Over the next month the Huntsman is hosting grade 6 students from schools in our local district, through The Ocean Discovery Program.
Today we welcomed a class of excited students from the Blacks Harbour School to the new lab in the aquarium. The students had a chance to view plankton through compound microscopes, search for invertebrates at Brandy Cove (their favourite finds were a tiny seastar and sideswimmers), get up close and personal with hermit and rock crabs, and determine if Pumpkin the orange and black lobster was a boy or a girl (boy for those that are interested!). It was a great day with everyone learning how to pick up a crab properly and a couple of the more fearful students summoning their bravery to pick up the crabs!
For more information on the Grade 6 Ocean Discovery Program and how you can give your students a similar experience visit our website, www.huntsmanmarine.ca/html/grade_6.html.
The hunt is on..."I think its a hermit crab!"
The tiny seastar that caused excitement in the intertidal zone.
The boys deciding which crab is their favourite!
Learning how to use a field guide.
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