Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 08:48
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Lake Ecosystems in Antarctica

Dear Robin,

  Hi this is ivan i am from new start middle school and i like to play soccer.my favorite food is enchiladas.

I looked at your page and you have alot of cool things. how did you guys get the invention about the robot and how did you guys make it water proof? i think its a really cool invention. What did you guys use to make the robot and was it fun making it?

The class in new start middle school is studying about the pond and we have made a sediment trap to catch water and we are studing about the depth of the pond. its really cool learning about sciene. i think science is a really fun subject.

    i hope you are well and i appreciate you reading my letter. thank you.

 

                       sincerly,ivan  

Tue, 10/07/2008 - 11:18

Robin Ellwood

Hello Ivan,
Thanks for taking the time to write! I must admit.... I like a good enchilada too!
I'm glad you like some of the things on my journal pages! The robot has been a lot of fun; I am VERY excited to give it a try in Antarctica! We got the idea from another team (Antarctic Undersea ROV '08 - check out their site as well!). Both teams - the Lake Ecosystems in Antarctica and the Antarctic Undersea ROV - are using robots in their research this year. The robots on each team are REALLY cool and they do really amazing tasks! I'll be writing about them in my journals, so stay tuned! We also thought it would be fun to have students build robots that could be taken to Antarctica and tested; thus, our robot "Scubadooba Doo"!
We actually got the parts for our robot from a kit, but now that we know what we would need, it would be just as easy to get supplies from a local hardware store! We used pvc pipes, phone lines, and electrical switches, just to name a few of the items! We have the entire process from the beginning documented in the journal entries if you want to check it out!
We all had a LOT of fun! If you are interested, you should give it a try!
Our research robot (called ENDURANCE) will be mapping the bottom of one of the lakes in Antarctica. It sounds like you may be doing some similar work in your pond! We should compare techniques!
Chat with you soon!
Cheers,
Robin