By Oscar and Samuel

This morning we created our project proposals based on the hypotheses each of us devised on Sunday.  In addition to our original hypothesis and question we also added a materials list, a list of the locations each of us needed to visit for our projects, a procedure (how we’re doing our projects), an explanation of why our project mattered and how our project could be scaled and continued. After we each got our proposals checked off we ate lunch and figured out where we’d be going in the afternoon. After lunch, we packed our bags and ourselves into the van and headed off to Cattle Point on the south side of the island with Alex and Ayla. As we journeyed to the water’s edge we were amazed to see that it was crystal clear, this allowed us to see the shallows of the subtidal zone in addition to the intertidal which is generally what we see when tidepooling. We spent time scrambling the rocks and searching through the shallows for creatures. We found an abundance of animals including purple shore crabs crawling through cracks in the cliff side, aggregating anemones overflowing the tidepools and goose necked barnacles with their necks stretched up high. Some of us also saw people seining (running a small trawl along the seafloor for the purpose of research) and asked them about it. We also saw some spectacular bald eagles in addition to hearing the steller sea lion’s incredible call from a small island in  the distance. When we got back to the dorms we were given some time to unwind and relax before evening chores began.