Getting Ready for a Great Adventure!
I've been busy preparing for this wonderful trip to help conserve the otters, amphibians, reptiles, and general ecosystem of this special part of the world. The Pantanal is the largest freshwater wetland in the world, and some of its inhabitants are in grave danger of becoming extinct or harmed by human activities such as cattle ranching and tourism. Yes, I will be a tourist, so some of you may say that I am being contradictory. However, I hope that I will leave the Pantanal better than I found it, and use the knowledge I gained to influence students to help conserve places like these as they become the people leading our world.
Our team of ten teachers will be helping Miguel Rico Barroeta and Dr. Ellen Wang's research teams collect data that will help make sure that amphibians and reptiles (otherwise known as herpetofauna - say that three times fast!) and otters keep their home in the Pantanal.
Students, as you read excerpts from the research descriptions and follow my trek to the other side of the equator, I hope you can make connections between how science is done in the real world, and the science experiments and research you have done in your science classes.
Otter Research Description: Otter%20Research%20Description.doc
Amphibian and Reptile Research Description: Amphibian%20and%20Reptile%20Research%20Description.doc
posted by Joy Bautista @ 10:46 PM
2 Comments:
Joy- you are going to have a fabulous time. I was in the Pantanal about 2 years ago also on a teacher scholarship and still cannot beleive all that I saw- and the people that I met. My kindergarten class will be doing a Live from the Field with a Bahama Reef study in the next few weeks. Please give my best to Ellen- she is a fabulous scientist and an incredible teacher.
Brenda Holmes-Stanciu
Colorado
Hi Mrs.Bautista! I'm going to be very candid with you...i love the page.. its very interesting... its cool how you went to Brazil for the erudition of otters and other animals to ascertain new information first hand instead of the pragmatic way of a pedantic teacher. did you find it hard to assimilate to the different surroundings/enviroment? did you stay in an insular part of Brazil? well i g2g... feel free to let me know if i used any of my SAT words wrong lol hehehe i'll see you tomorrow =)
-Dawn Salmons
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