Crestwood Prep - Day 2

Today we headed out in full rain gear to explore the rocky intertidal zone at Indian Point.  We found lots of interesting animals including green crabs, sideswimmers, sea stars, urchins and periwinkles.  Then we headed to the other side of town armed with shovels and went on the hunt for marine worms.  There was lots of shrieks as the students saw the blood worm shoot out its proboscis!

We always find the weirdest things on the beach when we are with this school and today was no exception, a goldfish!  We rescued it and returned it to the pond in the park next to the beach.

This afternoon the students worked in the lab on their behaviour experiments, including testing the effects of temperature on the feeding rate of barnacles, studying the osmoregulation in marine organisms and measuring whether size determines the time that a sea star or urchin takes to flip right side up.  The students also had time to explore the aquarium and see the seals be fed.

This evening they will be working on the presentations of their experiments.

Exploring the intertidal zone.

Found a green crab!

A bit of a blustery day.

Getting muddy on the beach.

On the hunt for the longest worm.

Red-lined worm.

We also found clams.

The goldfish. 

Releasing the goldfish in to the pond.

Studying barnacles in the lab.

Right-side up with sea stars and urchins.