Hi this is Angela oh again reporting on the last and final day of the first session of the heal the bay PAva creek program. Today the students arrived closer to the junction between the la river and the ocean, seeing the sewage treatment plants and even the physical difference in water quality that is streaming right onto the ocean.
We then walked shortly to the aquarium of the pacific and was guided by a staff member from the aquarium to a private classroom. The students discussed the chemistry behind dissolved oxygen in the water, were divided into groups, and went outside to the shore to evaluate the amount of dissolved oxygen in various depths of the water. The students then determined whether there was more oxygen in deeper or in more shallow waters.
Heal the bay then provided an awesome lunch for the students including sandwiches, cookies, and salads. After the lunch, the students were given free time to roam around the aquarium. We had a speaker, Holly Grey, from an organization called Algalita. She talked about the plastics in the stomachs if albatrosses.
Afterwards, they divided up into their individual teams and discussed their projects. They discussed and analyzed how much work they needed to do and finish after actually starting. With a checklist of requirements and assignments of who is going to have what job to fulfill, they organized their projects and are hopefully ready to actually pursue them following this program.
I want to thank PAVA so much for supporting me and heal the bay until the completion of our project. I really hope that the students enjoyed the program as much as I did. And I really appreciate all heal the bay has done for the pava students, helping them understand how the environment is affected chemically, biologically, and physically by pollution and trash. I hope these active and hands-on projects have and will continue to help them develop more advocacy for helping better the environment.
Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Angela oh
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