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L-R: Darin Gray, USC MESA science coordinator; Lorraine Sadler, USC
Wrigley Center marine science instructor; Ben Louie, MESA associate
director; and Larry Lim, director of Pre-College Programs in the
Viterbi School’s Center for Engineering Diversity. |
Ben Louie, center in red t-shirt, chats with students on the dock. |
Wrigley Science Center staff pass out wet suits and snorkeling gear to students. |
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Edder Rodriguez, South Gate Middle School, checks out his flippers. |
Sahlit Bahiru, a 10th grader at the 32nd Street USC MaST school, heads for the water. |
Christian Pelaez, an 8th grader at South Gate Middle School, flexes his muscle for the camera. |
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First-time swimmers cling to a board as they learn to snorkel. |
MESA group heads for the Wrigley Science Center laboratory. |
Enile Houndonougo, center in blue, walks with some of his students. |
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Lindsay Medina, left, a 7th grader at 32nd Street MaST, Juan
Trujillo of South Gate Middle School, middle, and Jackie Tran of
Alhambra High, estimate clarity of water using a specially marked
rope. |
Enile Houndonougo, a math teacher at the 32nd Street USC MaST school, tries on a flipper. |
The dock at Big Fishherman’s Cove, just south of Two Harbors. |
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(Top picture) Snorkelers get instructions from one of the Wrigley Science Center divers.
(Below) Looking down on the Wrigley Science Center and the cove in the distance. |
Jacqueline Tran, a sophomore at Alhambra High School, drags her net
through the water, searching for plankton and other microscopic
organisms to study. |
Juan Trujillo of South Gate Middle School sketches some of the microorganisms he sees under the microscope. |