Day 6: Santa Maria!!!

Today we got an early start, 5:15 to be exact. Breakfast was at 6:00, then at 6:30 it was off to the national park. As you can see below there was a lot of foot travel. The waterfall was really really cold. (Everyone was VERY tired at the end of the hike.)

On the way back from the park our van got a flat tire, so we waited by the side of the road until the other van came to pick us up. 

After we got back, it was time for science. The first thing our group was to dilute the base we had to get the correct pH. When we were done with that, I (Michael) painted the leaves with water, vinegar, and NaOH (a strong base). Then, Carson and Ruby went out into the field to start our experiment. Meanwhile, Jamie and I worked on the lab notebook and presentation.
When they returned with their data, we needed to analyse it, and how we had to do that was by counting millimeter squares. I alone counted nearly 2000 of them.
Finally I sat down to write this blog. The End. (of this day at least)

Lauren here - some of the groups went out into the field today to collect data. Seamus and Nora's group started observing ant behavior for their project. Many groups continued working after 8pm this evening. Tomorrow - more science!! 

This blog post is brought to you by Gannon and Michael (and a little bit by Lauren).