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outside of class liz syner

The Science departm ent takes num erous

trips to give students a “hands on” learning

and Physiology
experience. Invert Zoology took a trip on the

lab, Kristin Carter,

Gulf of Mexico to examine ocean creatures. Holley Vanaman

"The boat trip was definitely one of the high­ and Jose Sanchez

dissect a cat.
lights of the class. I always enjoy seeing first Kristin explained,

hand the wonders of God's creation," Chris "The best part

Tachick said. Other trips were to the Ocala about dissecting is

that you are able to
National Forest to study spiders and to track see what the

animals and to the Everglades and the Keys muscles really look

like inside the
to study alligators, reef fish and Ecology.

body. The real

“I love being a Biology major, because muscles are so

I get the chance to learn about God's creation much different

than they look in
and the complexity of life. I learned about

pictures.”

evolution and how to defend my beliefs when

talking to others who are not Creationists. I

am able to take the classes to prepare myself

to enter the medical field. Having a health

emphasis biology major is tough; however, it

does have its perks. After the boat trip, I am

more amazed at God’s creativity,” said Shan­

non Bertholf.

Sara Butler said,

“On our boat trip

we finally got to

apply what Dr.

Ring had been

teaching. I was

shocked to find

that I actually re­

membered the

classifications of

crabs and clams!

It was nice to see

that I had not for­

gotten it all.”

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