These programs are most suitable for high school students and can be scheduled at any time of the year. Sample activities are listed below. Click here for a sample itinerary . Every student not just most of them must have already attended a MarineLab program. Our advanced curriculum builds on the information already provided in a MarineLab program, and time restraints prevent us from providing that background material to only a few students.
All advanced programs are a minimum of four days and three nights.
This brief review will lead into an advanced discussion of coral reef ecology. A snorkeling field trip to representative reefs will follow the discussion. In the laboratory the students will identify the collected organisms, and compare the diversity of organisms on each substrate type. Water Quality Sampling Techniques Student will collect samples of water from two simulated seas. They will use this water to test salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, ammonia, and nitrite.