Check out this infographic I made about Save the Bay!

On the field trip, I spent most of my time with my group collecting data. One memory I had with my group members (Chloe, Kristen, and Alysa) was when we were analyzing the biodiversity of the specific areas. I recall working together to obtain the information faster by allowing each person in the group to count the amount of plant species in a specific area. I believe we worked well and efficiently together. Another memory was when my group and I were calculating the biodiversity in the data table. We were all huddled near the car under the shade, completing out our calculations. I had a fund time collaborating with my awesome group.

Photos by Mrs. Girard

I would not change anything about the experience because I had such a fun time! I really hoped to stay longer and do more data collecting. The warm and cool weather made the experience even better! I loved this field trip and the experience exceeded my expectations. This field trip should be done annually for the AP Biology class. I enjoyed the trip so much that I was not scared of getting my hands dirty for once! I wanted to learn more and integrate myself with the awesome SF Bay. I 100/10 recommend this trip!

Left photo by Arabella Sunga. Upper right photo by Mr. Retelas. Bottom right photo by Mrs. Girard.

Citations

“Citizen Science: Partnering the Public and Professional Scientists.” Citizen Science Association, http://www.citizenscience.org/.

“Restoring Our Wetlands.” Save The Bay San Francisco Bay Area Restoration, Save the Bay, 30 May 2019, savesfbay.org/what-we-do/restoring-our-wetlands?gclid=Cj0KCQiAhojzBRC3ARIsAGtNtHU3dz38r07Vfn4us9TFzbuUGdVbx1BpVXRmTq3ZiAE9pyXBljERMgMaAqa1EALw_wcB.

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3 thoughts on “After Save the Bay!”

  1. I can relate to the experience! I think I was in my senior year as well when we had such field trips, though we didn’t do it as a group. Now that you mentioned it, doing it as a group would have probably made more sense. I’m glad to hear you had so much fun learning. I know you only have a short time to do observations but were you able to site an example of the dependencies of biodiversity? I was thinking of maybe state like plant A is a major food group of insect A and insect A are preys for animal A and so forth. I think that would be a great challenge if your class had more time to actually observe that and record. That way, people will have a full understanding why each living organisms play an important role in the ecosystem and should strive not to upset the balance in order for them to survive.

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  2. This field trip was so fun for me as well, and I really loved creating connections with all of our AP Bio teammates. I appreciate the infographic, the images really made the information you put on the infographic a lot more interesting and easy to understand. The rest of your blog post is amazing, I loved how you included different images of your group and how you collected data. I also liked how you explained how we collected data on biodiversity as we went up the levy. Overall, a really great blog post! I loved going on this field trip and I hope future classes have as much fun as we did, while also being citizen scientists.

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