Justine Sherry: Week Five Last Week at the REEF
This week was my last week at the REEF. I had four days left at the REEF and I flew home on Friday. For my last few days I worked a lot on my scientific paper from the experiment that I had done the previous week. My mentor gave me a lot of help and […]
Justine Sherry: Working at the REEF Week Four
This week was very exciting! I started working on a little experiment of my own, I got to test the color range of a California Two-Spot Octopus at the REEF named Jerry. California Two-Spot octopuses have the ability to change the color of their skin to match their surroundings. I was testing to see if […]
Justine Sherry: Week Three at The Reef
This week was a very exciting week! I worked some more at the Reef helping take care of the animals, I helped out by cleaning their tanks, we do this by sucking up the dirt through a hose like thing and when there is algae growing on them we have to card them with old […]
Justine Sherry: Week Two at the REEF
This week I got to work at the REEF helping out and taking care of the animals. Most of the work was on taking care of the tanks for the animals and I also got to feed them. The most interesting animal to feed was the California Moray Eel. The eel is mostly blind and […]
Justine Sherry: Starting at the REEF (the Research Experience and Education Facility), Week One
I arrived in Santa Barbara on a Sunday and got to explore the small college town where I will be living. I met with Scott Simon, the head of the REEF program and got a rundown of the program. The next day, I started working at my internship with the REEF program. This week I […]