Viz 28 Dive Into Your Imagination News

The past month has been a whirlwind of activity. The day I returned from the north pacific gyre, (read the latest article here) I boarded the Vision, a Truth Aquatics vessel headed out to the Southern Channel Islands off the coast here in California. We were headed to dive in kelp forests, with black sea bass, play with sea lions, dolphins plus more. Switching roles from being with scientists studying the Ocean to being with scuba divers who loved the ocean because they simply wanted to take pictures, video and explore her magnificence was interesting. I woke up on August 23 in a dream state. I had prepped my cameras the night before and I was able to slip in and become one with the Ocean. Only about 1% of the population scuba dives. My first breath underwater changed my life. There was something about the silence, the bubbles, the feeling of being free, and the water against every pore of my body. Every one of my senses was engaged. So as I slipped into the kelp forest off the coast of San Clemente island, I felt as if I was home. For me scuba diving is not dangerous, it brings me to a meditative state. You don't think about how you have to drive a car, you just drive it. I don't think about how I have to scuba dive, I just do it. Read More

Electric rays are elasmobranches and in the same family as sharks. Touch your nose. Touch your ears. Touch your nose and ears and wiggle them. What is different between your nose and your fingers and toes? You have bones in your body that make your skeleton, but sharks and rays are made of cartilage, the same thing that makes up your ears and your nose! The electric ray is a special elasmobranchii because it has a pair of organs capable of zapping electricity to kill or stun prey!

As a student at Bren School of Environmental Science Management at UCSB, an outreach intern for Shorelines and Watersheds, and a research and education intern for NOAA, Eric Stevens has extensive knowledge about protecting the planet, specifically our water bodies. Important water bodies get polluted every day when we wash our cars or dump anything into the street. It is important we understand the importance of watersheds, estuaries and shorelines so we know why we should alter our lifestyles to protect them.

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On August 2, 2009 a team of eight young oceanographers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography set sail on an expedition to the North Pacific Gyre. Their intention was to explore the scale and scope of the marine debris problem in this gyre and really had no idea what to expect. These brilliant young scientists are the next generation of experts and chose an important environmental issue to focus their studies: Is plastic and marine debris in our Ocean affecting life in the largest biome on our planet and is it entering our food chain?

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The Dive Into Your Imagination series wins the 2010 Teachers' Choice Award
(Santa Barbara, September 14, 2009) - After being kid-tested in classrooms across the country, teachers scored the Dive Into Your Imagination Series as one of their favorite classroom tools for the 16th annual Teachers' Choice Awards in Learning Magazine.

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