Critter Bins: Adaptations
Overview
Students interact with a variety of organisms from Long Island Sound while using a dichotomous key to identify marine life.
Highlights
Program Type: Lab
Program Duration: 1.25 Hours
Trip Season: Sept-June (Organism diversity is based on season availability)
Student Limit: Up to 20
Ocean Literacy Principle: #1: Earth has one big ocean with many features. #2: The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of Earth.
Trip Description
Students rotate in small groups between bins containing a variety of organisms from Long Island Sound. Students will use a dichotomous key to identify phyla, genus and species of each organism.