Homeschoolers – Day 2

This morning we had the second session of our homeschoolers program at the aquarium.  In the lab the Kindergarten – grade 2 students learned about the life cycle of seals during our Super Seals program, the grade 3-5 students learned about camouflage in the marine environment during the Hiding in Plain Sight program, and the middle and high school students used the microscopes to view plankton collected from Passamaquoddy Bay. 
 
While not in the lab the students watched the movie Seasonal Seas in the theatre and conducted a scavenger hunts around the aquarium (how many hermit crabs did you find in the touch pool?).
 
It was a great morning and I look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year at our January session!   

Harbour seal life cycle wheel made by the K-2 group.

The Grade 3-5 students looked at camouflage techniques in fish.

 

The middle and high school students studied

the amazing world of plankton.

 

Many students viewed copepods in their plankton sample.