Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Welcome to the Camp Internet Channel Islands Oceanography Dig …… we are going off shore today to explore the waters surrounding the Channel Islands of California. What features on land and in the sea influence life in the channel waters ? Where do they come from ? What do they cause ? Let’s find out !!

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG #1 - What is the largest geographic feature that influences life in the Channel ? button

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #2 - What are the names of the two zones in the water that meet in the Channel and influence life in the Channel waters ? Where do they come from ? button

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:34AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #2 - What are the names of the two zones in the water that meet in the Channel and influence life in the Channel waters ? Where do they come from ? button

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #4 - There is another BIG force that effects sea life in the Channel waters and it happens in February and March each year – right when the whale visitors increase in number. What is this force caused by and what does it do to the water ? button

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #5 - Now read carefully, what is the name of the SOUTHERN current that brings the warmer Mexican waters up into the Channel and what time of year does this happen ? button

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #6 - What are the names of the two channels off the coast of Southern California ? button

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #7 - Name the three main features in geography UNDER the sea in the Channel waters. Which are higher and what is the lowest ? button

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:36AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#8 – How many types of whales and dolphins visit the Channel waters and what agency studies them ? button

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #9 - Learn about the Sustainable Seas Expedition that is studying the oceanography and marine biology of the National Marine Sanctuaries. From their main page at this button , click on Channel Islands to find out what technologies they are using to study the Channel Islands Sanctuary. And what documents do they create using those technologies ? Come back and tell us what you discover !

Camp Dig Team: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 8:37AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #10 – If you could be an animal or creature living in the Channel waters – which would you choose and why ?

TMS:Jason, Anthony, Josh, Ghanem, and Daniel: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 10:17AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Josh-I would want to be a whale because I could be really big and have power over other sea creatures. Anthony: I would be a shark becase all the other animals would be afriad of me. Jason: I would want to be a Sea Urchin, because I could poke people and not be eaten without cutting something.

TMS:Jason, Anthony, Josh, Ghanem, and Daniel: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 10:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Ghanem- I would be a shark, because I would be one of the strongest animals in the water. Daniel-I would be a blow fish because I can hide easier.

Brittany,Vincent,Sharese,Karla,Jessica,Cristina TMS: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 10:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Vincent:i would want to be a dolphin because to glide threw the water Brittany:i would be a giant squid because they are magnificent creatures Karla: i would be a dolphin because i could defend my self aginst other creatures.

TMS Celina, Charlene: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 10:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
The largest geographic feature is the impact Point Conception on the mainlandat the northern tip of the Channel Islands

Brittany,Vincent,Sharese,Karla,Jessica,Cristina TMS: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 10:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Sharese: i would be a dolphin because they get along withm humans

Danny, Trent: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 10:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
the names of the two zones in the water that meet and influence life are the Oreonigian zone and the ocean zone, and they both meet at the California zone.

T.M.S.-Chad & Ramir: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 10:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
The largest geographic feature that influences life in the Channel is the ocean waters are part of the Oregonian zone that sees a current of colder water moving down from the arctic Alaskan waters, and brining animals from the far north Pacific down to the Channel islands, such as the northern fur seal, and the Orca, or killer whales.

Brittany,Vincent,Sharese,Karla,Jessica,Cristina TMS: . . . . Fri, Dec 8, 10:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
We will be back after our lunch!