South Carleton, Earl of March & Osgoode

This week we welcomed over 40 students from three schools within the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (South Carleton High, Earl of March Secondary and Osgoode Township High) to the Huntsman campus for a week long marine biology field course. Below are some pictures from their week in New Brunswick.

The students on our research vessel, the Fundy Spray.

Sorting through the animals collected using the benthic drag.

One of the groups caught a lobster!

The plankton collected from the bay ready to be studied. 

Using the microscopes to identify the collected plankton.  

Touring the Huntsman Fundy Discovery Aquarium.

Exploring the diverse animals of a rocky intertidal zone.

Lots of sea stars under this rock!

In the lab having a closer look at the collected invertebrates, including this scallop.

The students drew, described and identified their invertebrates.

Dr. Heather Hunt speaking to the students about the UNB marine semester that is based at the Huntsman. 

Studying the anatomy of sea stars & urchins.

Assisting with data collection about invasive green crabs.

The crabs are measured, categorised by gender & marked.

Exploring the diversity of animals that live in a muddy shore.

A large blood worm collected from the mud.

Behaviour lab: does the size of the urchin affect flipping rate?

Behaviour lab: how do different arthropods react to light?

Doing a Kahoot to test their knowledge from the week.

For more pictures from the marine biology week check out the Huntsman Education Department twitter.