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The Journey begins...

My name is Lora Aycock Jenkins, 8th grade science teacher at Tyner Middle Academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Together with my partners, 6th grade math teacher Lonna Henriquez and her husband and our videographer Gerald Linderman, we will be documenting our 3 week expedition across Costa Rica. Our Journey begins on June 25th and will end on July 16th of 2012.  We hope you will follow our posts and make the journey with us.  We have a dream to show students how math and science are interwoven in the quest to protect earth's biodiversity.  Our goal is to instill in our students a strong sense of stewardship for the incredibly diverse plant and animal populations we have in our own Tennessee River Gorge and watershed area. We will be conducting research through the rainforest restoration and relocation project and working with scientists at the OSA Biodiversity Research Center as they record biometric data on the returning sea turtles.   

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Trip Itinerary

June 25:  Land in San Jose
June 26 - June 29:  Irazu Volcano National Park and the Wildlife Rescue and Relocation Center
June 30:  Flight on Nature Air to Pureto Jimenez  and then a one hour drive south to the OSA Center
July 1 - July 14:  Piro Station on the southern tip of the OSA pennensula (sea turtle and Rainforest Restoration Programs)
July 15:  Back to San Jose
July 16:  Homeward bound

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