Future Scientist

Today was, by far, the most fun and interesting day since we got here. Day by day I'm learning so many new things about everything in the rainforest, from plants, insects, and the environment as a whole. Today I woke up happy, and I was going to skip breakfast since the teachers decided to keep us up late presenting our research on the subject we chose back in the city. But I changed my mind and got up and did what I had to do. Breakfast was good today so I was energized and ready to work. Today we were working with Socorro and Claudia, while the other group went with Fernando, who is an expert in Bromeliads. They will be helping us with our investigation for our PBAs. We hiked our way to the stream and, on our way, saw different types of animals. We was able to see a Spider  Monkey and its offspring swinging from tree to tree, looking for something to eat. We also saw many Perkins roaming the rainforest. On our way, we came across a hollow tree that is a cave for vampire bats. Paul got in the cave and flashed his light inside while my classmates and I took turns looking into the cave. We finally arrived at the stream and began our research. At first I wasn't so excited about getting down and dirty in the stream to collect data, but then we were assigned to do different research in the stream. For example, I was in charge of investigating the ecosystem of leaves and finding out what types of insects live there and depend on the leaves. After collecting my data and heading to the lab to take a closer look at my data I was very pleased with what I recovered. I caught 2 dragon fly larvae and many other larvae insects. I loved working in the lab. I felt like a real scientist and now I understand the fascination of specialist science.