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Images tagged "mangrove-education"

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 from Abaco Central High School and Forest Heights Academy enjoy identifying marine animals during professional development training at FRIENDS Kenyon Center Lab.

Michelle Bailey, science teacher at Abaco Central High School observes marine snails through a microviewer at FREINDS Kenyon Center Lab.

One of the many creatures that we brought to the professional development training at FRIENDS Kenyon Center Lab and the classes. Photographed is a bristle worm magnified through a microviewer. Notice the toxic bristles on each side.

James Richard, Michelle Bailey, and Lindsey Borsz holding sea stars and sea cucumbers. These educators identified organisms in the mangroves as part of a professional development training at FRIENDS Kenyon Center Lab.

Photographed are some creatures that live in the mangroves including sea stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and a tulip snail.

Lindsey Borsz, science teacher at Forest Heights Academy, takes a closer look at the upside-down jellyfish, an animal found in the mangrove ecosystem. These jellyfish have symbiotic algae that live in their tentacles. They point their tentacles towards the sun, so the algae can photosynthesize, producing nutrients for the jellyfish.

Here at Abaco Central High School, we are using microviewers to magnify the small animals inside, so that we can take a closer look at the features of the animal.

The red mangrove seedlings that the students planted in September here at Abaco Central High School are growing tall. The question is, "Which ones will grow the fastest? The seedlings planted in mangrove mud, sand, or pebbles?"

Our Director of Education Amy Heemsoth teaching students at Abaco Central High School about food webs.

Amy Heemsoth, our Director of Education, shows the various characteristics of the Phylum Porifera. She is holding a sponge in her hand, which are the animals that are found in this phylum.

Our Director of Education Amy Heemsoth holds up a small decorator crab. She explains that this crab is able to put objects like sponges, rocks, and algae on it's back to camouflage its body.

Science teacher at William Knibb High School gets a magnified look at a fire worm during a professional development session.

Science teachers at William Knibb and Holland High Schools take a peak at various mangrove animals.

Science teachers lean over the tanks to take a closer peak at a sea anemone.

During professional development training, William Knibb science teachers hold a brittle star for the first time.

Gregory Peart, agriculture teacher at Holland High School holds a brittle star.

Discovery Bay Research Laboratory Outreach Officer, Shanna Thomas, explains the anatomy of a brittle star.

Holland High School students are shocked that some of the organisms, like sea cucumbers, can live near the mangroves.

Discovery Bay Marine Lab Chief Scientist, Camilo Trench, describes the characteristics of sponges to students at Holland High School.

10th grader at Holland High School pretends to be phytoplankton (a plant-like plankton) during a food web activity.

Discovery Bay Marine Lab Chief Scientist, Camilo Trench, provides instructions for the food web activity explaining that each person represents a different organism in the mangrove food web.

JAMIN teacher, Cherrida Williams-Jackson has a great time participating in a mangrove food web activity. This is her first time participating in the JAMIN program.

Amy Heemsoth, our Director of Education, draws the water vascular system of a starfish to help students at William Knibb High School to understand how these animals move.

Students at William Knibb High School hold a sea anemone for the first time and they are intrigued by this animal.

Discovery Bay Research Laboratory Outreach Officer, Shanna Thomas, teaches students at William Knibb High School about sea cucumbers and how they can eject their internal organs to escape predators and then later grow them back.

A young woman at William Knibb High School examines a sea cucumber more closely. She said that she had never seen one before.

Student at Abaco Central High School looks through a microviewer to get a better look at a decorator crab.

Amy Heemsoth, our Director of Education, shows students at Abaco Central High School how chitons are able to attach themselves to rocks.

The upside jellyfish intrigues students at Abaco Central High School. Students know not to touch this stinging creature.

Students at Abaco Central High School carefully touch sea urchins for the first time.

FRIENDS Program Assistant AJ McIntosh and Abaco Central Alumni, shows students where the tube feet are located on a sea star.

Students at Abaco Central High School learn about macroalgae, which is better known as seaweed. As the students feel the rigidity of the macroalgae, Amy Heemsoth, our Director of Education, explains that many species of macroalgae obtain calcium carbonate in their structure. When they die, the calcium carbonate is broken down and helps to create more sand.

Forest Heights Academy students are excited to see a pufferfish. The next step is for them to use books to identify the species.

FRIENDS Education Officer Cassandra Abraham helps a student at Forest Heights to identify a sea urchin.

An 11th grader at Forest Heights Academy checks out a decorator crab.

10th grade biology students at William Knibb High School.

Discovery Bay Marine Lab Outreach Officer, Shanna Thomas discusses how brittle stars feed to students at William Knibb High School.

Students at William Knibb High School are in awe at how the brittle star moves its arms back and forth like a snake, in order to move.

FRIENDS Program Assistant AJ McIntosh allows students to hold sea stars and sea urchins, so that students at Forest Heights Academy can feel the tube feet moving on their hands.

Here is a close-up view of the sea star's tube feet. The sea star is being held upside down.

Students at Forest Heights Academy hold a sea urchin, sea star, and sea cucumber, which they learned are animals that are in the Phylum Echinodermata.

An inquisitive student at Forest Heights Academy observes the behavior of a sea star. She had many questions for us.

Students at Forest Heights Academy form a mangrove food web.

Students at Abaco Central High School participate in a food web activity. Each student is given an animal or plant that can be found in the mangrove food web. A young lady shows that she will be portraying turtle seagrass.

Students at Abaco Central High School are excited to plant their mangrove seedlings after nurturing them for the past 7 months.

Before planting the mangrove propagules, student must wade out into the mangrove mud. This Abaco Central High School student generously carries the mangrove seedlings to their new home.

Abaco Central High School Biology students plant mangrove seedlings restoring an area near Camp Abaco.

Student from Abaco Central High School plants a mangrove propagule.

Students at Abaco Central High School and our Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth (center) celebrate restoring the mangrove ecosystem at Camp Abaco.

Red mangrove trees dominate the area around Camp Abaco where students participating in the B.A.M. program will plant their red mangrove seedlings.

FRIENDS of the Environment intern, Christian McIntosh helps to tag each of the mangrove propagules with orange so that we can monitor their growth and health.

The red mangrove propagules are all tagged with different colored tape, which represents the various types of media that they grew in: mangrove mud, pebbles, and sand.

The red mangrove progagules were well cared for by the students. They grew nice and tall over the past 7 months.

Red mangrove trees, like the seedlings the students have been growing, are often referred to as "walking trees" because of their large propped roots.

Abaco Central High School students prepare to plant their first mangrove seedling.

Abaco Central High School students spread out so that they give their mangrove seedlings a large area to grow.

Forest Heights Academy is ready to plant their mangrove seedlings.

Forest Heights Academy Biology teacher, Lindsey Borsz bounces into action, ready to plant the mangroves.

Marine Science students at Forest Heights Academy say goodbye to their mangrove propagules that they have been caring for the past 7 months.

11th grade Marine Science students at Forest Heights Academy are getting ready to plant their mangroves.

Forest Heights Academy student collects her and her friends mangroves and she is ready to plant them.

Forest Heights Academy 12th grader is excited to be on a fieldtrip planting his mangrove propagules.

Forest Heights Academy student tries to secure the squishy mud around her propagule to stabilize it.

Forest Heights Academy student plants her last seedling.

One of 135 red mangrove propagules that the students planted in the mangrove swamp during the B.A.M. program.

Forest Heights Academy student readjusts the position of her mangrove seedling in the mud, so that the lenticels that allow for gas exchange are exposed to the air.

Even after sinking in the mud, this Forest Heights Academy student is excited to plant her mangroves.

Forest Heights Academy Biology teacher, Lindsey Borsz helps students plant mangrove trees.

Even though this Forest Heights Academy student was hesitant about walking in the mangrove mud, she did it anyway and with a smile on her face!

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.

Diseased red mangrove leaves are spotted at Camp Abaco by students in the Marine Biolgoy class at Forest Heights Academy.

Students at Forest Heights Academy measure the pH (or acidity) in their mangrove quadrats

As part of the year two program, Forest Heights Academy students measure the non-living or abiotic factors in their quadrat. This student is collecting a water sample to test the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.

Red mangroves at Camp Abaco in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas

A healthy young red mangrove

The red mangroves of Camp Abaco line the waters edge, which is typically where they are found.

As part of Ryann Rossi's mangrove study, she found signs of diseased mangroves at Camp Abaco. BAM students also found signs of disease on the mangroves located at Camp Abaco.

Year 2 B.A.M. students climb through the mangle (mangrove forest) to measure the circumference and height of the mangrove trees as part of their mangrove monitoring activity. They also tag each tree that they measure so that they can remeasure the exact same mangroves during the third phase of the program.

Students in the year one B.A.M. program at Abaco Central High School form a giant food web. Each student respresents an organism from the mangrove food web.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth instructs students at Abaco Central High School about how energy in the food chain begins with the sun.

Amy Heemsoth, Director of Education helps the students throw the yarn to a student. The yarn representst the energy that is being passed from organism to organism.

"Sea cucumbers are like worms of the sea. They help to break down the detritus in the sand, recycling nutrients. " Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth explains to students in the year one B.A.M. program at Forest Heights Academy.

Grade 10 Biology students first identify the species of sea cucumber. Then, Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth reveals some of their identifying characteristics.

Students at Forest Heights Academy hold a sea cucumber. Some students are holding this organisms for the first time.

Students at Forest Heights Academy laugh when the sea cucumber jets out a stream of seawater at them.

Forest Heights Academy Biology grade 10 students look at the sea hare in awe. Most students had never even heard of a sea hare before.

Instructors give the students at Forest Heights Academy a chance to gently touch the sea hare. They were instructed not to prod or poke the sea hare or else it would ink purple, which is similar to how an octopus behaves when trying to deter predators.

Forest Heights Academy 10th grade Biology students inspect the mouth (center of organism) of a sea biscuit.

Students at Forest Heights Academy identify the species of fish as part of a mangrove food web activity.

Guest scientist, Ryann Rossi gives students at Abaco Central High School a chance to touch and hold a sea cucumber. She then explains why it is classified in the Phylum Echinodermata.

Students at Abaco Central High School touch a sea cucumber for the first time. As part of the BAM year 1 program, we bring organisms in the mangrove food web into the classroom so that students can learn about how they are connected to each other.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth holds a crab up for students to see. She points out the jointed appendages and exoskeleton that the animal possesses and she shows students how they can determine the sex of the animal.

Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University explains why sea urchins and sea biscuits are all a part of the same Phylum. Students at Abaco Central High School listen intently and ask lots of probing questions.

Student at Abaco Central High School takes the stage and educates his classmates about the animals in the tank. Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth looks on with approval.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth holds a sea hare up for students to see and gently touch. The students are intrigued by this slimy animal that can ink just like an octopus.

It's time to return the sea hares back to the ocean. The students were really excited to see these unusual creatures.

The day that we collected animals was really windy and their were white caps everywhere, but when we returned back to our collecting spot, we couldn't have asked for a better day. It also makes for a much easier transition for the animals.

Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University

Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University explains the disease symptoms that the students should be looking for when collecting leaves from their quadrat.

Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University explains how students should label their collecting bags. She also mentions that the students need to make sure that their ziploc bags are sealed so that we do not risk spreading the disease to other mangroves.

Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University explains the disease symptoms that the students should be looking for when collecting leaves from their quadrat.

Red mangroves line the intertidal zone at Camp Abaco. Notice the many red mangrove seedlings that have taken root here.

Forest Heights Academy 12th grade Marine Biology student collects a soil sample from his group's quadrat.

Marine Biology student from Forest Heights Academy takes the soil temperature inside her quadrat. At the end of the year, students will compare the three sets of data that they collected while on BAM field trips.

BAM year 2 students from Forest Heights Academy wade into the mangrove mud to sample the pH and dissolved oxygen in their quadrats.

Forest Heights Academy group members take a time out from monitoring their mangroves to pose for a photo.

Students at Forest Heights Academy that are in the year 2 program work in teams of 5-6 people in order to monitor the mangroves in a 5 x 5 meter area.

Year 2 B.A.M. students measure the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water of their mangrove quadrat. Dissolved oxygen is the amount of oxygen in water. It is important to measure dissolved oxygen because it is necessary for aquatic forms of life.

Forest Heights students record their data in the mangrove journals.

B.A.M. student collects a water sample inside his mangrove plot. He will measure the temperature, dissolved oxygen, salinity, and pH of the water.

Forest Heights student collected a sample of water to measure the salinty or the amount of salt in the water in her mangrove quadrat.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth helps students at Forest Heights Academy collect mangrove data.

B.A.M. year 2 student from Forest Heights Academy is ready to identify and measure the mangrove trees in his group's quadrat.

Amy Heemsoth, Director of Education is excited to be monitoring mangroves at Camp Abaco.

Is this a new mangrove scientist fashion statement? Sometimes students find cleaver ways to carry their equipment like this student from Forest Heights Academy.

Mangrove scientist, Ryann Rossi, posing with the specimens that she studies - mangroves.

When we visit the mangroves, it's difficult to predict what types of animals we are going to encounter. On this day we were fortunate enough to see what looks like a species of white heron.

While collecting a soil sample, students at Forest Heights Academy take time to observe nature. It looks like they might have found some sort of organism in the water.

Forest Heights Academy principal and Marine Biology teacher gives the B.A.M. program a thumbs up.

Hmm…I wonder if how fast these red mangrove dwarf trees grow compared to non-dwarf trees?

Forest Heights Academy student gets up close and personal with the mangroves so he can record data about the size of the mangrove trees in his quadrat.

During the second phase of the B.A.M. year 1 program, students learn about the mangrove food web. What better way to learn about it then to form an actual food web.

Grade 10 Biology students at Forest Heights Academy form a circle around the sun, which is where the food web begins. Each student represents a different animal in the mangrove food web.

Forest Heights Academy student pretends to be a sponge.

Students at Forest Heights Academy begin forming a food web. Each student decides who they pass energy to (thinking about what-eats-what) and then they through a ball of yarn to that student.

Energy in the mangrove food chain begins with the sun, represented by the student in the middle. The sun provides energy to mangrove trees via photosynthesis – mangrove trees provide energy to mangrove food crabs who consume the leaves – mangrove tree crabs provide energy to great blue heron. This is an example of one of the food chains that the students at Forest Heights created.

Holding on by a string - that is how delicate the mangrove food web can be. If one species is reduced in the food web or another's population greatly increases, it can effect all of the other organisms in the food web.

Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University explains the basics of plant disease with B.A.M. year 2 students at Forest Heights Academy.

As part of the B.A.M. year 2 program, the students are learning about mangrove disease in the Bahamas and participating in ongoing science being conducted by Ryann Rossi, PhD candidate at North Carolina State University.

Before the students begin the disease activity, Ryann Rossi provides a short presentation about the mangrove disease, the types of disease, and how they plants can contract disease. During the presentation, students take notes in their Mangrove Journals.

Ryann Rossi, explains the symptoms of disease that is often seen in plants and even the mangrove trees. The most common symptom in mangrove trees in the Bahamas is necrotic or dead tissue.

Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University explains to Forest Heights Academy students how they will isolate the potentially diseased lesions on their leaves.

Forest Heights Academy students get a chance to touch the agar in a test plate to see what it feels like. Most students have never touched or seen agar before. Students will not be able to touch the agar in their own plates or else they will contaminate their samples.

Before students begin "plating" their potentially disease leaves in agar, they first must draw their leave and label the areas where there are lesions present.

Partner from North Carolina State University, Ryann Rossi helps students to set up and sterilize their station.

FRIENDS of the Environment Outreach Officer, Cassandra Abraham helps Forest Heights Academy student to cut a small section of his potentially diseased mangrove leaf that includes diseased and non-diseased sections of the leaf.

Students at Forest Heights Academy label their agar plates so that they can later check their plates after 3 days, 1 week, and 2 weeks to see if there is any type of fungus growing.

Here is an example of a diseased mangrove leaf drawing from a student at Forest Heights Academy.

Students at Forest Heights Academy sterilize their tools before isolating the diseased portion of their mangrove leaves. Students will grow these isolations in agar plates to see if there is fungal growth present, which could indicate that the mangroves are diseased.

Students at Forest Heights Academy sterilize tweezers and scissors over an open flame before they use them to cut or pick up the diseased mangrove leaves. This prevents contamination.

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.

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.

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

Seville Heritage Park has partnered with the University of the West Indies and the Living Oceans Foundation to provide mangrove education to area high school students. This photo is of the great house at Seville Heritage Park, which serves as a museum. The Seville property consists of 300 acres of property that allows visitors to explore Jamaica's history and culture.

Here is the document with the location for each students' propagules in the plant flats.

In the J.A.M.I.N. year 1 program, students grown mangrove seedlings in the classroom from September until May. This year, due to Hurricane Matthew, we started in November, so the propagules are not as tall, but they are still growing tall.

The J.A.M.I.N. program is conducted using project-based learning. Typically, for eight months, students grow mangrove seedlings in the classroom in three different types of media: sand, mangrove mud, and pebbles. The students measure the growth of their propagules and then at the end they determine which media was the best type for mangrove seedlings to grow in.

The J.A.M.I.N. students mangrove seedlings look very healthy, especially the ones growing in mud. In the past, we have had trouble with boring bugs damaging the propagules.

Students at William Knibb High School can barely wait to hear about the mangrove organisms that we brought in for "show-and-tell." Many students are seeing and touching these organisms for the first time.

10th grade biology student from William Knibb High School is excited to be able to hold a sea biscuit. Notice how the sea biscuit is using sand and pieces of shell to camouflage itself.

William Knibb High School students touch a sea biscuit for the first time. Students note the bristles on the organisms and they observe how that the sea biscuit uses them to camouflage itself and move.

Students touch a sea cucumber. One student noted that the sea cucumber is slimy and squishy. She wasn't expecting that.

Shanna Thomas, Outreach Officer at the University of the West Indies allows students at William Knibb High School to hold sea urchins. She discusses how they are related to sea cucumbers, sand dollars, and sea stars.

Director of Education, Amy Heemsoth explains that sometimes Sargassum ends up in the mangroves. She explains that this macroalgae doesn't stay in one place like others do. It is a free floating species that is able to float because of the berry-like objects that contain gas.

William Knibb science teacher, Fulvia Nugent enjoys participating as much as the students do. She moderates by holding the animals so that students can touch and hold them.

William Knibb science teacher, Fulvia Nugent holds a sea urchin so that other students can get a chance to touch the organism. She holds the sea urchin upside-down so that students can see the mouth located at the center.

Students at William Knibb High School listen to Shanna Thomas talk about the anemone in the glass container. Students are not allowed to touch this delicate animal, however, Shanna waves her fingers in the tentacles so that the students can see how the anemone reacts to motion.

Some William Knibb High School students stick around after school to continue to learn more about the organisms that we brought into their classroom as part of the J.A.M.I.N. food web curriculum.

William Knibb 10th grade Biology student gets up close and personal with a sea urchin. She as fascinated by the tube feet that help the organism to move.

Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University explains the disease symptoms that the students should be looking for when collecting leaves from their quadrat.

As part of Ryann Rossi's mangrove study, she found signs of diseased mangroves at Camp Abaco. BAM students also found signs of disease on the mangroves located at Camp Abaco.

Mangrove scientist, Ryann Rossi, posing with the specimens that she studies - mangroves.

Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University explains how students should label their collecting bags. She also mentions that the students need to make sure that their ziploc bags are sealed so that we do not risk spreading the disease to other mangroves.

As part of the B.A.M. year 2 program, the students are learning about mangrove disease in the Bahamas and participating in ongoing science being conducted by Ryann Rossi, PhD candidate at North Carolina State University.

Ryann Rossi, PhD Candidate at North Carolina State University explains to Forest Heights Academy students how they will isolate the potentially diseased lesions on their leaves.

Before the students begin the disease activity, Ryann Rossi provides a short presentation about the mangrove disease, the types of disease, and how they plants can contract disease. During the presentation, students take notes in their Mangrove Journals.

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).

A potentially diseased leaf that has been dissected by a Forest Heights Academy student for the B.A.M. year 2 disease experiment.

FRIENDS of the Environment Outreach Officer, Cassandra Abraham helps Forest Heights Academy student to cut a small section of his potentially diseased mangrove leaf that includes diseased and non-diseased sections of the leaf.

Students at Forest Heights Academy sterilize tweezers and scissors over an open flame before they use them to cut or pick up the diseased mangrove leaves. This prevents contamination.

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.

Partner from North Carolina State University, Ryann Rossi helps students to set up and sterilize their station.

Students at Forest Heights Academy label their agar plates so that they can later check their plates after 3 days, 1 week, and 2 weeks to see if there is any type of fungus growing.

Here are a couple of proud Forest Heights Academy students who have completed isolating and plating their potentially diseased mangrove leaves.

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

The red mangrove propagules are all tagged with different colored tape, which represents the various types of media that they grew in: mangrove mud, pebbles, and sand.

FRIENDS of the Environment intern, Christian McIntosh helps to tag each of the mangrove propagules with orange so that we can monitor their growth and health.

Students at Abaco Central High School are excited to plant their mangrove seedlings after nurturing them for the past 7 months.

Even though this Forest Heights Academy student was hesitant about walking in the mangrove mud, she did it anyway and with a smile on her face!

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.

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