Thursday, March 17, 2011

Lets Get Small Week 1

The first day of practicum we read The Boy Harnessed The Wind for the first couple hours. Then, we talked a little about how to behave in public. After that we walked down to the college. When we got to the college we were a little early so we got some free hot chocolate. But, it was determined that it was "poison" hot chocolate and you more hungry. Anyways, when we got into there was some empty room in the back so thats were we sat. Dr Wesner talked about the oil spill and how the methane eating microbes helped by eating the methane that came from the accident. Also, he showed us the formula how they turn methane in to energy. After that we went to the lab. No food and no drinks (including water) was allowed in the lab. We were supposed to watch a video but it wasn't working so we would have to watch it next week. We talked about the methane eating microbes and formulas that were talked about in class. Also, we talked about how they turned the methane to energy and that compared to how we turned energy to food. Then, we walked back and reflected

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