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Field days at Fort De Soto
At Fort De Soto there were three stations, where the campers rotated between collecting sediments, nutrients, and seine net samples.
July 26, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Shell Key Field Trips
Shell Key is an island that the OCG campers kayak out to for one of their three field trips.
July 25, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
ANGARI Cruise Field Trip
The OCG campers and staff all had an amazing time aboard the R/V ANGARI.
July 24, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Ocean Concept Rotations
Ocean concept rotations allow the OCG campers to learn about the different layers of the oceans.
July 22, 2024Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp
Go Fish! Marine Protection and Fisheries Lab
The first portion of the lab focused on fisheries, management, basic modeling principals, and population dynamics.
June 24, 2022Girls Camp
Seas-ing the Day!
The Niskin bottle and sediments crew were tasked with collecting samples for us to characterize our stations.
June 23, 2022Girls Camp
Fish Banks: Following the Current-cy
On the Tuesday of our last week of camp, we spent most of the day engaged in an activity called Fish Banks.
June 20, 2022Girls Camp
Fish Ecology Blog
This is the sixth year that Michael Sipes, Science Mentor, had the pleasure of leading the Fish Ecology Lab and every year it’s a blast.
June 20, 2022Girls Camp
Totally Jawesome! A Shark 101 and Shark Tagging Lab
These campers totally needed a bigger boat.. Sharks were on deck at OCG!
June 17, 2022Girls Camp
Behold the Barrier Island!
The final field trip of Oceanography Camp for Girls 2022 was our expedition to Caladesi Island.
June 15, 2022Girls Camp
DNA Detectives!
Campers became detectives for a day as they collected the DNA left behind by organisms in the water, known as environmental DNA (eDNA), to identify organisms from different habitats!
June 15, 2022Girls Camp
Keeping Good Company: Fish Banks Simulation
On the last Wednesday of OCG the campers participated in a team activity called “Fish Banks,” a simulation game in which the girls acted as hypothetical fishing companies.
July 21, 2021Blogs and Perspectives, Girls Camp