Blog 14

Literal
a) I, Elijah Armendariz, affirm that I have completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

b)My source is Andres Carrillo at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium because he helped me get the hours and supervises me.

c) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aij2AloMrD2tdG9pcVBjTXRPNHRMSFJWVFVCcWVNZ0E&usp=sharing

d) I got to work with all of the animals in the aquatic nursery cleaning, feeding, setting up new tanks, and even reintroducing a couple of animals.

Interpretive

Applied
 This helped me learn about my topic by literally submersing me in it. We deal with marine life at all times and I do in fact get the chance to do what I am studying to answer my EQ which is reintroducing animals that we have kept on display and for research. These hours have also helped me gain a lot better understanding by talking to the people who try and figure this out everyday PhD's who just have spewed knowledge at me.

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Blog 11

1. I am completing my mentorship at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.

2. My original contact was Mike Schaddt, the director at the aquarium, taught me a lot, but later handed me over to my current Supervisor Andres Carillo who is in the process of getting his doctorates.

3. I have completed 65 hours so far, but plan to complete more for the first independent component.

4. To summarize what I do at the aquarium, I feed various types of marine life, clean up after the feedings, set up tanks sometimes a specialized habitats where Ipoly project ideas come in handy, I collect plankton, crabs, and shrimp from the shores of the nearby beaches, I help teach kids from middle school kids from East LA about different terms and habitats in marine biology, play with new instruments such as a salinometer, talk to the public about the animals, research in the library, observe animal behavior, learn new things everyday, I perform experiments currently on jellyfish, and have a lot of fun while doing it.

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