Bell & South Carleton High Schools - Last Day

The group from Ottawa awoke to another beautiful sunny day.  After breakfast at Anderson House the students went in search of marine worms at Pottery Creek.  Some of the worm species found were red-lined, blood, clam, bamboo, and milky ribbon.  The students did a great job and it was fun to hear the shrieks of excitement (terror? shock?) as the students saw the proboscis shoot out of the blood worm!  Who knew that worms could have teeth?  Then the group continued into town for a bit of sightseeing and shopping.

This afternoon the students are working on a number of different behaviour experiments with the invertebrates they collected earlier in the week.  Some of the students are looking at the feeding rate of barnacles at different temperatures, some are determining if size affects the flipping rate of sea stars or sea urchins, and other are testing the strength of echinoderm tube feet.  It will be interesting to see their results.

As a special surprise the schools presented a plaque to our organization "In celebration of 15 years of successful partnership".  That was a wonderful honour!  We can't wait for 15 more years!

This evening the big red bus will pull away from campus on route to Ottawa.  We wish you all a wonderful and safe trip home.  Come back and visit again!

Buckets, shovels and boots.

On the hunt for marine worms.

Some of the students found clams in the sediment.

And that is only a part of the worm!

The tide was pushing us up the beach.

Now that's a big clam worm!

Peaking into the dark to see if the crab is moving to or away from the light.

Doing the splits!

Testing the strength of a sea stars tube feet.

Testing the feeding rate of barnacles at different temperature.

The beautiful plaque the schools presented to 

the Huntsman for 15 years of partnership.