Rohan Woods School 2018

This week we had the pleasure of introducing a group of students from the Rohan Woods School in St. Louis, Missouri to the Bay of Fundy and marine biology. Below are a few pictures from their week exploring the ocean habitats around the Huntsman Marine Science Centre and St. Andrews, New Brunswick.

Aboard the Huntsman research vessel to collect animals and plankton from the bay. 

View through the microscope of phytoplankton and zooplankton at 40x magnification.

Conducting an experiment in the lab with live sea urchins and sea stars.

Does size affect their flipping rate?

Whale watching with Quoddy Link Marine. This is the blow from the humpback whale. 

The fluke (tail) of a humpback whale. Each humpback has a unique pattern on the underside of their fluke that can be used to identify an individual.

Exploring a muddy beach at low tide.

The students found soft-shell clams.

Clam worms have a beautiful iridescent colour. 

Red-lined worms have a short proboscis.

Searching for the invasive green crab.

Data is collected on the size and gender of each crab. This one is a female. The students found 76 crabs and only 14 were females.

Learning about the anatomy of fish through art.

What does the shape of the tail tell you about the speed of the fish?

What does the placement of the mouth tell you about where and what the fish eats?