Glenview School - Day One

Today students from Glenview school, in Toronto started the day with an exploration of the intertidal zone on Indian Point. Afterwards the students divided into three groups that would either go on the boat to collect plankton and invertebrate specimens, tour the Fundy Discovery Centre or play Plankton Bingo in the lab. In the afternoon the students continued this rotating schedule.

Students just arriving at the beach are a little unsure as to where to start looking.

This student was quite pleased with the Green Crab she found.

A very small Common Sea Star; the sea stars experienced some sort of virus last fall and were all but wiped out. Most of the specimens found on the beach now are quite small.

There were some wet feet as students did not realize the limitations of their rubber boots.

The incoming tide forces students back up the beach.

Students enjoying the smooth ride back to the dock.

It was a little cool but the students are still all smiles.

These girls look rather shocked at what they found peeking back at them from under the microscope.

A sampling of plankton.

These girls are posing with the baleen from a Northern Right Whale.

A Copepod. Can you see the movements of the organs inside the body?