beginnings

Post date: Jul 11, 2013 9:44:47 PM

Over the past 3 weeks, I have learned how to do several different tasks. First, I learned how to use calipers to accurately measure the size of various Echinoderm and Ostracod fossils. I measured both the oral-aboral length and the right left diameter in each fossil, when possible. I also attended several geospatial workshops, in which I learned how to use the mapping software ArcGIS. Later, our professor, Noel Heim, taught us how to use R, a programming platform, to manipulate large amounts of data to analyze it and to create graphs. Recently, we took a field trip to Capitola to see actual fossils in the rock, and also to explore the tide pools. Both activities were fun, although I liked the tide pools better.