This zone is sometimes nondescript since Periwinkles are mobile creatures. Organisms here must be able to survive without water between tides. This zone is covered with water most of the day. This area is always under water. For students to acquire more background on the flora and fauna to be seen at the field site.
Students are to record info.
Compile all pages and create classroom field guides for the class to use on their field trip visit to the rocky shore. Expose students to lives of rocky shore organisms. Foster appreciation for wildlife. Write a story about a typical day in the life of the chosen organism. One student starts a story about an organism, each student adds something new to it.