TeacherBeacon: Day 13, June 17,2011 (Field Experiments on Lesvos)

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Today the group left from the hotel at 530 am. Returning at 830 pm, a long very warm day. People were organized and fell into specific jobs that they more or less kept during the day. There were periods when not much happened and then times when sampling and collecting were done. Jobs were 2 people on each transect observing and recording insects coming to the Yellow star and Vitex sprig in water tied to the plant. They noted the visit and the insect that visited. A group of 2 were collected and pinning insects throughout the day, Marisol very good at that. Aaron and I measured plant height and distance from each other as well as recorded the distance that the observed flowers were from each other on the same plant. Around 1130 am I took 3 students Marisol, Carmen and Aaron on the road to try to find Vitex which would be flowering. One of the problems in this experiment is that the Vitex has been late this year and we had a hard time finding the flowers, especially white colored (there was a good purple plant). Again, we worked around the problem as best as we could. The sampling took placer for 1 hour (2.5 min at each plant) at 7, 9, 11 am and 1, 3, 5 and 7 pm. We had time for a bit to sit on the beach, talk run errands and drink lots of water of course. It was a long day but very fun to be with the group, learning and contributing in different ways. Various people fall into their area of interest and talents, it happens informally and easily. Dr. H and Dr. B are low key but firm and I think the students appreciate and respect their style. They all work very hard
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