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Mandarin High Reef Ball Project
Information
on Mr. Waters
The
Mandarin High School Marine Biology teacher Mr. Waters has won
a $10,000 grant for his Reef ball Project. The
grant consists of trips for two students and their teacher to
attend the awards ceremony at Sea World of California.
The class is one of eight schools
across the country to win the 2000 Sea World Environmental
Excellence Award, which also includes 100 T-shirts to share with the
school and community. The student project involves
constructing artificial reef components made of concrete called reef
balls, which are used to improve Jacksonville's offshore reef
system. The reef balls mimic natural coral heads and replace
damaged reefs or create new ones. The reef balls made at Mandarin
High School will be added to 500 that already have been constructed
and will be deployed in June.
Other Reef Ball related
sites:
The
Jacksonville Reef Research Team
Artificial Reefs, Incorporated
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