I've been asked one question…”What do you want to be when you grow up?” I thought for a long time I wanted to be a Sports Psychologist but for the last 6 months I’ve been asking myself, “Do I really want to be a Sport Psychologist?”, and I have discovered that I'm interested in more than just sports related things-I'm interested in marine life and the marine atmosphere. I don't see how this didn't come to me sooner because every time I would go to the beach I would ask if we could go to the South Carolina Aquarium just to look at the fish or when we would go to Miami I would ask if we could go to the Miami Seaquarium or the Zoo Miami. It's important to me to find out more about marine biology because this is my future and just in case …show more content…
I knew that they worked with animals and that they studied the oceanic environment. They work on in the ocean and on land, depending on the task they work in groups or alone. Also, with marine biology I feel like one of my strengths is that I love being around the ocean and I love working with people.
There are also many things that I don’t know about marine biology, for instance I’ve pondered many questions… like how many years of school do I have to complete; are they're jobs that I can do to prepare myself for becoming a marine biologist; what colleges would be best for me; what would I do after college; what are the steps to becoming a marine biologist, are there steps, or do you just go straight to being a marine biologist; what do they do on a daily bases; and what classes in college do I have to take?
From that one question I was able to research and find so much information and now I’m able to answer it: in order to prepare myself to become a marine biologist I have to volunteer at local aquariums to get familiar to the environment, I need to take animal science classes, also I have to maintain a 3.5 GPA and I have to stay active in the local facilities involving aquatic
When I was young I was so interested in marine life and how the world under water was so different from ours. It wasn't until I visited Mote Marine when I was exacerbated by the abundance of reef fish species, the beauty of coral reefs, and Mote Marine’s numerous research programs. This is when I knew that I wanted to get involved. I believe this internship will get me one step closer to following my dreams and educate me further on the vast ocean.
George Mason University has augmented my passion for marine mammal conservation studies during my time completing my undergraduate degree in Biology with a concentration in Environmental and Conservation Biology. Thus far, I have completed a variety of classes directly related to the field of study that I want to pursue for my professional career beyond this university. These classes include Marine Conservation, Environmental Communication, Conservation Biology, Animal Behavior, and Animal Communication and Social Behavior. For all these concentrated classes I have received a grade of an A. I value the undergraduate education that George Mason University has supplied me with and therefore wish to pursue a higher degree at George Mason University.
Oceanography also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean. It covers a wide range of topics, including marine organisms and ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics; plate tectonics and the geology of the sea floor; and fluxes of various chemical substances and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries. These diverse topics reflect multiple disciplines that oceanographers blend to further knowledge of the world ocean and understanding of processes within it: biology, chemistry, geology, meteorology, and physics as well as geography.
My interest in Marine Biology started when I was 8 years at Sea World. I've had a passion with it ever since, watching Shark week on tv and the Deep blue shows. I’m preparing now by taking Biology and Chemistry, I am watching educational shows about the ocean in hopes of discovering more and fulfilling my goals. I want to explore the ocean and discover new sea life. The ocean is very interesting and big just waiting to be explored and discovered. I hope to major in Marine Biology.
Marine Biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine bodies of water. Marine Biologists are the examiners of this science. Marine Biologists play an important role in today’s society because 71% of the Earth is made up of water and only 5% of water on Earth has been discovered (“Ocean”). Without having these scientists in our communities today, the largest part of Earth would remain a mystery. The process of becoming a Marine Biologist is no easy task. It requires years of hard work and dedication through school work and lots of studying on your free-time. Marine Biology is easily one of the most impactful jobs in today’s society.
The dream of having majored in marine biology is one thing, but to get to have a marine biology degree is a fifth grader’s dream come true. The environment is heading in a rough direction. For example, ocean acidification is already a problem. The decrease in pH of our ocean acidity is causing coral reefs to die out—which houses thousands of organisms’ homes and food sources. Due to the contaminants, we release into the natural environment, we are slowly losing ecosystems every day. Therefore, I want to be the researcher to help save the oceanic life from these horrible conditions. Also, the career of marine biology can take a person anywhere, from the coasts of the Bahamas all the way to the depths of the Arctic Ocean. This provides the advantage
A deep-sea scuba diver is approaching the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia when all of a sudden she sees an Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin swimming on her right. The diver turns around to see a dwarf minke whale on her left. These are just two of the various amazing marine creatures that a marine biologist could encounter whilst simply doing her job. Marine biologists are biologists who study saltwater animals and plant species. Not only are they collecting and analyzing data about marine life, they are raising attention about problems to try to protect the environment (Greenland and Sheldon). However, working in fieldwork can be very physically demanding and marine biologists have to cope with deep-water pressure and walking long distances. Also fieldwork assignments can be very long and last up to weeks at a time (Greenland and Sheldon). Being a marine biologist can be a very unique and amazing experience traveling to rare regions to study marine life, although it can be very dangerous and time consuming.
Hello, I’m a student from Vaughn International Studies Academy. We have been given the opportunity to be a part of a job shadowing project in our school for us to know what we want to be in the future. For me it will be an amazing opportunity to job shadow a marine biologist at the aquarium of the pacific because it can prepare us for the future.Doing this project will inspire me to know what I will want to do once I get older, so when I go to college and then get a job as a marine biologist. I would want to see what exactly marine biologist do and what is required to go into this particular field. According to the aquarium's website, the marine biologist there, study and take care of the animals in the exhibits in which I would like to do
Blue oceans and champagne colored sand and don’t forget the lovely sea creatures but some of them ever so frightening.All of these things are what a Marine Biologist works with and they do many more studies having to do with this kind of things.What it takes to be a Marine Biologist is a Bachelor's degree or higher and you also need to like what you are doing,be good at math,science,reading,making surveys and graphs and so on.
After many family vacations to the beach, where I experienced the ocean first-hand and most recently, a summer camp through MOTE Aquarium, I now have a new goal, which is to become a marine biologist. The majesty of the ocean, the ocean life, and the ecosystem are something that I have always been intrigued by and now plan to make it a career. I realize that becoming a marine biologist is not going to be an easy task to accomplish, but I am prepared for the hard work and dedication it will take to reach my long-term goals. I am excited about not only the classroom portion of marine biology, but equally excited to get in the field and experience hands-on learning and research.
I believe that a person must acquire an assortment of skills such as solving tasks with others, evaluating and understanding information, and working with an assortment of people and creatures to become a successful marine biologist. When becoming a marine biologist solving tasks with the people around you is the only way you can achieve your goals. Team challenges in my math class are examples of how I am capable of solving tasks with others and my scores of a B+ or higher back up my past statement. Evaluating and understanding information is also vital to success because marine biologists are put into situations where they must understand the information given and evaluate the information to solve the problem. My grades on chemistry labs which I always score well on provide evidence when showing my abilities to understand and evaluate information.
The day to day activities of a Marine Biologist includes conducting species inventories, testing and monitoring sea creatures exposed to pollutants, collecting samples and data-using processes such as coring techniques, visual recording and sampling, analysing these samples in a lab and developing new research theories from them. Marine Biologist preserve specimens and samples of unknown species and diseases and mapping the distribution, ranges or movements of marine population, designing scientific experiments and collating findings, preparing detailed reports for agencies, commercial organisation, communicating the latest advances in marine science to help improve the ways in which we look after our oceans through academic publications, and evaluating the likely environmental impacts of a proposed project or development, including socio-economic,
All my life I have been exposed to the sea through family trips to Hampton Beach to frequent trips to the Mystic Aquarium. That exposure is what led to my fascination for animals and the ocean. This fascination grew into a passion for the sea and that led me to start seeking different experiences to widen my knowledge. This included Volunteering for the Mystic Aquarium, choosing to go to school at the University of Rhode Island and eventually to applying for a chance to be involved with the top organization in terms of science, service, and stewardship of the climate, weather, oceans, and coasts. With this prestigious honor, I plan to do the summer internship in a different climate near the coast working on a project involving conservation or the effects of human interaction on different species.
As I've researched, marine biologists must achieve at certain skills, such as: public speaking, science, critical thinking, reading comprehension and active listening. I succeed very well in all of those skills, yes, some more than
If you are interested in adventuring the depths of the ocean, being a marine biologist is the job for you. As a marine biologist you will need to have several years of schooling in order to have a successful career. Being a marine biologist can be an enjoyable and dangerous job, but the journey is worth the ride.