Playing Plankton Bingo!
A copepod (which that famous Plankton from TV is based)!
Plankton through the microscope.
Touch tank fun!
A waved whelk at the touch tank.
Is it a boy or a girl green crab?
Studying hermit crabs in the lab.
Monday 17 March 2014
Lorne Middle - Ocean Discovery
Today we had grade 6 students from Lorne Middle School visit the aquarium to take part in the Ocean Discovery program, which links to the curriculum unit Life Science: Diversity of Life. While in the lab the students used microscopes to view plankton, which is the basis of the marine food chain. They were able to see many different types of phytoplankton and zooplankton, including copepods. After a quick lunch around the touch tank the students were back in the lab to get a closer look at local marine invertebrates. The students did drawings and descriptions of two arthropods (a hermit crab and a green crab) and a non-arthropod (blood star or scallop), and then looked up the animal's Latin name in a field guide. Just before leaving the students had a bit of time to look around the aquarium and visit the touch tank again.
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