Alex, UR - IRP be stressin' me out!

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Hello friends,
I have been struggling quite a bit on what I would like to do for my IRP, I'm most interested in sharks! Shark tagging and tracking would be an amazing thing to experience and learn more about but I believe I'm not quite qualified for that just yet nor do I think I'd be able to swing something like that for my research project. I tried to narrow something else down that would be a little more realistic for me but I don't think I have it just yet. I have come to the conclusion that I will be going with option two instead of the IRP. I have plenty on my plate at the moment and I don't want to bite off more than I can chew.

I feel like we have learned so much in this class already and I'm excited to for our field trips that we will be taking throughout the semester. I felt so completely lost the first few weeks since I have never used Excel before and it was a lot to take in and understand right away. I'm thankful for Dr. Woodall being so patient and so helpful or else I'm not sure I would have made it this far. I am taking Dr. Woodall's Lecture class as well, which has been quite helpful taking these two courses in the same semester. I know I need to get more comfortable with Excel, making my graphs, and coming up with my scientific questions. So far, I'm really enjoying using out field notebooks, I feel so official when we are using them and I'm ready to start using them in the field! I look forward to our first field trip to Ponce Inlet and can't wait to hear the talk on sharks in weeks to come. I also I'm interested to see what my classmates do for their IRP's so I can better understand what to do for mine.
:)