Below see samples of student work.
2022
The reports below are from projects conducted at ITEC field station, Boca del Drago, Panama ITEC Research Station, Boca del Drago, Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro, Panama during March 26 – April 2, 2022. Click on links to see their work.
Froggy Time: Population Trends in Oophaga pumilio and Comparison in Size Between Females and Males in Ground Creek on Ísla Cólon, Panama – Elisabeth Weber and Snow Boyd Vigil, ITEC April, 2022
Correlational Study between Artificial Lighting and Health of Trichonephila clavipes in Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro, Panama – Ziyao (Richard) Cui, Torin Osenar, Ian Brassard, April, 2022
¡Cuidado con Los Puercoespines del Mar!: La Ubicación de Diadema antillarum en relación de el Arrecife en in Boca del Drago, Ísla Colón, Bocas del Toro, Panama – Qai Hinds y Mitzy Herrera, Avril, 2022
The Connection between Sex and Location of Strawberry Poison Dart Frogs, Oophaga pumilio, in Boca del Drago, Ísla Colón, Bocas del Toro, Panama – Lily Thomson and Emelia Brinkley, ITEC, April, 2022
The Patience of Spiders: The individual differences in Trichonephila clavipes in response to a repeated artificial stimulus, in Boca del Drago, Ísla Colón, Bocas del Toro, Panama – Ian Hill and Jonah Levy, April, 2022
Biodiversity in Relation to Human Settlement in Different Ecosystems around ITEC field station in Boca del Drago, Panama ITEC Research Station, Boca del Drago, Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro, Panama – Mina Cho and Noah Grayzel, March 30, 2022
2019
Tommy Shenefeld video in Cerro Punta “Tree”
• Population estimates of the poison dart frog, Oophaga pumilio, in two different forest habitats on Ísla Cólon, Bocas del Toro, Panama (Josh Hyams, Jalen Holmes, Max Lindsay-Capobianco)
• Homing Behavior of Female and Male Poison Dart Frogs (Oophaga pumilio)in Boca del Drago, Ísla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama (Lila Blaustein & Hannah Winthrop)
• Location of the sea urchin, Diadema antillarum- Height vs proximity to coral outcrop. (Rachel Loren & Jayson Stansbury)
• Size in comparison to reemergence time in the feather duster worms, Sabellastarte magnifica and Anamobaea orstedii (Lucas Hill, Hanna Hewitt, Isaac Frankel)
• The Ngäbe People of Boca del Drago, Isla Colón- An Overview of the Demographics, Employment, and Opinions of the Indigenous Panamanian Group (Tommy Shenefeld & Ben Duffy-Howard)
2017
Research projects at ITEC
• Investigation of Dendrobates granuliferus– Territory in Relation to Gender and Size
• A Comparion of the Size of the Female Golden Orb-Spiders to # of Males Associated with the Web
• Exploring How Web Angles of Golden Orb Spiders Vary with Changing Habitat
Research projects at Achotines
• Priorities of Pseudomyrmex ants when colonized Acacia collinsii are approached by foreign objects
• Tide Pools- a Study of the Island Biogeography Theory
• Achotines-Acacia size vs colonization by ants
Sampling of Projects at Cotito’s farm, forest and streams
• A portrait of Cotito Farm Family by Charlotte
Click on making this digital collage to download a movie see how Mu’izza Barnett made this piece.
Comparative forest structure Austin Grace
Macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality in hot springs and streams in Cotito, Panama – Lizzie Bowden