http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specificationAdventure Blog 09 See the Adventureexplorology.snomnh.ou.eduHolli Langliebhttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.eduThu, 20 Jun 2013 03:24:54 GMTAdventure Blog 09 See the AdventureTue, 13 Mar 2012 14:26:04 GMTSuper Science Saturdayhttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/super-science-saturdaySun, 19 Jul 2009 01:13:17 GMTHolli LangliebHolli LangliebIt has been a great Oklahoma Science Adventure!

We woke up in the Museum Ancient Life Gallery with the dinosaurs over our heads. :) We put the finishing touches on our presentations and practiced one last time before the Closing Ceremony started.

Before we said our hellos to our family and teachers we had one last group discussion about "What is Science?" and discovered that our definition has evolved from the first day. We went from "Facts" to a "Process".

Although we had to say our final goodbyes today, I hope this is the start of a lifetime of Adventures in Science!  

Stay in touch! :)

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/super-science-saturdayFantastic Fridayhttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/fantastic-fridaySat, 18 Jul 2009 02:33:46 GMTHolli LangliebHolli LangliebWhat a day! It has been a great Friday. We have been working on our research at a Permian fossil track site all morning. It turned out to be a cool morning. We measured, sketched, wrote in our journals, made molds of the tracks and learned a lot. :)

After our research we headed back to the Museum for lunch. Then up to the paleontology preparation lad to see what happens to the fossils after they are come to the Museum. It was really cool!

This afternoon we have been working hard on our presentation for tomorrow. We are now watching "A Night At The Museum" them we are going to spend out night in the Museum.

We will see you at 11:30 a.m. for lunch then the Closing Ceremony at Noon. :)

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/fantastic-fridayErnesto- Day ?http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/ernesto--day-Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:30:06 GMTosa2009osa2009Today we got back to the museum, but before that we went back to the fossil site Billings Site 1, the site with all the Permian fossil tracks, we finished our field project, in our field project we chose a 14" x 17" plot of limestone and we checked for tracks. When we did find any tracks, they were every where, we had to see what kind they were and how many we could find and also walking patterns . After that we had to use the Scientific Method to answer questions we made yesterday and today we finished it, its more confusing than it sounds.

-Ernesto

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/ernesto--day-Dust in the windhttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/dust-in-the-windSat, 18 Jul 2009 00:23:39 GMTosa2009osa2009                    Day 5 and 6!

 

    Since yesterday, we have been working on paleontology! For those of you who don't know its the study of fossils. We went to Site North Orlando and collected fossils and Lungfish burrows. We had to be cautioned about Black widows, Scoirpions, and snakes. We then went to Billings site 1 and looked for tracks on a 57 foot long limestone from the Permian age! It used to be underwater. We tried to make a hypothesis on how many species had been in our own indivisual area. Mine had around three to four different species. See you all tomorow!

 

                                                                                  -Al Sylvester

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/dust-in-the-windday6adamhttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day6Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:15:21 GMTosa2009osa2009hey mom u coming tommorow we did paleontology today we got to make plaster cast today we looked at a limestone rock and see footprints and riples

 

 

                                                  love u mom by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day6day4 Ramon Granadohttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day4--ramon-granadoSat, 18 Jul 2009 02:34:33 GMTosa2009osa2009Hi Jacob hi mom and hi dad.I had a great time yesterday we went canoeing and tracking.We ether found otter or beaver tracks on the banks of the Illinios river.When we canoeing some of us got stuck and al lost his paddle in the current it was a week current. we had to get out to help some people.One person got stuck in a tree log and other people got them out so ya we traveled 6 miles down river which was very fun!we got to let the current pull us a little.We sleeped at a Holiday Inn which was very comfy.I love you guys very much!!!BYE!Ramon Granado

 

 

 

                               P.S.Tell everyone I said hi even granpa Hammon.

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day4--ramon-granadoErnesto- Day 5http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/ernesto--day-5Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:39:05 GMTosa2009osa2009Today actually I have to blog about yesterday and today. Yesterday we went canoeing with Dr. Nick on the Illinois River somewhere, I'm not really sure where, but it was really cool and it wasn't like canoeing with your third grade class, where there's a rubber duck and fake trees, but an actual canoeing, with rapids and 80 trees in your way. Today was the day I was exited more the most, we went fossil hunting, we went to fossil stes in Perry and Enid, we went to sites from the Permian Era, and we mostly found fish bones scales and lungfish holes, oh yeah we also had dinner at Chilli's, awesome.

-Ernesto

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/ernesto--day-5tracking experiencehttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tracking-experienceFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:39:03 GMTosa2009osa2009This is my canoeing/tracking experience.After learning the proper way to use the paddles,we sarted canoeing on the Illinois River.The tracker with us was Dr. Nick. After we had gotten the hang of steering,we started to really look for spots  where ani mals would leave tracks(aka muddy spots in the shade with a food source)Eventually we did find such spots.When we did,we'd park our canoes and Nick would tell us what type of animal the tracks most likely came from,why the animal chose this spot,and what would be other good spots to look for.There were rapids that we had to brave and friends we sometimes had to help out,but that's what makes this experience real and that,s why this has been a gr8 expience thus far.

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tracking-experienceDay 4,Tale here we comehttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day-4tale-here-we-comeFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:35:53 GMTosa2009osa2009            Day 4

        Yesterday we went canoeing.We are were also tracking animals by observing the tracks they leave behind.I actually lost my paddle but Chris got it for me.We found what  looked like racoon tracks and scat.We were hoping to find a slide of mud from an otter,thats what Dr.Nick wanted to see.I really liked the canoeing,though I was not the best.I had never been canoeing so I had to have someone who had.We also swam in the Illinois river,it was always almost shallow.We then went back to the hotel and had help with tracking human prints from Nick.We learned that the length,width,and depth can help a lot when in law enforcement.We went 6 miles for about 4 hours.After that we all went to bed.So that is pretty much it beside the van ride,see you soon!

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day-4tale-here-we-comeday5adamhttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day5adamFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:34:33 GMTosa2009osa2009hey mom we went to the illonois river to canoe some people got stuck on the rocks and we went tracking for animal prints i realy liked canoeing the fun part was about rapids there was a lot of abstocles

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day5adamAnimal tracking.http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/animal-trackingFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:32:41 GMTosa2009osa2009Hallo, mom, dad, brother who is Richard, yesterday we went canoeing on the Illinois river, which was surprisingly easy. I dropped my paddle once,but grabbed it instantly. we would stop at certain places and look for animal tracks, with the help of doctor Nick scheschsheshshecluski (no clue how to spell it). we got two people to a boat, and i got to sit in the front most of the time. it was awsome.

Hey Richard, hope you're enjoying the Chober joke.

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/animal-trackingCanoeinghttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/canoeingFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:27:04 GMTosa2009osa2009Yesterday we went down the South Illinois River; in a canoe! It was so much fuun! Every once and a while we would pull over to the side a nd look at some tracks. We found a stick that a beaver had chewed on and some large dog tracks. we saw scat that may have come from a raccoon, river otter or beaver. Then we saw some more prints of a racoon or opossum. Some berries that were scattered on the ground hepled prove that the prints belonged to a raccoon or opossum. A hole that we saw looked like an animal had been digging there.

Today we went looking for fossils at two different sites. It was cool because we walked through a field with cows and they started to do something like a stampede! I was scared at first but I was reassured by Holly that they wouldn't hurt us. They didn't! I found a fish's tooth and Mariah found a shark's tooth. Lots of people found fish scales and Lungfish burrows. it was so much fun and tomorrow we will go look at a site again with a lot of prehistoric animal tracks.

I hope the last few days don't go by quickly!

Goodnight! 

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/canoeingcannoing and trackinghttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/cannoing-and-trackingFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:24:05 GMTosa2009osa2009We had so much fun canooing! I expecially had alot of fun tracking...so the canooing and tracking was a good experience and i would like to do it again. So we are about to go swimming so i will blog again later....BYE!!! :)

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/cannoing-and-trackingI cant belive how fast it has gone byehttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/i-cant-belive-how-fast-it-has-gone-byeFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:23:21 GMTosa2009osa2009We have been canoeing in the Illinois River. It was 6 miles long! but it went by so fast      my partner lost his paddle when we hit a big bump but we found it and on the edge of the water we studied the rocks.   today we have been into paleontology it is an amazing expiereance

 

                as usual i am out of time so se ya soon  and ba bye

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/i-cant-belive-how-fast-it-has-gone-byeyestery and todayhttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/yestery-andFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:23:10 GMTosa2009osa2009Yesterday we went canoeing.while we were canoeing we went tracking with Nick.a tracking scienetist. it was really fun. Alot of us got stuck in fast water currents. Tt was about 6 miles so it took us 4 & 1/2 hours.the river was the Illonoise River.Today we went with Bill and Joe.

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/yestery-andtracking is AWSOMEhttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tracking-is-awsomeFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:20:41 GMTosa2009osa2009We went canoeing yesterday to go look for tracks. I think we found river otter tracks and racoon tracks. We also found berries maybe from a otter. I learned a lot yesterday. I found out some people find animal scat and they pick it up and smell it. It was very interesting. Canoeing was really fun because this was my first time doing this so it was really hard but i was with Holli and Ramon and they have more experience than I do. My favorite part was when we got to stop and swim around in the Illinios river. While we were conoeing we saw big giant cat fish and bass. I am actually going to try and convince my mom into taking us conoeing. I think it will be really fun to go with family.

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tracking-is-awsomeTracking and Fossilshttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tracking-and-fossilsFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:18:59 GMTShreyaShreyaSo, as you probably know, we went canoeing yesterday :) We also did a bit of tracking with Nick. We learned to canoe and it was pretty fun :). We almost tipped our canoe over on rapids going over a big log. We canoed for 6 miles in the S. Illinios river. Nick taught us how to track aniimal footprints and we found a few along the river. He showed us really cool stuff on how diff. animals walk. 

Today, we drove from Talequah and came to Orlando and found a bunch of fossils there. There was a black widow spider sort of near me, and Jes told me to get down (thanks Jes!!!). It was very fun. I found a lot of fish scales AND bones. We found a lot of lungfish burrows too. We went to a different site about 20 miles from each other. The second was near Perry. It was dullamite sandstone with imprints of prehistoric reptiles and amphibians. We are now about to go swimming (yay)!!!

But, I LOVED canoeing!!!

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tracking-and-fossilsThrilling Thursdayhttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/thrilling-thursdayFri, 17 Jul 2009 01:54:39 GMTHolli LangliebHolli LangliebWhat a day! We started the day in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and have ended in Enid, Oklahoma. We spent our 3 hour drive singing, laughing, talking, napping and have WAY too much fun in a van :)

We met Bill May and Joe Baalke, our paleontologists from the Museum in Perry, Oklahoma to start our field research on paleontology. The sites are in the Permian time period. That means there are no dinosaurs. We found fossils of fish, ancient amphibians, ancient reptiles. It was really intersting to see the fossils out in the areas and look for them ourselves. We even get to take a few home!

Our second site was our research site called Billings 1. This site has trace fossils, tracks of the ancient animals that were swimming in the area a LOOOOONG time ago. (Good thing we know a little about tracking from our river trip:)

We observed the site and thought about questions and hypothesis for our research tomorrow.

After dinner Bill and Joe played a great game of Paleo Jeopardy with us. This helped us to understand the area of our research site a little better.

We have decide on our hypothesis as a group tonight and can't wait to get out there in the morning to see what we can find out. Now we are off for a quick swim before it is time for bed! Then off to the Museum tomorrow!

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/thrilling-thursdayWonderful Wet Wednesday!http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/wonderful-wet-wednesdayThu, 16 Jul 2009 01:35:36 GMTHolli LangliebHolli LangliebToday has been wet and wild! We started our day in Claremore thinking about how and why people track animals before the started our journey to Tahlequah, Ok to start our tracking adventure.We arrived and met Dr. Nick Czaplewski, associate staff curator in vertebrate paleontology at the Museum. He is also a great animal tracker.

This first part of the scientific method is observation. So we headed down the river observing the habitat for animals signs. We found tracks, scat and signs of feeding for a couple different species. Along the way we swam, talked, and enjoyed the beautiful river.

We also used our teamwork skills as the river twisted and turned us around! We got stuck on a few trees and on the shore a couple times. :) We did a great job communicating and helping each other.

After about 4 hours we finished our trip and wanted to go again! It was so much fun and a wonderful way to look at the diversity of wildlife in Oklahoma.

Tonight we are using our bodies to imitate how animals move and see how they make the tracks we saw on the river. It is really fun seeing everyone act like an animal. :)

Thursday we start or paleontology research! Check back for more fun!

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/wonderful-wet-wednesdayTadpole and fish experimenthttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tadpole-and-fish-experimentTue, 14 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMTosa2009osa2009My roomate and i had our experiment today and our question was, "What could influence the high diversity in the fishless pond." Our thinking on why was because the fish in the big pond could be eating them and so since there were no fish in the fishless pond the tadpoles were flourishing. We tested our hypothesis by going to each the big pond and the fishless pond and chose three places in each one and sampling for five minutes each and inbetween sampling counting what we caught so far. At the fishless pond we ended up with 36 tadpoles and no fish and in the big pond we caught 3 tadpoles and 5 fish. So there were more tadpoles where there were no fish.....So our hypothesis proved correct! Yay!! :) lol well thats all for now so bye!

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tadpole-and-fish-experimentDay two and day three Ramon Granadohttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day-twoSat, 18 Jul 2009 02:35:23 GMTosa2009osa2009Hi mom hi dad.Yesterday i had a great time we went to the ropescourse and played islands, balance beam,hey were great games.Then we went to the agua lab and we went to some ponds and got to go in them and get dirty for a long time.today we woke up and had bacon and waffles for breakfast. and after that we did our projects.My partner was Kris we got into the ponds again and now we are going to go back to the agua lab and do Astronomy.I Love you guys very much bye!!

 

 

                  

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day-twoTerrific Tuesday!http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/terrific-tuesdayWed, 15 Jul 2009 04:07:50 GMTHolli LangliebHolli LangliebThis is has been a terrific Tuesday! We started off with a big breakfast then off to the reserve to test our hypothesis with some research. We started off by thinking about what equipment we would need and EXACTLY how we were going to conduct the sampling...was it the big pond or the fishless pond? should we go in 5 steps? your five steps or mine? should we use a meter stick to measure the depth or our knees?

After some details were decided we headed out into the Oklahoma summer morning and started to sample. After about 3 hours of sampling, LOTS of water and some great finds we cleaned off and went back into the air conditioning for lunch.

After lunch we took a look at what other groups found and worked with our partner to start forming our conclusions. Then off to the pool for some much deserved relaxation! Swimming was really fun and cooled us off. :)

We went back to the reserve to finish our conclusions, make some graphs using excel on the computers and think about how we would like to continue the research if we had more time. Each group presented their project and provided discussion points about further research. The whole group had lots of questions and suggestions for further research. It was a wonderful discussion. If you are coming the presentations on Saturday I am sure your will see some of this work. :)

After dinner we were back on the reserve working with the Tulsa Astronomy Club. http://www.astrotulsa.com/ We had a great time talking and working with telescopes. We even named a new telescope of Office Boston (from RSU)!

We have had an amazing time here at RSU and the Rogers County Conservation District. We could not have learned so much with out Robert Gibbs, April Fink, John White, The Tulsa Astronomy Club, Offier Boston and the generous funding from the Whitten-Newman Foundation! 

We are not sleeping in our beds, dreaming of fish, tadpoles, insects, stars, frogs and our canoe trip tomorrow! We still have 5 more days of science to go!!

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/terrific-tuesdayKRIS ON DAY 2http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/kris-on-day-2Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:48:53 GMTosa2009osa2009waded in watr in serch of tadpoles 4 a project(found around 40!)hypothesis=they'll go where there is  food            results=mostly correct,I was searching in barren areas so I shoud've found lessthan my partner but I was where there was plant life under water so that was aloophole G2G-KRIS

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/kris-on-day-2Pond experimenthttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/pond-experimentTue, 14 Jul 2009 23:46:17 GMTosa2009osa2009I did an awesome experiment with katelin. We had a question, hypothesis and conclusion. Our question was "where do most tadpoles live?" Our hypothesis was that tadpoles live in cooler water with plants. And our conclusion was that tadpoles don't live in cool water They live in 85 to 90 degree water. I don't think that the tempature of the water really matters that much.

If I could do it again I would change my hypothesis to tadpoles live in water with vegetation. I would keep my question the same. I think that the mud helps keep the tadpoles cool when they hide in it. The plants would also help them hide and provide food.

We got to search for tadpoles in the ponds. It was a lot of fun. We found about 20 tadpoles total.I'm really having a lot of fun and can't wait to go canoeing tomorrow!

Goodbye!  

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/pond-experimentOur Project!http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/todays-adventuresTue, 14 Jul 2009 23:40:08 GMTShreyaShreya    Hello everyone!

Everyone did a project to do with the ponds and tiny bodies of water.

Ours was comparing how many fish live in different temperatures of water.

Our (Mariah and I) question that we had to answer was...:
How does the temperrature of the water effect how many fish live there?

Our hypothisis was if that If the water is warm, there will be more fish in it. But, we proved ourselves wrong.  We found out that the temperature didn't really matter. What mattered was what type and how many plants were in the water. We found that musquito fish were in coontail and that the bluegill sunfish were in pondweed. We tested 3 different ponds and 2 diff. areas within the ponds. We caught 32 fish with a dnet in 10 minutes in one pond!

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/todays-adventuresDay like three or something.http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day-like-three-or-somethingTue, 14 Jul 2009 23:37:26 GMTosa2009osa2009 Hi mom, dad, brother who is Richard. i', having a great time. i assume that Richard P. is calling continuously, trying to figure out where i am. anyway, we had to do an expeirement from one of our observations using the scientific method, which turned out quite different than i expected. Ernesto (my partner and roommate) and i were wondering if pond size affects fish growth. we figured that since larger animals require more oxygen, they would need a larger supply. Bigger Pond =bigger fish. there were 3 ponds we tested, small med. and large.  we used a siene (giant net) to do four scoops of each pond, measured 20 fish we caught, and averaged the size in cm. our results completely contradicted our hypothesis, with the large pond having small fish and vice versa with the med. pond there in the middle. so that's how it went.

     Oh, and Richard, there's someone here named Chober.

Alex    <=(:( )=

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day-like-three-or-somethingTadpole and fish experimenthttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tadpole-and-fish-experiment1Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:35:38 GMTosa2009osa2009My roomemate and i tested our quistion in 2 different ponds. The fishless pond and big pond .we got knee deep and sampled 3 places of the ponds.5 minutes each.we had 36 tadpoles in the fishless pond and 0 fish. We had 5 fish and 0 tadpoles in the big pond.we got really muddy and wet.In the end we had to give a presantation.We tested our hypothesis to be true.Totaly awesome.Yay its true!!!!!! :) ;)

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tadpole-and-fish-experiment1shreya and i have an awsome projecthttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/shreya-and-i-have-an-awsome-projectTue, 14 Jul 2009 23:29:33 GMTosa2009osa2009Today we have been working on our experiment. Just so you know mom it was messy : )

\               Our question about the experiment was - Dose the temperature of the pond effect the amount of fish we catch?

Our conclusion was that the temp didn't realy efect how many their were, but more ware the plants are.

                  well time is out got to go.

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/shreya-and-i-have-an-awsome-projecttadpole experimenthttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tadpole-experimentTue, 14 Jul 2009 23:28:04 GMTosa2009osa2009Today we went and tested our experiment. I was working with Shannon.Our question was where do most tadpoles live? In cool deep water or hot shallow water. Our hypothisis was that tadpoles live in deep cool water. Our hypothisis was wrong we found that the temperature of the water did not matter unless it wwas reallly cold for them. We found that tadpoles live in vegetated areas and in the mud. They use the vegetated area to hide and to eat algie. They use the mud to cool off and to hide also. we found more tadpoles at the big pond. It was really fun to go looking for fish and tadpoles in a very muddy lake.

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/tadpole-experimentDay 3- Ernestohttp://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day-3--ernestoTue, 14 Jul 2009 23:27:11 GMTosa2009osa2009Hi again, today we ate food and we did stuff, thats what I would say if I'd stayed home and would just be watching weird rerunsof old shows like, McGuiver or Matlock. Today we went into a conservation site the same as Yesterday and we finish a Research Project it was pretty cool we dived in ponds to catch some fishes, the research project uses the Scientific Method, so we had to come up with a Question, Hypothesis,Conclusion, and other things. My group question was "Do fish size varie through the different size ponds" and we thought larger pongs would have larger fish, but I was proven wrong. We ate Tacos today, yeah. And waffles too. Yeah...

]]>http://explorology.snomnh.ou.edu/day-3--ernesto