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Daily Duties at Race Rocks for students

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This video was produced in 2002 when Mike and Carol Slater were ecoguardians at Race Rocks . When students would go out for a project week, after training from Mike, they would be responsible for the daily duties at Race Rocks.  This was before the era of alternate energy at Race Rocks and the upgrading of many of the weather measurements, so is now somewhat of a recording of history.

Written, and video by Rosie, Ahmad, and Jeremias.:

“During our project week at Race Rocks, Mike Slater, the Race Rocks Marine Protected Area Guardian asked us if we could make a video explaining the daily duties necessary to maintain the facility. Students who are relieving on the island during Mike’s absence will be able to use this data as a guide for performing their duties, as well as providing a useful information resource for students visiting the island.

These duties include two daily engine checks, a salinity check one hour before high tide, and keeping a record of the days weather, as well as explaining the functions and instructions for testing machinery located on the island.”

 

whalewatchers at close range

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Monday, November 04, 2002
Good evening
Temperature: Max. 8.4 ºC »» Min. 4.0 ºC »» Reset 6.9 ºC
In the late afternoon Garry stopped by for a short
check on the RR Project Week Team (Ahmad, Rosie, Jeremias) and
camera 1. About 7 Whalewatchers came by only in the afternoon,
one of them came very close to the docks and stayed there for
about 10 minutes.
posted by Race Rocks Relief at 6:08 PM
Good Morning
WEATHER: Sky Part Cloudy »» Vis. 10 Miles »» Wind North East 9 Knots »» Sea Rippled
posted by Carol or Mike S at 7:24 AM

Animal census

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Good Evening
TEMPERATURE: Max. 8.9 ºC »» Min. 3.9 ºC »» Reset 6.5 ºC
MARINE LIFE: The population of Sealions is still low, was hoping the animals that left after the last session of blasting at DND would return but guess it is just too stressful for them. We counted 26 California, 7 Northern sealions hauled out along the north shore of Gr. Race, 27 Californias, 18 Northern on North Rocks and and 78 ( 27 Northern ) hauled out on the Middle Rocks.
HUMAN INTERACTION: Chris in Hyaku with students and supplies for week’s stay ‘on the rock’. There were 5 ecotour boats, 1 pleasurecraft and 1 sailboat through today.posted by Carol or Mike S at 7:13 PM

Good Morning
WEATHER: Sky Clear »» Vis. 15 Miles »» Wind North East 5 Knots »» Sea Rippled
posted by Carol or Mike S at 7:20 AM

Blasting continues on Bentinck Island

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’18:13:00′, ‘The storm has not yet materialised, but the blasting continues. Today the blasting is louder, and the seals and sea lions have already deserted their islet. If you want to see the blasting, you can track it on the remote control camera at racerocks.com. The first blast occurred at around 9.30 am and sent all the animals stampeding off their respective islets. We had a visit from some scientists who were studying the impact of the blasts. We conducted an interview which should hopefully be available with the rest of the footage on this website.We finished two of our video projects today, which only leaves one to complete.’, ‘RR Relief-students from PC’,

Westmont Montessori Class Visits Race Rocks as part of our Schools Project

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In June, 2002 the grade six students of Nadine Cruikshank’s class at Westmont Montessori school in Metchosin came out to Race Rocks to participate in a live webcast. Pearson College students Ben, Joe, Kiprop and former student Ryan who were staying at Race Rocks for the Johan Asuvud Race Rocks 2002 Project introduce them to the ecology and the history of Race Rocks. (17 minutes)

WEBCASTING CREW –AT RACE ROCKS JUNE 2-14, 2002

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MEET THE CREW:

“We had a great time webcasting live from Race Rocks on Camera 4 during the first two weeks of June for the Johan Ashuvud Race Rocks02 Project”

Current first year students from Pearson College, Joe, Ben, Kiprop and Jedrzej and Ryan Murphy, who graduated last year stayed at the Marine Science Centre. Ryan is returning to Race Rocks this month to do research for Mt.Allison Univ. on the macroalgal community, They conducted daily live and prerecorded webcasts with teacher Garry Fletcher from the intertidal and from underwater using camera 4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For one of the webcasts we were joined by Sean LeRoy, Graduate Researcher, Georgia Basin Futures Project Sustainable Development Research Institute, University of British Columbia and Dr.James Tansey also of UBC. They came to participate in the webcast with Garry and Ryan on Marine Protected Areas in new Zealand and Canada with Tim Langlois, Leigh Marine Laboratory University of Auckland, and Anne Saloman, University of Washington, Zoology Department.

On three days we hosted small groups of students from local elementary schools who served as proxies in webcasts done for their classmates.

Support for the Race Rocks02 Project came from the Johan Ashuvud Race Rocks Memorial Fund.

Eudistylia vancouveri: feather duster tubeworm –The Race Rocks Taxonomy

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The Feather Duster Tube worm is often associated with floating docks on the southern part of Vancouver Island. At Race Rocks, there are no floating docks but Eudistylia inhabits the protected rock crevasses of the lower intertidal zone. It can not withstand drying out too long so being in this tidal level will provide a maximum of an hour exposure at the lowest tides. While exposed in the air, their feather like gills are retracted, and the leathery parchment -like tubes are pinched closed at the opening. Underwater, the gills when released, are often banded a deep red and purple colour.

 

Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Canalipalpata
Suborder Sabellida
Family Sabellidae
Genus Eudistylia
Species vancouveri
Common Name: Northern Feather Duster Wor

GF photo, 2007

Other Members of the Phylum Annelida at Race Rocks 
taxonomyiconReturn to the Race Rocks Taxonomy
and Image File
pearsonlogo2_f2The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.

 June 2002  Garry Fletcher (PC)

Westmont School visit June 2002

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In June, 2002 the grade six students of Nadine Cruikshank’s class at West-Mont school in Metchosin came out to Race Rocks to participate in a live webcast. Pearson College students Ben,Joe, Kiprop and former student Ryan Murphy introduce them to the ecology and the history of Race Rocks. (17 minutes)

 

Webcasting Crew at Race Rocks for the Johan Ashvud RR’02 Project

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MEET THE CREW:

kiptower

Michael Kiprop Kenya (PC-2003)

joe

Joe Downham UK (PC-2003)

ben

Ben Dougall Australia (PC-2003)

ryan

Ryan Murphy Newfoundland & Labrador (PC-2001)

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“We had a great time webcasting live from Race Rocks on Camera 4 during the first two weeks of June for the Johan Ashuvud Race Rocks02 Project”
Three current first year students from Pearson College and Ryan Murphy, who graduated last year stayed at the Marine Science Centre. Ryan is returning to Race Rocks this month to do research for Mt.Allison Univ. on the macroalgal community.

See one video on Pterygophora which was one part of his project here: They conducted daily live and prerecorded webcasts with Garry Fletcher from the intertidal and from underwater using camera 4.

Garry

Garry Fletcher Biology/Diving faculty

For one of the webcasts we were joined by Sean LeRoy, Graduate Researcher, Georgia Basin Futures Project Sustainable Development Research Institute, University of British Columbia and Dr.James Tansey also of UBC. They came to participate in the webcast with Garry and Ryan on Marine Protected Areas in new Zealand and Canada with Tim Langlois, Leigh Marine Laboratory University of Auckland, and Anne Saloman, University of Washington, Zoology Department.

On three days we hosted small groups of students from local elementary schools who served as proxies in webcasts done for their classmates.

Support for the Race Rocks 02 Project came from the Johan Ashuvud Race Rocks Memorial Fund
Below are some of the Videos produced by the crew during the week.

benframes kids octopuss
Ben’s movie put together during the week. June 2002 field trip: for a live webcast with the crew, of the grade six students from West-Mont school . One morning we found the body of an octopus washed up in the intertidal zone. An impromptu dissection led to this video.

A Day in the Life of Student at Race Rocks Johan Ashuvud Project 2004

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Here is a look into a day in the lives of students on the Johann Ashuvud Project 2004. as it was in June of 2004 See as they tour about the island executing everyday errands. Thanks to Jennifer (PC yr31), Emmanuel (PC yr30), Tanyella ( PC yr 31) and Michelle (PC yr30). Camera by Paul (PC yr30)