On Tuesday the students toured the ARC (Atlantic Reference Centre) and identified different invertebrates and in the afternoon it was off to capture and mark periwinkles for population identification. To cap off the day the students were taken to Indian Point to dig up some wonderful worms. Prizes were given for things such as longest worm and greatest diversity of worms found.
On Wednesday the students enjoyed some time in the Discovery Centre using their more artistic talents to create pictures for our Colour Spectrum Mural that you can see downstairs near the seal tank. Then it was on to the Dunn Science Theatre for a skyped in lecture on the water vascular system of the sea star given by Fred Whoriskey based at Dalhousie University. They ended the morning identifying the many different types of seaweed found commonly on the shores of the Bay of Fundy. The afternoon's adventures included a trip to Green's Point to study zonation.
Today the students headed off to Grand Manan in the hopes of doing some whale watching. While the wind on the water prevented them from going out, they did see a number of Fin Back Whales and porpoises on the ferry ride over. They then returned to the lab to study the effects of water temperature on barnacle feeding patterns.
Tomorrow will be their final day at the Huntsman and they will be spending it doing some very important independent lab work and looking, again for some elusive whales.
The students get ready to identify some seaweed!
Creating masterpieces at the Discovery Centre.
Using the touch tank animals as inspiration.
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Checking out the specimens in the Fundy Bay tank.
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