Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Crestwood Prep - 2018

Recently, Grade 11 students from Crestwood Preparatory College travelled from Toronto to St. Andrews for a week of marine biology. Here are a few photos of their experiences.

Observing, drawing and identifying marine invertebrates in the lab.


Low tide. At high tide the water comes all the way up to these rocks.

Exploring the intertidal zone.

Found a sea star!

The greatest diversity is found at the low tide mark.

Found a green crab!

The research vessel, the Fundy Spray.

Sorting the animals collected using the benthic drag.

blood star

Studying the plankton collected from the bay.

Some of the students studied how temperature effects the feeding rate of barnacles.

Searching for marine worms.

The students found many different species, including this clam worm.

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