Saint John High Spring 2017

It is wonderful each spring when the Huntsman welcomes the Saint John High Grade 11 IB Biology students to campus for a day of intensive marine biology. While on campus the students assist with the collection of baseline data aboard the research vessel, examine plankton under the microscope, study classification using live marine invertebrates and conduct an experiment to determine the effect of temperature on the feeding rate of barnacles.

Here are a few pictures from the field trips.

Pulling in the benthic drag.

The diversity of animals collected from the bottom of the Bay.

Having a taste of our catch.

Counting our catch.

What can you see moving in the plankton jar?

Low tide.

Studying the plankton at 100x magnification.

Using a dichotomous key to help classify their invertebrates.

Barnacle behaviour experiment. What temperature did the barnacles prefer?