Today we welcomed to campus nine teachers and adults participating in our All Things Marine field course. The group will be with us for the week having fun and learning about the connections between biology, art, history, and cooking. Oh yes, even cooking!
After an introduction to each other and the Huntsman we all headed out to Indian Point to explore the intertidal zone (the area between high and low tide). The group was amazed to find how many animals could be found hiding under the rocks and seaweed, including sea vases, scale worms, sea stars, and green crabs. We collected some of each animal to study further in the lab tomorrow and even brought back some periwinkles for cooking class later this week. Escargot anyone?
This evening the group was exploring a salt marsh with Tracey before settling into Needler Hall for the night. Hopefully they put in their order for whales because tomorrow morning we are heading out on our research vessel, the Fundy Spray. Fingers crossed!
Found some green crabs...
and some squid eggs!
In the tide pools at Indian Point.
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