• TRIP SYLLABUS
     
     Saturday:       AM -  Travel 
                          PM -  Travel
                          Eve-  lecture:  Introduction, Lab Rules, History of Jamaica, Geography of Jamaica
     
     Sunday:         AM -  lecture:  Turtle grass beds (I)
                          field trip: Turtle grass beds (I) (snorkel)
                          PM -  lecture:  Turtle grass beds (II)
                          field trip: Turtle grass beds (II) and Tide-pool Island (snorkel)
                          Eve-  lecture:  Reef zonation; volleyball; bedtime story
     
     Monday:       AM -  field trip: Rear zone of lee reef (boat/snorkel)
                          PM -  lecture:  Oceanography (navigation, water chemistry, etc.) 
                          field trip: Ocho Rios
                          Eve-  lecture:  Coral anatomy
                          field trip: Seining
     
     Tuesday:       6:15 am field trip: Group I; Oceanography
                         AM -  field trip: Reef crest/fore reef; or St. Ann's top reef (boat/snorkel)
                         PM -  lecture:  Mollusca (octopus, squid, and snails)
                         field trip: Dunn's River Falls 
                         Eve-  lecture:  Plankton
                         field trip: Bioluminescent Bay
     
     Wednesday: 6:15 am field trip: Group II; Oceanography
                        AM -  field trip: Bat cave and Christopher Cove (boat/snorkel)
                        PM -  lecture:  Coral bleaching
                        field trip: Native medicine hike/Bob Marley Museum
                        Eve-  lecture:  Mangrove swamp 
                        field trip: Great jade green octopus hunt/needlefish catching contest
     
     Thursday:    6:15 am   field trip: Group III; Oceanography
                       AM -  field trip: Mangrove swamp (boat/wade/walk/snorkel)
                       PM -  lecture:  Rocky shores 
                       field trip: Rocky shores hike
                       Eve-  The Ruins  (dinner/shopping)
     
     Friday:       AM -  field trip: Drax Hall Cove (boat/snorkel)
                       PM -  lecture:  Jellyfish/Echinoderms
                       field trip: Native medicine hike/Bob Marley Museum
                       Eve-  lecture:  Sea cucumbers
     
     Saturday:    AM -  lecture: Ecology of fishes; summation and review; study for practical
                       PM -  Study for practical; lab closes at 2:00 so practical may be setup
                       4:00 pm LAB PRACTICAL
                       Eve-  Clean labs/return organisms/pack
                       Eve-  Native dancers/entertainment
     
     Sunday:      AM -  Last Chance Snorkel
                       PM -  Travel (real American junk food again; YES!!!!!) 
Last Modified on October 14, 2011