Peter Traykovski, a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute, gave us a tour of his lab and the dock. I liked his team’s inventions and the
creativity they put into them. I thought
they were creative because they took pieces of other machines to build their
own.
I got to test
drive a watercraft they just built.
Their goal was to make an inexpensive watercraft that could study the
ocean’s bottom in waves. The watercraft
they have called the Remus can be up to one million dollars. If a wave hits it, it could get damaged.
They have
inspired me to build a watercraft using pieces of other things. This is something I would like to do for a
living. I want to be a scientist,
engineer, and a naturalist. I hope I can
visit their lab again.
On the ferry to Woods Hole
Peter showing me how the sand moves overtime.
Peter showing me his inventions in his lab.
This was in the submarine that discovered the titanic. Click below to read more.
This is a video of me test driving the science lab's new watercraft.
This is the jetyak. Click on the link to read more about it.
Here a link to my watercraft idea.
Peter is me showing parts of the Remus.
Check out the websites below, especially the shark cam.
2 comments:
The Oceanographic Institute sounds like it was a fun and informative place to visit. It is exciting that you got to try out the new watercraft. I also really like the way you were inspired to design the "wave blaster!"
I really like the way you include pictures, videos, and links to additional information in you blog. Maybe this year I can learn to do that with the class blog.
It sounds like you are having another amazing summer of learning and fun. Thanks for including me in some of it. Enjoy August, and don't forget to stop in to see me in September when you get back to school.
OMG! The shark cam video was amazing! That would be cool to work on a project like that someday. Hope to see you on Shark Week when you get older.
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