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 St.
Amant High School,
St. Amant, Louisiana
Bastrop
High School,
Bastrop,
Louisiana
SLU
Lab School,
Hammond,
Louisiana
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The
following photos were sent by Bobbie Keller, a teacher at St.
Amant High School, St. Amant, Louisiana. This classroom has really
been connecting with the Extreme 2002 mission. Great job, Amant
High!
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| St.
Amant High biology student David Starkey and student teacher Joelle
Bourgeois interact electronically with the research team aboard the
R/V Atlantis. |
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| Rachel
Ambeau, Tracey Davis, and other students in biology interact on-line
with the research team during the EXTREME 2002: MISSION TO THE ABYSS
program on the Internet. |
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| Casey
Geromini and Jordan Benedetto enjoy learning about the various types
of unique organisms found on the ocean floor. Several live videos
of these organisms were viewed during their investigation on the Internet. |
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| Risheka
Snowden and Jake Savoy take a virtual tour of the sub Alvin.
The Alvin is the research vessel that descends to the bottom
of the ocean to obtain a sampling of various organisms that live near
the hydrothermal vents. |
The
following photos were sent by Tanya Speyrer, a teacher at Bastrop
High School, in Bastrop, Louisiana. "Here are some pictures
that capture the smiling faces of the environmental sciences classes
as they complete the mural about Extreme 2002: Mission to the
Abyss, and a school administrator enjoying their results,"
she writes. Terrific job, Bastrop High!
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| 2nd
Hour Environmental Science Class |
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| 3rd
Hour Environmental Science Class |
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| 4th
Hour Environmental Science Class |
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| 7th
Hour Environmental Science Class |
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| Mrs.
Parnell, School Administrator |
The
following photos were sent by Heidi Rhea, a teacher at SLU Lab
School, in Hammond, Louisiana. Ms. Rhea had some of her 7th grade
students help her construct a large, inflatable bubble out of
heavy black plastic and good old duct tape. They then made a tunnel
on one end and inserted a box fan that inflated the bubble big
enough for a whole class to enter it and even stand up in it.
Both her 7th and 8th grade classes researched deep-sea organisms
and then made them 3-D. The bubble is very dark inside, so they
used fluorescent paint on their deep- sea organisms that are bioluminescent.
They then hung the fish with fishing line and placed the hydrothermal
vents, tubeworms, vent crabs, etc., on the floor of the bubble.
They also made a miniature Alvin which they placed outside
their "ocean." Ms.
Rhea even had a styrofoam wig head and a 20-oz. cup that had been
taken down 4,300 feet to demonstrate water pressure.
"I
had 'tour guides' with flashlights, placed inside the ocean, and
we took classes in for a tour," writes Ms. Rhea. "We
took half inside the bubble to listen to details about the deep-sea
environment and organisms. The other half learned about the Alvin.
We
also read some ocean/fish books to the younger students. The students
and teachers LOVED it," she notes. "They thought it
was so cool. The teachers were impressed by how much my tour guides
knew."
What
a wonderful job, SLU Lab School — thanks for diving in to
the deep sea with us!
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