In this class we studied fish. More than one person should ever know about fish. Fish evolution, fish morphology, physiology, jaw development, species distribution, behavior, anatomy, etc. you name it, we learned it. We spent the entire block in lectures or in the lab as like SEA pt1 it was a course designed to prepare you for a field component. We learned how to ID caribbean reef fish before we left for Belize and ended with a final project. For us that happened to be putting together a fish skeleton (and I got to work with Abby again, yay!)
Step 1. Buy fish from your local fish market
Step 2: Boil fish
Step 3: Peel flesh and muscle off the bones
Step 4. Attempt to organize what's left
Step 5: Begin assembly
Step 6: Label everything...
And eventually you get something that looks like this!
We celebrated the completion by making tooth-brush bracelets like when we were 8...
... and by having a bug tent sleepover! We had to assemble the tents we taking to Belize to ensure that there were no holes/everything was working so we did it up old school and made our own camp.
Also my brother came to visit me during this block.
I showed him and his fiance around Boston
And of course went to the local Bills backer bar to watch the game on Sunday
Stay tuned for the Belize field course!