Bell High & Lisgar Collegiate Institute 2017

This week on campus we have welcomed students from two schools within the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Bell High and Lisgar Collegiate Institute. While on campus these students are introduced to the marine environment of the Bay of Fundy through field trips and time in the lab for up close observation of the animals collected. Students have time to explore the town of St. Andrews and have an overnight trip by ferry to Grand Manan Island. Below are some pictures from the week.

Collecting fresh plankton onboard the research vessel.

Phytoplankton & zooplankton samples.

Sorting through the animals collected using the benthic drag.

A rare find, red soft coral.

A diversity of stars: purple sunstar, blood star, brittle star & common seastar.

Growing back two arms.

Studying the internal anatomy of a scallop.

There were many rock crabs collected.

A sand shrimp & armoured shrimp.

A sea cucumber with its feeding tentacles out.

Collecting data on the temperature & salinity of the water using the salinometer.

 Studying the plankton in the lab.

Learning new microscope skills.

Different species of phytoplankton.

A copepod, note the one eye spot.

Exploring the intertidal zone.

Four little seastars all in a row.

A green crab with a unique colour.

Lots of animals live under the rocks including sea urchins.

Quick stop at the Bar Road, which at high tide is totally covered with water.

In the lab identifying the animals collected on the boat & beach.

Using the microscopes to study urchin external anatomy.

Drawing & labelling the parts of the urchin.

Behaviour experiments: Does size effect the flipping rate of urchins?

How about sea stars?

How do crabs react to light?

Does temperature effect the feeding rate of barnacles?

Which species of echinoderm is the strongest?

Searching for the invasive green crab.

Data is gathered on the size and gender of each crab.