Students will use compound microscopes to watch nematocysts fire. Learn how echinoderms eat, move, and protect themselves. Observe and feel the effects of echinoderm pedicellaria. Exploration will focus on zonation and competition for space . With stereo microscopes, the class will search for mini-critters who make seaweeds their home.
Students create prints of fish using a few basic materials including tempera paint and paper.
Fabric paint is also provided for those who bring T-shirts, bags or bandanas. Mud Fauna Sieve the sediments to find the organisms that are living in the mud. The captured critters are then examined with a microscope to identify their unique adaptations . Despite their small size, plankton are a critical link in marine food chains. Students use high quality microscopes to discover the life teeming in a drop of sea water.