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

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.

Forest Heights Academy's Marine Biology Class ready to jump into action to create mangrove plots for future monitoring.

Our Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth teaching 10th grade Biology students about the basics of mangroves at Forest Heights Academy.

B.A.M. 2016-2017 Biology grade 10 participants from Forest Heights Academy.

10th grade Biology student traces the red mangrove leaf and labels it with the distinguishing structures.

Forest Heights Academy Biology student identifies a red mangrove tree by its leaf.

BAM participant from Forest Heights Academy draws a red mangrove leaf in her student journal.

Students from Forest Heights Academy taste a black mangrove leaf. Even though it has been raining a lot, the students find out that the leaves are still very salty!

Observation is a fact that is learned through one of the five senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and hearing. Students observe though taste that the black mangrove tree leaves are salty, while having a bit of fun at the same time.

Forest Heights Academy student draws a black mangrove leaf and labels the salt and fine hairs on the leaf.

10th grade Biology student draws leaves of the black, red, and white mangrove tree to help him later remember how to identify each.

Students at Forest Heights Academy finish drawing each of the mangroves leaves.

A trip to the mangroves wouldn't be complete without a walk in the mud.

Forest Heights Academy students collect red mangrove propagules at Camp Abaco.

10th grade student at Forest Heights Academy collects three red mangrove seedlings that she will grow and care for during the next eight months in her Biology class.

Safety in Numbers - You never know when you might get stuck in the mud, so it's best to bring a friend to help you out.

Biology students look for healthy red mangrove propagule.

It looks like these students from Forest Heights Academy have found more than enough mangrove seedlings to plant when they return to the classroom.

After getting a little muddy in the mangroves, students rinse off in the ocean.

FRIENDS of the Environment's Education Officer, Cassandra Abraham, shows students the seeds from different mangrove species and asks them to identify each one.

Our Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth shows students how they are going to plant their mangrove seedings in these plant flats.

Forest Heights Academy student holds up his three mangrove seedlings that he is going to plant during today's class.

BAM students will plant mangrove seedlings in three different types of media: sand, mangrove mud, and pebbles. Then they will hypothesis which type of media the seedlings grow best in.

Dirty Jobs - Forest Heights Academy student starts loading the stinky mangrove mud in the plant flat.

Biology student at Forest Heights Academy fills one of the plant flats with pebbles. Students will grow one of their three propagules in this media type.

The third type of media, sand, is being placed in a plant flat by a Forest Heights Biology student.

It looks like this Forest Heights Academy student is finished adding sand to this plant flat. We are now ready to plant the seedings.

Forest Heights Academy B.A.M. participant writes down observations about his seedlings.

Forest Heights student takes an initial growth measurement of her mangrove seedling. She and her classmates will continue to measure the growth of each seedling over the next 8 months.

Before placing their seedlings in a plant flat, they measure their seedlings, so they can track their growth over time.

Students at Forest Heights Academy plant their mangrove propagules in the plat flat filled with pebbles.

B.A.M. participant determines which grid he put his mangrove propagule in so he can correctly identify it the next time he needs to measure it.

Students at Forest Heights Academy place their mangrove propagules in the sand flat.

This student takes the first measurement of his mangrove seedling. He will record this data in his mangrove journal.

Biology student at Forest Heights Academy has measured his propagule and he is now going to plant it in the flat filled with sand.

I wonder which type of media the students' mangrove seedlings will grow best in: mangrove mud, sand, or pebbles?

Students plant their mangrove seedlings in mud.

Ready to Grow - Mangrove seedlings in sand

Ready to Grow - Mangrove seedlings in mangrove mud

Experiment - Students will grow these mangrove seedlings over the next month to determine which type of media do the mangrove seedlings grow best in.

Ready to Grow - Mangrove seedlings in pebbles

B.A.M. 2016-2017 Biology grade 10 participants from Abaco Central High School

High tide in the mangroves at Camp Abaco.

FRIENDS of the Environment's Education Officer, Cassandra Abraham, shows students the prop roots of the red mangrove tree.

Students from Abaco Central High School hesitantly taste the black mangrove leaf only to find out that they are very salty.

Abaco Central High School students looking at the salt glands on a white mangrove leaf.

Students from Abaco Central High School identify mangrove roots as our Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth point to them.

NOAA Knauss Fellow, Symone Johnson helping students at Forest Heights to use a GPS device.

Our Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth shows students how to test the pH of various types of liquids.

Year 2 B.A.M. participants from Forest Heights Academy, test the pH of various liquids.

During the second year B.A.M. program, students will test several non-living factors in their mangrove plots. Here students are practicing using pH test strips.

Marine Biology students at Forest Heights Academy test the salinity (salt content) of various types of liquids.

$Before students from Forest Heights Academy use equipment in the field, they are practicing using it in the classroom first. Here students are placing a sample of liquid on a refractometer to determine the salinity of the liquid.$

Students test the pH of a liquid using pH paper and then match the color of the pH paper to the chart to determine the pH.

FRIENDS of the Environment's Education Officer, Cassandra Abraham, guides students from Forest Heights Academy as they measure the circumference of a tree. Students will measure the circumference of mangroves while on a field trip.

Students create the first corner of their square plot by hammering a PVC pipe into the ground.

Students at Abaco Central High School pose with their mangrove propagules that they will soon be planting.

Abaco Central High School students plant their mangrove seedlings in a flat filled with sand. They too will grow their seedlings in the classroom over the next eight months.

Biology students at Abaco Central High School are proud to plant their seedlings in mangrove mud.

FRIENDS of the Environment's Education Officer, Cassandra Abraham, helps students plant their mangrove seedlings in pebbles and then label the spot where they are placed in the plant flat.

Students at Abaco Central High School hypothesized the media that their seedlings will grow best in: mangrove mud, pebbles, or sand.

A brave student from Abaco Central High School fills the plant flat with mangrove mud. It's a dirty job, but she was happy to do it.

After an exciting mangrove field trip, students rinse their muddy shoes in the ocean before we head back to Abaco Central High School to plant their mangrove seedlings.

Playing in the Mud is Fun - Students from Abaco Central High School grade 10 Biology fill the plant flat with mud.

Abaco Central High School student has found all of her mangrove propagules. Now she is ready to plant them.

Forest Heights Academy student read instructions for how to take a pH and dissolved oxygen sample from their mangrove plot.

$B.A.M. second year student reads the salinity of the mangrove ecosystem using a refractometer.$

Forest Heights Academy student measures the temperature of the soil in her mangrove plot.

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.

It looks like these students from Forest Heights Academy have found more than enough mangrove seedlings to plant when they return to the classroom.

William Knibb High School Biology students group photo

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

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