Marine Ecology - aka "Jumping in puddles all week long"

That's pretty much what we did for the week. Jump around in puddles. Or tide pools, whatever you want to call them. :P

This week was pretty much an overview of my marine biology class that I took last year. A very basic overview. Hardly touched any of the core material I learned last year. It really felt like a step backwards into high school material. Which coming into this program expecting rigorous 300 level course material, I was a bit surprised.

Our 2 professors, Sharyn and Chris, only gave us lectures maybe 1/3 of the time for the week. We spent most of the time out in the field, learning or doing mini research projects. Anela and I researched limpets and whether their shell steepness correlated with wave exposure lol. Very basic stuff. Some class days were 10-11 hours of class with lecture in the morning and field work after. Made the days go by super fast.

Overall, it was a pretty good week. I still don't know if I like the week long classes - I do like how you can focus on one class at a time, but with just a week it's hard to retain any of the information you learn. Good think this a review class for me I guess.