Millidgeville North School – Ocean Discovery

Today on campus we had Grade 6 and 7 students from Millidgeville North School taking part in the Ocean Discovery Program.  As part of the program the students visited the plankton lab and used microscopes to view the amazing life that exists in a drop of seawater.  The students found lots of different types of phytoplankton and zooplankton on their slides, including copepods, which are better known as Plankton from Sponge Bob!  The second part of the program included the invertebrate lab where the students were introduced to classification while working with live animals, such as rock crabs, hermit crabs, sea urchins, and scallops.  As a bonus the students were able to have lunch around the two touch pools in the aquarium.  Have you ever had lunch with a sea star?      

Always point the scallop away from your books...

unless of course you like wet books!

The students loved the rock crabs.

Fun at the touch pool.

Plankton bingo!