We had this fieldtrip since first of all, it would be educational; second, it would be an amazing experience for us to be in awe of God's beautiful creations. Also, this trip would be linked to the blog we had to create.
On this exciting day - January 30, 2014 - we woke up early and went to TLT around 5:45 am to start our Bataan Field trip. We had a long, tiring, 3-hour bus trip all the way to Bataan. We were all sleepy and tired but also excited for what was to come! We talked and played, and sometimes even slept. We were given a trip chart with parts about place information and experiences we had to fill out about the entire trip. There were questions like, "Why do you want to join the field trip?", which Beauty answered " Because I want to learn as much as possible.". Another question was, "What are your expectations for this trip?" which the Browser answered, "To see cool stuff and the miracles of God!".
We then reached Bataan at 9:00 am and headed for the Pawikan Conservation Center, where people take care of the TURTLES! A few words to describe these turtles- CUUUUTE, COOOOL, AWESOME! Turtle Fact: They release 64,000+ turtle hatchlings in the nearby beach. There are 7 types of Pawikan: the Olive Ridley (;P), Loggerhead, Hawksbill, Green Turtle and the Leatherback. In addition, we were asked in the trip chart, "Why are marine turtles important?". To this, OliveRidleyQueen answered, "They balance the ecosystem by eating some predators." After this we went to the nearby beach to release the hatchlings! (We were honestly expecting that we would release the hatchlings from the eggs themselves. Instead, we were given the hatchlings in a basket. It saved us a lot of trouble.)
More about one of the Pawikan species:
The Olive Ridley
Common Name: Olive Ridley turtle
Scientific Name: lepidochelys olivacea
Kingdom: Animalia Order: Testudines
Phylum: Chordata Family: Chelodiinae
Class: Reptilia Genus: Lepidochelys
Species: olivacea
Photos by Master Sensei
Characteristics
The Olive Ridley is quite interesting since after the Kemp's ridley, the Olive Ridley turtles weigh between 75-100 pounds (34-35 kg) and 2-2 and 1/2 feet in length.They are named for their pale green carapace, or shell and are the most abundant of sea turtle species. Our PCC lecturer also mentioned it is the smallest turtle species. We specifically found interest in this species of turtle since it was the on that we let go of on the beach.
Photo by OliveRidleyQueen
Ecological Relationship
The Olive Ridley turtle is an omnivore, eating a variety of prey including crabs, shrimp, lobster, urchins, jellies, algae and fish. Their preffered prey is the red crab and eats some predators such as different kinds of jellyfish. Once again, we were able to release a marine turtle hatchling: the Olive Ridley turtle or lepidochelys olivacea.
After this we went back to the bus and proceeded to another beach to have lunch. We then played Game 1 of ThermoSciDama, which is a board game relative to Checkers and Damath, where the objective is to get the least number of points, lest you lose (ironic, right?!). So, after we headed for our next destination... which is to come SOON.
Photo by Master Sensei
Hello The Eco Spot staff!
ReplyDeleteHere's the evaluation for your second post:
Content: 10/10
Coherence: 4/5
Creativity: 3/5
Voice: 5/5
Mechanics: 3/5
Text Layout: 4/5
Graphics and Multimedia: 5/5
Intellectual Honesty: 4/5
TOTAL: 38/45
It was good that you put pictures in this post and you were able to write a bit creatively. It's still a bit too simple though. Also, you weren't able to answer a couple of questions, which was kind of sad since I wanted to know your answers to those questions("How did you feel before the field trip?" and "What did you expect to learn from the PCC?") Please proofread your posts since I saw some errors like "preffered". When writing scientific names, the first letter of the genus should be capitalized. The text layout on the taxonomic classification slightly confused me and where did you get the information for that? (°_°) By the way, don't forget to indent your paragraphs! (I forgot about that too .><)
Anyways, I hope to see you guys (and girl) improve your posts in the future!
- More Like SCIENCE (Rosie-desu)
Sorry, forgot:
ReplyDeleteSources: http://www.seeturtles.org/1043/olive-ridley-turtle.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_ridley_sea_turtle
Hi there The Eco Spot! Here is your score:
ReplyDeleteContent - 8/10
Coherence - 5/5
Creativity - 4/5
Voice - 4/5
Mechanics - 3/5
Text Layout - 5/5
Graphics & Multimedia - 5/5
Intellectual Honesty - 5/5
Comments - 10/10
Peer - 38/45
TOTAL: 87/100
This post is way better than the previous one. However, I still believe that you can definitely do better than this!
Are you sure there are 7 types of turtles? Coz in your post you only mentioned 5. Thus, you still committed typo errors (e.g. "it was the on that we let go"). I remember telling you to proofread your work before posting. I also saw a wrong capitalization of scientific name. Finally, please do think of your own blog post title. Do not just copy from mine.
Anyway, I know you will do better in the next posts. Keep it up!