Ocean Discovery - SSMS

This week we have welcomed to campus the Grade 6 students from St. Stephen Middle School as part of the Ocean Discovery Program.  The students had the opportunity to study plankton using microscopes, observe live animals such as rock crabs, hermit crabs and sand dollars while learning about classification, have lunch around the touch tank, and conduct experiments with sea stars and sea urchins.  Some of the students also were able to explore the intertidal zone.

Below are some pictures from the SSMS visits.

Finding the latin name of an Acadian hermit crab, Pagurus acadianus.

Playing plankton bingo.

One of the students even found a copepod with eggs. Cool!

Fun at the touch tank during lunch break.

Very exciting when one of the students found a clam on the beach.

Exploring the intertidal zone.

Timing the flipping rate of a sea urchin.

Acrobatic sea stars during the right-side up experiment.