Daily Activities
Welcome Page About Us Photo/Video Gallery Daily Log Student Experiments Materials and Resources Credits 2000 Study 2001 Study What's New		This page contains a log of each days' activities while on St. John. You can click on individual events to read a team member's journal entry from that day. Items will be added throughout our week on St. John. May 31, Saturday 6:00 Arrival at PHS 6:15 Depart for Newark Airport 9:35 Plane arrives at St. Thomas Travel (Cab across St. Thomas / Ferry to St. John / Cab to Maho Bay Arrival (Approx. 4:00), setup camps, lunch/dinner, explore Evening Meeting (6:00 at Upper Pavilion) 1. Introduction to island (geography / history) 2. Camp orentation (water, milk, ice, etc. 3. Expedition behavior / expectations / risk taking 4. Keeping a Journal 5. Survival Guide (sun protection / hydration / food sanitation / blisters + shoes) 6. Leave no Trace philosophy 7. Website 8. Experiment Introduction 9. Reading 10. Picture of the Day June 1, Sunday Breakfast 8:30 Hike to Annanberg Ruins Rent Snorkel Equipment Beginning Snorkel class (Little Maho & Big Maho) Lunch Team Building Activites Breaking to two Groups (Nature walk / Website) Dinner Evening Meeting 1. Journals 2. Fish Identifications 3. Seeing and Observing 4. Hermit Crab sketches 5. Reading 6. Picture of the Day June 2, Monday Breakfast Hike to Leinster Bay (bring lunch, drinks, plastic containers, snorkel gear, etc.) Identification on three substrates (collections and sketckes) 1. Grass / sandy bottom 2. Mangroves 3. Coral Litter 4. Rocky Shore (shell collections) Late Lunch Snorkel Leinster Bay or Hike to Waterlemon Cay Dinner Evening Meeting 1. Journals 2. Complete drawings, notes, classifications 3. Invertebrate taxonomy 4. Review and discuss experimental observations 5. Reading 6. Picture of the Day Possible Night Snorkel June 3, Tuesday Breakfast Snorkel to Mary's Point (coral identifications) / Shell and Algae collections (fish counts) Lunch Disolved Oxygen & NPP Initial Experimental Observations Dinner Evening Meeting 1. Journals 2. Discuss dissolved oxygen experiment 3. Algae Identification 4. Fish Counts 5. Discuss Experiemntal Observations 6. Reading 7. Picture of the Day June 4, Wednesday Breakfast Reef Bay Trail (pach lunch, snorkel gear, water, etc. 1. Native Plant Identification 2. Comparison of flora (winward vs. leeward sides of the islands) 3. Break / Snack at Petroglyphs 4. Continue Hike to Lamisher Bay Lunch Snorke / Explore Lamisher Bay (Fish Counts) Shell Collection Dinner Evening Meeting 1. Journals 2. Fish Counts 3. Shell Identification 4. ReadingsBR> 5. Picture of the Day Possible Night Snorkel June 5, Thursday Breakfast Mary's Creek Cleanup Lunch Time to Make Experimental Observations Dinner at Pavilion? Brief evening meeting to Discussprogress of experiments Finish Experiment Presentation June 6, Friday Breakfast Hike to Brown Bay (pack lunch, snorkel gear, etc. Fish Counts Lunch at Brown Bay Travel back from Brown Bay Clean up Cabins / Pack Dinner Evening Meeting 1. Journals 2. PresentationsBR> 3. Reading 4. Picture of the Day June 7, Saturday 7:00am Breakfast Check out / Inspection 8:15am Depart Maho Bay 9:00am Ferry to St. Thomas 10:00am - 12:00pm Shopping in St. Thomas 2:20pm Flicht departs for Newark (Continental 1902) 6:28pm Flight Arrives in Newark 8:00pm - 8:30pm Bus Arrives at PHS