JAMIN Spring 2016

Journey with us through these images from our Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves in Nature, JAMIN Spring 2016 project.  Students and teachers alike went beyond just mangrove trees to learn about the entire mangrove ecosystem, its role in nature, and the organisms that call the mangrove forest home. We also included hands-on presentations with various mangrove animals to further cement the importance of these mysterious habitats and inspire local stewardship of this vital ecosystem.

Science teacher at William Knibb High School gets a magnified look at a fire worm during a professional development session.
Science teachers at William Knibb and Holland High Schools take a peak at various mangrove animals.
Science teachers lean over the tanks to take a closer peak at a sea anemone.
During professional development training, William Knibb science teachers hold a brittle star for the first time.
Gregory Peart, agriculture teacher at Holland High School holds a brittle star.
Discovery Bay Research Laboratory Outreach Officer, Shanna Thomas, explains the anatomy of a brittle star.
Holland High School students are shocked that some of the organisms, like sea cucumbers, can live near the mangroves.
Discovery Bay Marine Lab Chief Scientist, Camilo Trench, describes the characteristics of sponges to students at Holland High School.
10th grader at Holland High School pretends to be phytoplankton (a plant-like plankton) during a food web activity.
Discovery Bay Marine Lab Chief Scientist, Camilo Trench, provides instructions for the food web activity explaining that each person represents a different organism in the mangrove food web.
JAMIN teacher, Cherrida Williams-Jackson has a great time participating in a mangrove food web activity. This is her first time participating in the JAMIN program.
Amy Heemsoth, our Director of Education, draws the water vascular system of a starfish to help students at William Knibb High School to understand how these animals move.
Students at William Knibb High School hold a sea anemone for the first time and they are intrigued by this animal.
Discovery Bay Research Laboratory Outreach Officer, Shanna Thomas, teaches students at William Knibb High School about sea cucumbers and how they can eject their internal organs to escape predators and then later grow them back.
A young woman at William Knibb High School examines a sea cucumber more closely. She said that she had never seen one before.
10th grade biology students at William Knibb High School.
Discovery Bay Marine Lab Outreach Officer, Shanna Thomas discusses how brittle stars feed to students at William Knibb High School.
Students at William Knibb High School are in awe at how the brittle star moves its arms back and forth like a snake, in order to move.

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