N. program.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth prepares to meet students at William Knibb High School for the first time. These students will participate in a yearlong J.A.M.I.N. program that lasts from September to May.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth discusses the schedule for the J.A.M.I.N. program with participating science teachers, Fulvia Nugent and Andrea Dunn.

The spectacular backyard view of the Caribbean Sea at the University of the West Indies Discovery Bay Marine Lab.

Rain or shine, the J.A.M.I.N. program still continues. It's a good thing the field trip isn't today.

Often in the classrooms in Jamaica, there are educational posters hung around the room. This poster is of a map of the forests in Jamaica, including mangroves.

Amy Heemsoth, Director of Education discusses the role of sea stars in a mangrove ecosystem at William Knibb High School.

Shanna Thomas, Outreach Officer at the University of the West Indies prepares to talk to students at William Knibb High School about sea cucumbers as part of the mangrove food web.

Shanna Thomas, University of the West Indies and Amy Heemsoth, Living Oceans Foundation work together to teach students about the animals and plants that are a part of the mangrove ecosystem.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth provides guidance and says goodbye to the second year J.A.M.I.N. students before she returns back to the United States.

J.A.M.I.N. year 2 student from William Knibb High School measures the temperature of the soil inside his quadrat.

During the second phase of the year 2 program, this student from William Knibb High School identifies the mangrove species and measures the circumference and height of the mangrove trees in their quadrat.

Students work as teams to set up and monitor their mangrove quadrats. This team from William Knibb High School is ready to collect some data.

Classmates at William Knibb High School work together to collect and record data about their mangrove plot.

Although it is hot, students at William Knibb High School are determined to collect the data that they need to monitor their mangroves.

11th grade Biology student at William Knibb High School uses a core sampler to take a sample of soil from his mangrove quadrat. Later, he and his group will use a sieve to determine the size and quantity of the particles in the soil sample. Using a chart, the students will determine the type of soil that is in their plot (i.e. clay, sand).

J.A.M.I.N. year 2 student from William Knibb High School prepares to use a GPS. The student will record the location of the mangrove trees that he and his group are monitoring in their mangrove plot and later the students will map the mangroves.

William Knibb student uses a paint pen to mark the location where she will measure the circumference of the mangrove tree trunk. This mark will be used to accurately measure the circumference in the future.

Student groups at William Knibb High School work together to collect and record data in their mangrove plot. This student is explaining to his classmate that he has recorded the latitude and longitude of one of the mangrove trees in their plot.

Biology grade 11 teacher and science department head, Fulvia Nugent has participated in the J.A.M.I.N. program for the past three years and she is still excited every time that she goes to the mangroves with her students.

$Student from William Knibb High School measures the salinity of the water in her quadrat using a refractometer.$

$William Knibb High School student uses a refractometer to record the salt content or salinity of water in her mangrove plot.$

J.A.M.I.N. year 2 student from William Knibb High School familiarizes himself with using a clinometer, which is a tool used to help determine the height of trees.

Student from William Knibb High School takes the initiative to record data for his group.

As part of the year 2 J.A.M.I.N. program, students collect soil samples to determine the soil texture in their mangrove plot. They collect the soil using a soil corer like the one photographed.

William Knibb High School student shows off her soil sample before she labels and places it in her collection bag. Later she and her group will determine the contents.

A student from William Knibb High School carefully measures the trunk of a mangrove tree as part of the year 2 J.A.M.I.N. program.

J.A.M.I.N. participant from William Knibb High School stands by ready to record data that her group is collecting.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth finds evidence that there is some type of bug feasting on the mangrove leaves at the Falmouth Restoration site.

Fulvia Nugent proudly helps this group of students monitor their mangroves. This is the second year in a row that these students from William Knibb have partipated in the J.A.M.I.N. program.

J.A.M.I.N. participants from William Knibb High School gladly take a moment from collecting data to pose for a team photo.

William Knibb High School students dig a hole to collect water from their mangrove plot. The students will measure the salinity, dissolved oxygen, and pH of the water.

$These ladies from William Knibb High School use a pipette to place a couple of drops of salt water on a refractometer so they can measure its salinity.$

Collecting soil samples when the ground is hard and dry is a tough task; however, this student from William Knibb High School managed to collect a large sample.

$Sometimes there are equipment failures in the field. This student from William Knibb High School realizes that her refractometer is not giving her a correct reading. The equipment needs to be recalibrated, but in the meantime the student borrows another refractometer.$