Day 1!

Hi everyone,

Starting off our first day here with a 8 o'clock breakfast, we were all eager to start the day off. Once we were all on the bus the first group was dropped of at the shore line and the second group took a ferry over to the other side of the canal where they would be dropped of to start their adventures on Deer Island. The group that was dropped of at the shore line was given the task to find certain marine wild life that was hiding in the rocks and in the ground since it was low tide. This was very challenging since non of the members of this group had never done anything like this and did not know where to look at the beginning of the search. This quickly turned into a search t find the biggest crabs on the beach which we would find under large flat rocks where there was families of crab. After our search was over and many different species of animals where found we had to take what we had and make the long walk back to where we are staying. With buckets filled with the variety of species big and small. Can't wait for the rest of the day.

 

 

Alex and Matthew 

 

After Lunch, (soup and grilled cheese, followed by chocolate chip cookies), we went down to the docks where a fishing boat was waiting for us. We started by putting down two small nets with jars at the end into the water, with which we collected plankton. Later, we collected information such as water visibillity, salt, and temperature. The seamen then threw down a larger net, used for fishing. We collected fish, crabs, and lobster. Most of that went back into the sea.

-Paul

 

 

On Tuesday evening, we all went down to the lab to examine the water samples we collected with the nets earlier in the day. The net that has the very small holes allowed us to collect the much smaller Fido plankton which we observed on the microscopes with allot of interest and astonishment. The main reason that we where astonished to observe such things is because there where so many different types of microorganisms in as many shapes. The different organisms that we where observing where interesting and drawing them as we saw them is not as easy as one would think either. The lab was lots of fun and look forward to dissecting the

few fish we caught though out the trolling experience.
By Mathew de Marchie