OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – A group of high school students are taking their research project across the globe. But they’re asking for some help to do so.
Eight students in Niceville High School’s Gifted Program are embarking on a trip to Shizuoka, Japan for the Second World Congress of Marine Stations. The students are in the NaGISA program, NaGISA meaning “Natural Geography in Shore Areas”. The program focuses on the study and analysis of marine biodiversity along shorelines.
Students in the program collect and analyze marine samples from the shore and waters of Henderson Beach. They find and study a variety of creatures that live along the panhandle shores like starfish, shrimp, crabs, octopus, and even things as small as various nematodes…