The past two days we worked with three classes of grade 6 students from St. George Elementary School as part of The Ocean Discovery Program. It was a great couple of days with eager students and tides that let us have lots of beach to explore. We even introduced Flat Stanley from British Columbia to the New Brunswick coast!
After working hard in the lab all day the students were taken to the beach in front of the Huntsman to search under the rocks and the seaweed and see what animals they could find. They did a wonderful job and found a great diversity of live animals including green crabs, sideswimmers, tiny sea stars, mussels, periwinkles, clams, urchins, and even a blood worm. They also were very excited to find a number of empty sand dollar tests!
Thank you to the grade 6 students and teachers of St. George Elementary for a wonderful couple of days!
For more information on The Grade 6 Ocean Discovery Program visit our website, www.huntsmanmarine.ca/html/grade_6.html.
Flat Stanley shaking hands with a rock crab (ouch!).
Jaws allowed us to demonstrate how to determine a lobster's gender (she is a girl!).
Having a blast using the microscopes to study the plankton.
Exploring the beach.
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