Artist Boat

The drive to the site for kayaking was long, and everyone was really excited to kayak. When we got there, though, and when we got there, we were disappointed. We didn't have enough time to kayak. We did get to learn about turbidity, salinity, and PH, which I thought was pretty cool.cool. Ph is the acidity of alkalinity of the water, and is tested by getting a sample of the water, and dripping it on some litmus paper. The normal PH for water is 7, which is neutral. The litmus paper turns different colors to show the acidity of alkalinity of the water. When we compared the paper to our diagram, is showed that the water was about a 7, which is good. We monitor the PH levels because most animals are adapted to living only at certain levels of PH, and any higher or lower acidity is bad for them. I also learned the PH can be affected by things like seashells, which was actually pretty interesting, and it got me thinking about all the seashells in the ocean, and how that affects the PH level.
-Devon L.