Images tagged "mangrove-education"

Student at Forest Heights decontaminate a pair of tweezers by burning it over an open flame.
B.A.M. year 2 student from Forest Heights Academy proudly shows off his plated mangrove leaf. Now all he has to do is wait to see if fungus will begin to grow.
Forest Heights Academy Marine Biology student carefully uses a scalpel to cut or isolate a small piece of his diseased mangrove leaf. The student will place the leaf in agar and wait to see if fungus grows.
Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University helps a student at Forest Heights Academy to isolate a piece of his diseased mangrove leaf.
Forest Heights Academy student isolates two pieces of his diseased mangrove leaf. These leaf pieces will now be placed in an agar plate.
A potentially diseased leaf that has been dissected by a Forest Heights Academy student for the B.A.M. year 2 disease experiment.
Forest Heights Academy student sterilizes a pair of tweezers before she picks up her mangrove leaf isolations and places them in an agar plate.
Students at Forest Heights Academy further sterilize the mangrove leaf isolations by placing them in a bleach solution for several seconds before transferring them to their agar plate.
Science is fun especially when you get to use interesting scientific tools and different methods!
To prevent bacterial contamination, Ryann Rossi, PhD candidate at North Carolina State University shows students how to seal their agar plates with Parafilm.
Here are a couple of proud Forest Heights Academy students who have completed isolating and plating their potentially diseased mangrove leaves.
Forest Heights Academy student drawing of a potentially disease mangrove leaf that has multiple lesions. Throughout the B.A.M. program, we try to include components of S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math).
Here is an interesting mangrove leaf that one of the students picked up. It is believed that this leaf was damaged by insects.
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.

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