Today the Crestwood students started their day at Holey Point collecting data for their big zonation project. Unfortunately, after about 30 minutes on the beach the misty rain turned to a down pour, but the students were troopers and continued collecting data along their transect lines until they reached the bottom of the beach. Hopefully, everyone can decipher their rain soaked data sheets enough to put together their posters.
This afternoon the students toured the aquarium where they enjoyed seeing the seals and touching the animals in the two touch pools. They also toured the Atlantic Reference Centre or ARC (what a fitting place to be this blustery, rainy day). The ARC is a research museum for Canadian marine life that houses preserved specimens of invertebrates and fish. Students were able to view specimens of deep sea creatures, such as angler fish, a gulper eel and a viper fish. And as is tradition with the ARC tour the students had the opportunity to kiss the head of a porbeagle shark. The group I was with may have set a new record with five students kissing the shark head! Gross!
Check out some pictures from today’s activities.
Zonation in the rain.
Having fun at the touch pool.
Lunchtime for the sea cucumber.
Baby swordfish at the ARC.
Kissing the shark head!
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