Yesterday the students had a jam-packed day of hands-on work in the lab, presentations and a field excursion.
After finishing their invertebrate identification lab the students enjoyed the new aquarium theatre while listening to presentations on the deep sea and salmon aquaculture. Some of the deep sea creatures that piqued their interest were the Atlantic hagfish, which can produce enough slime at one time to fill a 2-gallon bucket (gross!) and the viperfish, which has fangs that are so long it can’t even close its mouth. It is amazing what can be found lurking in the deep sea!
Late in the afternoon the students got all geared up in their colourful boots and raingear for the Indian Point trip. The students eagerly searched under the rocks and seaweeds to see which animals were lying in wait for the tide to rise again. They were having so much fun we had a hard time getting them back on the bus to leave for supper!
The students had a quick seaweed identification lab in the evening and then had fun eating s’mores, singing songs and telling ghost stories around the campfire. From what they told me today, I think some of them had a hard time getting to sleep after all the sugar and scary stories!
This morning low tide was 6:26am so the students were up bright and early to conduct their zonation data collection at 8am. Currently they are comparing the strength of sea stars to urchins. Which species is stronger? Stay tuned until tomorrow!
Debating the pros and cons of salmon aquaculture.
Colourful at Indian Point.
Identifying seaweed.
Measuring elevation at Holey Point.
Learning all about echinoderms.
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