Blog 34 – “Teaching Others” I talked to a kindergarten class about sharks. It was Ms. Bell’s class – she was my teacher when I was younger. I showed some of my shark pictures and explained the different kinds of sharks. I talked about all of the ways that I am helping sharks and the […]
Blog 33 – “Ocean Hero 2011” I won the award for Oceana Youth Ocean Hero. A bunch of people voted for me because of the good work that I have been doing with sharks. When I won, my mom came with the KARE 11 news to my class to surprise me. I was SUPER surprised […]
Wednesday, July 13th 2011 Driving down to the keys on a Wednesday morning was strange. Normally the long single road through the Florida Keys is quiet; the only signs of life are the fishermen on their way to their boats. On our drive down on Wednesday morning however, the road was bursting with people driving […]
Saturday, June 25th 2011 Saturday was another perfect day for sharking, and when there’s good weather and flat seas, the team usually heads out to the reef! So that we did. Since our reef site is more out in the open ocean, we take every chance we get to go out there since the weather […]
Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 A slew of late-June trips saw our team returning to the biologically rich waters of Florida’s Gulf Coast (near Ft. Myers) for a 3-day research trip with Florida Gulf Coast University. You may remember from previous entries that our sampling trips in Ft. Myers are generally quite high-octane, usually involving the […]
Friday, June 24th 2011 This Friday we went to our outer reef site with an enthusiastic group from the Miami Science Museum’s Impact Program, which was great because the lines at the reef are twice as long and the more help pulling in the lines the better. The last few trips have been a bit […]
Saturday, June 18th 2011 The first set of the summer trips had arrived and it felt way too long since the last time we were out doing shark research! The day was picture perfect at Keys Marine Lab and we were able to bring out a group from Deering Estates and also some new interns, […]
Friday, June 17th 2011 Summer sharking season has finally begun! With calm seas, a bright blue sky, and a good group, the RJD team was destined for a good time. It was the first excursion for two of our new interns, Stacey and Evan, as well as for the group of energetic home-schoolers and their […]
Blog 32 – “Hot Chocolate for Sharks” Lots of people came to help. Some of my family and neighbors came. One of my teachers and some kids from my class even came. We had a lot of fun. ——————- Now eight year old Sophi Bromenshenkel is on a crusade to save sharks and the oceans. […]
Saturday, April 30th 2011 It was a gorgeous, sunny day out on the water with South Broward High School. We were using a smaller boat than usual so although there was a limited amount of room, things went smoothly throughout the day. We headed out to our reef site which is deeper than most of […]