Field Report from the Gustavus Dock Beach December 10, 2010

Hello from the 3rd – 5th class. We went to the Gustavus beach on December 10th, 2010. We found a lot of interesting things such as worms, little sea stars and a giant barnacle. It was very windy. This was our second trip collecting shells for a shell collection that we are keeping in our class. Our class found 13 pieces of plastic. Thank you Tanya and Lori for coming with us.

Barnacle

Field Report from the Gustavus Dock Beach, 12-10-10

On December 10, 2010, we went to the Gustavus Dock beach. It was windy and we saw a sea urchin and a sea star eating a mussel. We found 13 pieces of plastic. We had big plastic and some little plastic. We found two bottle caps, one plastic bag, two big pieces of plastic, one cigarette butt, three pieces of Styrofoam, one wrapper, an orange piece of plastic from a crate, one firework thing, and one piece of rubber. I wonder what we’ll find next.

Dozens Of Sea Stars

Sea star

We found a bone!

Do you know what this worm is?

Field Report 11-30-10

Hello, from the 3rd-5th grade class. We went to Bartlett Cove on November 30, 2010. It was the first trip with snow on the ground. We found mystery eggs! We only found one piece of plastic; the piece was a garbage bag. Ranger Marieke was with us. Our Principal Mrs. Cervin and her husband Don came with us also. We found a lot of sea cucumbers.

At Bartlett Cove the weather was terrible, the wind was howling and there was icy rain. We found a big fat sea star and some baby sea star. We started a shell collection, trying to see how many varieties there are. Among our findings were a snail in a shell and a blenny.

The most exciting thing to occur was our school van getting stuck on the hill!!! The road was icy and the van tires couldn’t get any traction. Our other mystery was that the school camera was lost while we were playing in the snow. We made it back so we can tell you our tales next time.



Until next time…

Our Questions and Hypothses For Our Year-Long Study

Year-Long Study Questions and Hypotheses
Question #1
Which beach and intertidal zone has more plastic—the Gustavus Dock beach and intertidal zone or the Bartlett Cove beach and intertidal zone?
Hypothesis #1
We think that the beach by the Gustavus dock will have more plastic because it is not a National Park. A National Park is protected. There are lots more fishermen that go there so there is a bigger chance that garbage will be there. The ferry is coming once a month to Gustavus now and brings more people which means there might be more plastic.

Question #2
Which beach and intertidal zone has more sound—the Gustavus Dock beach and intertidal zone or the Bartlett Cove beach and intertidal zones? Different sounds?

Hypothesis #2
We think that the Gustavus Dock beach will have more man-made sounds than Bartlett Cove because the ferry is now coming every month and that means there are more people and cars.

Question #3
Are there more living things on the beach and intertidal zones in Gustavus or Bartlett Cove?
Hypothesis #3
We think that Bartlett Cove has more living things on the beach and intertidal zone because it has rocks for protection, and food like plants and animals.

Is This A Type Of Sponge?

Are These Eggs?