Students in Mount Madonna School’s 5th grade class participated in a marine science and service workshop on Friday, Dec. 6, coordinating with staff from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Sanctuary Exploration Center.
Photos courtesy of Jessica Cambell
Students gather data from the Santa Cruz Wharf on Friday, Dec. 6. The students measured water and air temperature, wind speed and direction, ocean PH and salinity. They also measured turbidity, analyzed cloud cover and noted visible sea life. They used this data, combined with a plankton tow, to determine the health of the ocean.
Mount Madonna students checks wind speed and direction along the Santa Cruz Wharf.
Mount Madonna students David Monclus and Solomon Coleman (left) pick up trash along Cowell Beach, while Vaden Barr (right) displays a bucketful of waste plastic and other debris he collected.
