We are just home from what must have been the best field trip ever! Our 4s embarked on an Ecological Marine Adventure down at Topsail Beach.
We worked through many different centers. Here the children are making a rainbow fish.
We had a story time where we learned about 2 sea creatures, the Octopus and the Ray.
We spent some time investigating some very cool creatures in the touch tanks. Here S and K are touching sea urchins. The coolest thing about all of these creatures is that they are collected right from the water on our beach, then returned their natural habitat.
Here H, D, and E are being very brave and handling a spider crab.
Things got a little silly with the sea squirts today!
Each participant got to drive the R.O.V.(remotely operated underwater vehicle).
We also got to explore "surprise seaweed". Each child got a tray of seaweed. Then they looked all through it to see what they could find.
Here C is using the microscope to look more closely at a snail that he found.
Then we headed off to the beach for an ocean adventure walk. We saw many types of seaweed, jelly fish, and ghost crab holes.
We learned to use seine nets and we dragged them to the water. We caught some neat things in our net.
Like all good things, our time together came to an end. We had a wonderful experience. If you have not tired Ecological Marine Adventures, I recommend that you do! Check them out on FB or their webpage. They offer many fantastic learning opportunities throughout the summer. Thank you to Miss Kathleen and her friends for their kindness today. Thank you also to each and every family member that traveled with us and made this such a great experience for the children!
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