Turner Fenton - Day One

Students from Turner Fenton Secondary School in Toronto started the day at the beach on Indian Point. While there, students took advantage of an extremely low tide to collect and examine the different creatures found in the intertidal environment.  These animals were then brought back to the lab for further study later on. Also in the morning the students were given a tour of the Fundy Discovery Centre.
After lunch the students were divided into groups; some going onto the Fundy Spray to collect plankton and other invertebrate specimens, others to the lab to have a closer look at plankton under the microscope and the final groups spent the afternoon identifying and classifying the animals found this morning.

Look closely, how many green crabs can you find?

An orange Terrebelid worm.

Many tide pools on the beach provided lots of places for creatures to survive till the tide comes in.

The tide was very low today allowing for a greater diversity creatures to be found.

This student was quite fond of this large Rock crab.

 

Another student poses with a scallop.

The touch pool is always popular.

These students are carefully studying the creatures in their bowls in order to identify them.

Teachers are always willing to lend a hand with the identification of some of the more unusual animals.

One students' drawing of a Daisy Brittle Star.

Just one of many bowls of different specimens used in today's classification lab.

These students are measuring the time it takes for sea stars to right themselves when flipped over.

These students pose with one of their sea star specimens.