Adam Scott CVI & Clarington Central SS 2017

This week on campus we welcomed students from Adam Scott Collegiate Vocational Institute and Clarington Central Secondary School of the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board in Peterborough, Ontario. The students had a week of hands-on marine biology that included gathering animals and data while onboard the research vessel, exploring the intertidal zone, and working with the live animals in the lab. The students also travelled from St. Andrews to Grand Manan Island for an overnight stay and to go whale watching.

Onboard the Huntsman's research vessel, conducting a benthic drag.

Sorting through the animals collected from the bottom on the bay.

Sand shrimp

Purple sunstar & blood star

Rock crab

Common seastars

Studying the internal anatomy of a scallop.

Fresh plankton was also collected while on the research vessel.

Experiencing the tides. 

Phytoplankton & zooplankton ready to be studied in the lab.

Using the microscopes to study plankton.

View of different phytoplankton species through the microscope.

Identifying and drawing invertebrates collected while onboard the research vessel.

Brittle star drawing and description.

Armoured shrimp that was laying eggs under her tail.

Sea anemone in one of the lab tanks.

Having a closer look at sea urchin external anatomy.

In this view is the anus & madreporite.

Testing to see if size affects the flipping rate of echinoderms.

The seastar are pretty flexible!

Exploring the intertidal zone at low tide.

The students found lots of seastars hiding under the rocks.

The students also found a green crab that just moulted (right) & its empty exoskeleton (left).

Making dichotomous keys using seaweed collected while on Grand Manan Island.

The winner of the longest kelp contest.

Enjoying working on the lawn of upper campus.

Anderson House, the meal hall and common area is a great backdrop for the seaweed lab.

Conducting behaviour experiments: testing the strength of echinoderms,

testing the response of arthropods to light, and

testing how temperature effects the feeding rate of barnacles.