Royal West Academy - 2018

At the end of April we welcomed 50 students from Royal West Academy to St. Andrews. This marked the 28th year RWA has brought students to the Huntsman to study marine biology! Wow! That is awesome! Here are some photos documenting the trip.

Identifying marine invertebrates using field guides.

Viewing plankton using the microscopes.

Boat trip to collect subtidal animals, including sea urchin,

sea stars and

a beautiful spiny sunstar.

Exploring the intertidal zone at low tide.

A green crab.

A terebellid worm.

Making a dichotomous key for seaweeds.

Observing the external anatomy of a sea urchin.

Zonation at the beach.

Cleaning marine debris from a salt marsh.

Lots of plastic, rope and styrofoam collected.

Investigating what lives on a soft sediment beach.

A blood worm.