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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.

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