Mrs. Renz's 4th Grade Class Redmond, Oregon

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4th Grade Class

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Tom McCall Elementary School

Redmond, Oregon

  

Rainforests at the Crossroads

Mrs. Renz We love the JASON Project! Teacher Argonaut

On Expedition to Panama

"Notes from the Field"

Thurs. January 20, 2004

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Real Science.   Real Time.   Real Learning.
Mrs. Renz was selected to join the JASON XV Project expedition team, traveling with the scientists and production team to the remote locations of Panama including Barro Colorado Island and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the middle of the Panama Canal Zone.  This opportunity allowed the student and teacher Argonauts joining Dr. Robert Ballard, world class scientists, and guest researchers at the expedition site.  Mrs. Renz was in Panama two weeks.  Her fourth graders  followed her journey each day as she updated her website with her daily journals and photos. 

 

The Weather Right Now in Panama

 

 

 

Mrs. Renz's Field Journal 
Today I fly to Panama City's Tocumen International Airport.  Another picture of the airport.  From Houston, Texas, the flight takes four hours.  We cross from the Central time zone (time zone map) to the Eastern zone.  Oregon is in the Pacific time zone, so I am now three hours ahead of time from Oregon.  Most of the argonauts  will be staying on Barro Colorado Island (BCI) but there is not enough room for all of us, so I will stay at the Gamboa Rainforest Resort.   

 

 

Mrs. Renz's Photos from Panama

Map of the Panama Canal zone.  

One of the many butterflies on BCI

 

Read More Journals from Panama 2004

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Updated February 12, 2011