Day 13: POBR June 28, 2024

Day 13: June 28, 2024

            Today we were scheduled to wake up at 7:30am. However, I woke up at 6am to shower and get ready for the day. Turning into an early bird here. Monet cooked up a big breakfast, it was fire. Very much appreciated. After breakfast, we were scheduled to meet up and start working on our posters. Dr. Black had us delete a lot of our work that was done on there and then started working on the methodologies. An hour into this grind, Warren Seyler stopped by to chat with all of us. We gathered into a circle, then Seyler had us introduce ourselves then share what schools K-12 we attended. He wanted to get to know who we are and where we come from. Then he also asked what our career goals are. So, we went around the circle to share our goals.  Seyler emphasized how important it is that we continue to pursue our degrees then work for our tribes. 

            After the discussion, we went back to finish up our methodology section of our poster. Then we jumped into the finalizing our data for the research project for water quality and bacteria load. We first started finishing our data sheets, then uploading our data on to an excel sheet, and then started the presumptive diagnosis. Even though the results were potentially diagnosed, but it still helped us understand that there are potential bacteria in the creeks.  Once the results were diagnosed and updated on our excel sheet, Dr. Schuster had us upload our data sheet on the google drive so he and Dr. Black can review.

         After my assignment was completed, Dr. Black had me upload the data for the measurements of the sediment that we helped with yesterday. After I completed the data entry, I emailed everything to Dr. Black and then finally took a break. Monet once again, cooked a pretty good meal for dinner. To conclude this blog, I am so ready to go home to my family. Two weeks of sleeping on the ground is definitely taking a toll. 


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