Friday, November 22, 2013

There are a few things that you must consider when nesting sea turtles are located near a barrier island. One thing is that when a mother lays her eggs you must make sure that all the lights are off so they don't get confused and walk the incorrect way. Also, you cannot boat close to the spawning grounds. A thing that needs to be determined is if there is a lot of wildlife and make sure there are no reefs. Also, must make sure that the are is not over populated.  One thing that might be a problem is that if it is to close to the water they might ruin some sand duns and a easy way to solve this problem is by not making a golf course to close the the ocean. You can be economically benefited by working for the local restaurants and the golf course. They can have a negative affect by ruining the sand dunes and by having to much light on at night and distracting the turtles. If we destroy the sand dunes then there is no better way to protect the main land. Sand dunes have worked better then any man maid barrier. After looking at other peoples groups i found that we should have made the research station closer the the turtle nest and would have made a better board walk.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Sand Reflection

A grain of sand can tell you a lot about the earth. As i examined sands from different places around the world I noticed how different each particle was. Even sands from beaches a half hour away from the other differed a lot. I saw sands that were round and tan, and others that looked like little crystals  with that being said, i saw gains that were quite large and grains that were tiny. Our essential question that we wee to answer by doing the experiment is, " how can examining sediment provide a lue to its origin?" We can discover a sediment's origin by studying its size, color, texture and rounding. These aspects all tell us something about where the sediment came from. Grain size is an indicator of how far the sediment has traveled. Texture an tell how a sediment was transported(lots of waves or not). Sorting also depends upon the distance the sediment has been transported. One of the beaches i hose was Marthas Vineyard, and the sand under the microscope was very glossy/white and large. It was also well sorted. Another sand i looked at was St. Kits and i noticed that this sand had ore tan particles than the others i looked at. Also the particles were very little and quite poorly sorted. This differed from Marthas Vineyard a lot. In the activity i did this for eight other sands. Eah particle was different. That shows that the waves, climate, and location are all aspects.