Young Explorers 2020 - Week 2

The Young Explorers had a very busy and active week learning about marine biology at the aquarium. Below are a few photos from our week. 

Exploring the intertidal zone.

The Young Explorers uncovered many green crabs.

It was exciting to find this sea star under a rock!

In the lab completing drawings and observations of mollusc shells.

How many pennies can your boat hold? This was the winning boat with 79 pennies!

Doing an animal scavenger hunt around the aquarium.

Did you find all 30 animals?

Learning about sea stars and other echinoderms in the lab.

Sea urchin

Blood star

Spiny sun star

Creating a field guide of animals collected on the shore.

Intertidal bingo...when the tide comes in the animals move!

The Young Explorers found lots of rock gunnel fish and also an ocean pout! 

We got to watch the morning feedings of the wolffish,

sea ravens and ocean pouts,

and striped bass.

Learning how to prepare a slide.

Learning how to use the microscopes to observe plankton.

Can you match the planktonic larvae to the adult?

Where do phytoplankton and zooplankton fit in the marine food chain?

Building phytoplankton.

Using the plankton net and mesh nets.

The Young Explorers collected some sand shrimp.

Having a look at the water collected using the plankton net.

Watching the seal's have breakfast.

Learning about lobster external anatomy.

Observing a diversity of marine arthropods, including this female rock crab.

What colour will you make your lobster?

Making a sea spider.

Arthropod jokes!

Watching the salmon feeding. 

Learning about the external anatomy of fish by creating a fish.

Studying the internal anatomy of fish by doing a herring dissection.

Bay of Fundy fish bingo.

Making a mermaid's purse (skate egg).

Exploring the intertidal zone on the last afternoon.

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