{"id":113,"date":"2019-05-22T19:31:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T23:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smith24hourtour\/?p=113"},"modified":"2019-05-22T19:31:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T23:31:39","slug":"woods-hole-oceanographic-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/smith24hourtour\/2019\/05\/22\/woods-hole-oceanographic-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had a nice conversation with the lady at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute! We learned that when you look at the rings inside a stump of a tree, the rings show how old the tree is. Another cool fact was that one centimeter of growth of coral is one year of growth for the coral. The oldest piece of coral she\u2019s seen was 1200 years old! Finding nemo was actually pretty accurate on their facts. Corals also can die naturally when the water level rises and the coral cannot get enough light because the surface is too high. They take cylindrical pieces of coral to sample, and then fill them with cement so animals don\u2019t swim into them. We loved learning about her job and about different types of corals!<\/span><\/p>\n