{"id":6003,"date":"2012-07-25T12:56:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T20:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=6003"},"modified":"2021-01-01T19:51:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T03:51:32","slug":"lifes-a-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2012\/07\/25\/lifes-a-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Life’s a Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Catherine Drake<\/a> and Michelle Marraffini, Invertebrate Zoology and Molecular Ecology Lab<\/h3>\n

Photos by: Diane Wyse<\/a>, Physical Oceanography Lab<\/p>\n

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MLML bloggers Michelle, Diane, and Catherine volunteer with Young Women In Science<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Summer is here on the Central Coast and MLML students as well as a few MBARI interns took some time off to play hooky for a cause.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We volunteered with the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Young Women in Science (YWS) program to help middle school girls in this summer camp monitor the beach for sand crabs and learn how to boogie board.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The camp's aim is help empower young girls interested in science to be guardians of the ocean.\u00a0\u00a0 Many of these girls have never been swimming in the ocean before and fellow bloggers Diane, Catherine, and myself showed the girls the joys of splashing in the surf.<\/p>\n

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Lifeguards explaining some water safety ideas before we head into the water<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Catherine catching a wave with the girls of YWS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We spent half of the day using the scientific method and sampling along a transect to look for sand crabs.\u00a0 The campers were encouraged to form hypotheses about where the crabs were living and use results to think about larger food webs and ecosystem processes.\u00a0\u00a0 After lunch and a safety lesson on currents and waves from the lifeguards, girls rushed towards the ocean with boogie boards in tow ready to conquer this new frontier.\u00a0 We ran in after them and helped them learn to catch a wave and dive under ones that were too big.\u00a0\u00a0 This was the first time being in the ocean for many of these young ladies, and they were so brave as they dominated the large waves.\u00a0 When it was time to go, many of the girls had enjoyed their time in the water so much that they insisted on catching one final wave.\u00a0 It was inspirational to see the girls having so much fun making observations about sand crabs and trying to catch every wave they could.\u00a0 We had a great time volunteering for this essential program, and can\u2019t wait to help out again!<\/p>\n

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Michelle riding a wave and showing the girls of YWS how much fun boogie boarding is<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Never a dull day for a Marine Biologist in Monterey Bay, Catherine models some giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera<\/em>, while boogie boarding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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