MATES May 30- June 2
Freshmen from Ocean County Technical School’s MATES program started coming to Sedge the day after Memorial Day. For next three days a new group of seventeen students would arrive at the dock at 8:30 AM. The pontoon boat ride to the island was made especially interesting as we viewed Sea Tow working to re-float a 29 foot twin prop Sea Ray Express Cruiser which had been driven seventy yards up on the marsh during the holiday weekend.
After quickly settling in, the students participated in the “Balance of Nature” team building activity. They then paddled in the marsh creeks past the Peregrine Falcon platform which is now inhabited by at least one small chick which would occasionally emerge from its nest box. They dug huge hard clams on the sand bar west of the house on their return trip to the house. After a quick snack they worked in small groups on a population dynamics study using one square meter quadrats to count mud snails. Before and after dinner there was a little time to fish but only Jim and the lead teacher caught fish and these were stripers of sixteen and twenty inches which were quickly returned to the water. In the evening we had several rousing games of Electric Moon Snail.
This was a very busy week. Trying to crowd so much into a twenty-four hour period is exhausting. But, it was a good introduction to Sedge and hopefully the students will return again as upper classmen.
After quickly settling in, the students participated in the “Balance of Nature” team building activity. They then paddled in the marsh creeks past the Peregrine Falcon platform which is now inhabited by at least one small chick which would occasionally emerge from its nest box. They dug huge hard clams on the sand bar west of the house on their return trip to the house. After a quick snack they worked in small groups on a population dynamics study using one square meter quadrats to count mud snails. Before and after dinner there was a little time to fish but only Jim and the lead teacher caught fish and these were stripers of sixteen and twenty inches which were quickly returned to the water. In the evening we had several rousing games of Electric Moon Snail.
This was a very busy week. Trying to crowd so much into a twenty-four hour period is exhausting. But, it was a good introduction to Sedge and hopefully the students will return again as upper classmen.
posted by Sedge Island at 7:06 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home