Crossing Ninja

7/20

 Beca, Connor, Nola, Kat, Gracie, Oliver

Len, and our Host David Lopez.  David explained his work on the effects of road dust on SkyRockets. The rangers took copious notes.

David points out several of his research specimens.   

Thank you David, for taking the time to impart some of your knowledge!

Gracie, Nola, Kat, Connor, Beca, Oliver, and Len take a relaxing few  moments by the river to reflect on what we've learned.

Nick Wasser and Denny Ramirez discuss the black flies and their relation to Skyrockets.

Kat did this field study of the trees just outside and across the street from the the town hall.  Another candidate for the cover of this years book. 

Weather Link Gothic

http://www.gothicwx.org/

Wing of a Fly - Nola

Wing of a Fly

By Nola

Usually a menace

But when stilled

And magnifyed

An incredible sight

It's wing

Is like

A puffy mattress

Covered entirely by

Tightly stretched

Plastic wrap 

Infused with silver

And the sheets of this

On each side

Are pinched together

With luxurious blue thread

The Bees - Gracie

buzzing around from a to b and all the way to z people think I will sting you but I will not it is time you realized you depend on me.

My Morning - Connor

        9:05 AM, I arrive at the town hall of Gothic . Then I am told that we are going to meet Mr. David Lopez and learn about his project. I was very exited at this because I'm interested in the relationship between people and plants, his project is about the effect of road dust on plants.
       9:45 AM  we are at the river, we see the black rock Mr. Lenny tells us about and we sit on it. We fill in the new ranger (Kat) about ourselves and the camp. We are directed back to town hall and when we get back we eat our snack and discuss our findings and teachings on our expedition this morning.

This Morning July 20 - Beca

This morning I walked into the town hall but there was only one person form my group. Once everyone arrived it all went by fairly quick. Everyone got ready to go meet Mr. David Lopez, he works for Dr. Nick Wasser and Dr. Mary Price. We were seeing if road dust would affect the           polyngrains on the plant we call Skyrocket. We learned that the furthest the plant is from the road, the more polyngrains the plant would have. The closer the plant is to the road the bigger the chance the plant has to die.