Blog #3

 Blog #3

       Staff Day Tier list? 

In S tier we have the Revolution team visit. This has to have been one of my favorite trips ever because it was very fun riding the train with my friends to Foxborough. When we got there we got to see the New England revolution team practice. After that we talked with a few people on staff and we even got food. It was interesting to see how much work is put in and how hard the players have to train. The ride back was very fun and I got to speak with a fellow co-worker who I hadn’t seen in a long time, I was able to catch them up with everything that I had been doing over at BCM. That made the trip the best and most memorable. If I was able to go back to ask a question, I would ask how the recruitment process works for new players.

In A tier we have the Aquarium visit. Visiting the Aquarium was very fun because I was able to explore the different exhibits with my friend Makayla and Patrick. We went all around the aquarium and saw the big sea turtle before I was immediately dragged to the gift shop (mind you we had only been in the aquarium for like 10 minutes). We looked around at some cool stuff before deciding we would come back later. We went to the stingray touch tank and I was able to pet one. We explored for a little while longer before carving out some time to grab some stuff from the shop and caffe. I bought a sea turtle plushie which was given the name Thomas. I also had to grab a little snow globe that I saw, it had a piece of red coral in the middle and when it was shaken all of these shiny red hexagon things would fly around. I decided it would be a nice little gift. 

       After that we had to go outside to meet with some of the aquarium staff. We played a few ice breaker games and got to ask them questions about the job. Overall, my time there was amazing. If I were to go back and ask a question, I would ask what specific education is needed to work with the animals at the aquarium.

In B tier we have the MIT visit. This was one of my favorite trips because we got to play with underwater drones. We had to modify the drones to either pop balloons or catch rubber ducks in the water. It was really fun experimenting with the different drones even if my team lost against the other. After playing with the drones, we had to learn about ocean acidification through a game that we played. We were given 1 minute to find oysters on a page and circle them with a marker. This was meant to represent how crabs can find their food in clean non acidified water. Then, we were given glasses that were made to be hard to see through. We again had one minute to find the oysters while wearing the glasses. The glasses represented how the crabs vision can change due to the water being acidified. If I were to go back and ask a question, I would want to ask about the chemistry behind ocean acidification and how it can be prevented.

• Mateo U