Wednesday, 16 August 2017

Microscopic Young Explorer Day 2017

This week the Young Explorers at the Huntsman Fundy Discovery Aquarium dived into the amazing microscopic world of plankton!

Learning to use the microscopes.

Phytoplankton

A copepod, a type of zooplankton.

Learning where plankton fits in the food chain.

Phytoplankton is the base of most marine food chains.

Exploring the beach and they found lots of rock gunnel fish and big green crabs. There was lots of excitement and shrieking!

The students found a few little green crabs.

Seastars

Urchin

Making phytoplankton.

One of the phytoplankton designs.

Next Wednesday, August 23 is the last Young Explorer Day of the summer. The theme is Lobsters! Also for children aged 11-15 we have two more Advanced Explorer Days, tomorrow, August 17 and next Thursday, August 24. To register for these programs call 506-529-1245.

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