Should scuba divers be required to have a full certification to dive anywhere around the

world?

Yes, for safety of themselves and others I believe all scuba divers should be required to have a certification.

Research

• Nitrogen Levels• Equalizing• Breathing Properly• Diving with a buddy• Fire Coral• Stone Fish• Lion Fish• Shark

Health & Requirements

• No asythma• No high blood pressure• 200 yards in the pool• Tread water for ten minutes• Master skills taught in class• 6 hours of classroom time• 8 hours of pool training• 4 open water dives including the navigation dive

What I discovered during my research…

Dive teams all over the world wont take you diving if you don’t have a certification and proof

of one because of liability.

Mentor

Craig MayMr. May is a good friend of the families and is the reason I got into scuba diving. He has dove all over the world. Mr. May helped plan the trip to Turks and Caicos over the summer and the trip to Florida to go diving in the Keys.

Link Between Paper and Product

For my product, I chose to get Open Water Certified to see what the being a diver is all about and now I am

also an Advanced Open Water Diver. Florida Keys, Turks & Caicos, Jamaica

Product Steps

Step 1: Pick my mentorStep 2: Open Water CertificationStep 3: Advanced Open Water CertificationStep 4: Deep DiverStep 5: Dives in Florida Keys for experienceStep 6: Make my scrapbook

Things You Learn in Scuba Class*

• How to clear a foggy mask underwater• How to breathe efficiently through a regulator• How to put together/take apart your gear• How to stay neutrally buoyant underwater• The different kinds of fish, coral and sea life

Problems

Some of the problems I came across in English 3 was not procrastinating and just getting it all

done.

Some of the problems I came across was making time to meet with my mentor because of school

and work.

What I learned about myself…

When taking the scuba class, I learned better when we were practicing our skills in the pool

than when we were going over them in a classroom setting. I'm more of a hands-on

learner.

What I am most proud of…

I am most proud of getting all my scuba certifications, it takes a lot of time and commitment to finish the

certifications and I have gotten to travel more because of it.

This will help me in the future because my sister and I both want to become master divers one day so we can certify other divers and become a rescue diver. I plan

on going to UNCW in the fall and they have classes you can take to help advance your certifications.