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May 16, 2012
Pala Native American Learning Center Participates in HPWREN LIVE Activity Focused on Tidepool Vegetation and Animal Life National Park Service Ranger Rick Jenkins and HPWREN LIVE staff Kimberly Mann Bruch shared southern California coastal vegetation and animal life with Pala Native American Learning Center students in mid-May - using LIVE technology to take the students on a virtual trip to the Point Loma tidepools. The students were able to "touch and feel" several species of seastars, urchins, and clams while talking with Ranger Rick about specific characteristics of these interesting sea creatures.
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Ranger Rick of the Cabrillo National Monument, which manages the Point Loma intertidal area, communicated with the students in real-time and answered an array of questions posed by the students. Rick was equipped with a laptop running Skype, a headset/microphone, and a tripod-attached camera while the student group was small enough to huddle around a MacBook Pro with built-in speakers and microphone. |
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The students were particularly interested in comparing the preserved sea creatures that they were holding in their hands with the living sea life found in the tidepools. When queried, they agreed that the knobby star was their "favorite critter" due to its ability to grow back an arm if lost to a predator. |