Ocean Discovery - SJDA

Today Grade 6 students from Sir James Dunn Academy joined us to participate in the Ocean Discovery Program.  While here the students played plankton bingo, completed a classification lab using live marine invertebrates, explored the intertidal zone, had lunch around the touch tank, conducted an experiment with sea stars and sea urchins, and had a look at salmon eggs and alevin using the microscopes.  It was a great day and I think we all especially enjoyed heading to the beach!

Observing a Placopecten magellanicus or scallop during the classification lab.

Beautiful Fragilaria in the plankton sample. 

Apparently the deer had a stroll on the beach this morning.

We found lots of sideswimmers in the intertidal zone.

Blue mussel attached to rock with its byssal threads.

Brittle stars in the touch tank.

Testing an urchin's flipping rate. 

Flexible sea star!

Wow! You can see the salmon alevin's heart beating!