— Tom Clark, Tamalpais High School' quoteCycle1[1] = 'This program is the most wonderful initial field experience any student could have!”
— Patricia Nugent, Kennedy Middle School' quoteCycle1[2] = 'I have never seen my students so excited about learning!”
— Gina Schilling, Hill Middle School' quoteCycle1[3] = 'The hands-on application of the scientific method is the most valuable part of monitoring for my students!”
— Eddie Grannis, John O\'Connell High School' quoteCycle1[4] = 'My students loved the monitoring experience and told me they felt like real scientists!”
— Sabbie Hopkins, Burlingame High School' quoteCycle1[5] = 'I learned a lot by monitoring, and I’m excited to know that I did work to produce real, meaningful results.”
— student, Burlingame High School' quoteCycle1[6] = 'This was an experience that I will never forget!”
— student, Burlingame High School' quoteCycle1[7] = 'The most valuable aspect of the LiMPETS network is allowing students to use their scientific skills to generate meaningful data in a real world environment.”
— Paul Blake, teacher' // QUOTES GROUP 2 quoteCycle2 = new Array quoteCycle2[0] = 'The intertidal is where the sea, land, and air all meet; material in the air falls on the intertidal, material on land is carried across the intertidal, and material in the sea washes over the intertidal. It is where the action is!' quoteCycle2[1] = 'California’s rocky shores are among the most fascinating, complex, and diverse regions in the world!' quoteCycle2[2] = 'Rocky shores are being increasingly impacted by human activities such as harvesting, trampling, and pollution.' quoteCycle2[3] = 'Global warming will likely cause a rise in sea level that could impact the intertidal zonation patterns along our rocky shores.' quoteCycle2[4] = 'Tides and waves are important physical factors that shape the distribution of rocky intertidal organisms.' quoteCycle2[5] = 'The rocky intertidal includes all of the rocky coastline affected by the tides, from the upper limits splashed by waves at the highest of tides to the lowest depths exposed during the lowest of tides.' quoteCycle2[6] = 'The intertidal is extremely favorable for life; oxygen, sunlight, nutrients, and food are nearly unlimited, but space to live in the intertidal is at a premium so there is intense competition among organisms.' // QUOTES GROUP 3 quoteCycle3 = new Array quoteCycle3[0] = 'The sandy beach is not an easy place to live. Animals have to deal with shifting sands, crashing waves, and changing tides.' quoteCycle3[1] = 'The sands on California’s beaches are mainly composed of small pieces of the minerals quartz and feldspar.' quoteCycle3[2] = 'Female mole crabs can produce one clutch of eggs per month of up to 50,000 eggs.' quoteCycle3[3] = 'Mole crabs are suspension feeders that sieve small drifting algae, or phytoplankton, from the waves.' quoteCycle3[4] = 'Mole crabs are important prey for shorebirds, seabirds, fishes, and marine mammals.' phraseCnt1 = quoteCycle1.length; phraseCnt2 = quoteCycle2.length; phraseCnt3 = quoteCycle3.length; phraseCnt4 = newsCycle1.length; function picPhrase1() { randomNum = Math.floor ((Math.random() * phraseCnt1)) quote = quoteCycle1[randomNum] document.write (quote) } function picPhrase2() { randomNum = Math.floor ((Math.random() * phraseCnt2)) quote = quoteCycle2[randomNum] document.write (quote) } function picPhrase3() { randomNum = Math.floor ((Math.random() * phraseCnt3)) quote = quoteCycle3[randomNum] document.write (quote) } function picPhrase4() { randomNum = Math.floor ((Math.random() * phraseCnt4)) quote = newsCycle1[randomNum] document.write (quote) }