Critter Bins: Adaptations

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.