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Beach Exploration – Green’s Point ** __Beach Exploration – Green’s Point__ Students will participate in intertidal sampling and beach seining at Green’s Point. They will practice quadrant sampling methods in the high to mid intertidal zone, while exploring the beach and photographing species of interest. Students will also beach seine in the mid to low intertidal zone, they will also participate in collecting water samples, checking turbidity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity in the seining area as well as the substrate of the sample area.
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Date: October 26, 2009

New Brunswick Curriculum Outcomes
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Outdoor Pursuits 110 -** Students will master the necessary technical skills relevant to the unit activities (p. 3).

Environmental Science 122/123 - Collect and record environmental data for a given ecosystem (p. 6). - Connect, integrate and synthesis data related to various ecosystems based on the influence of human activities and their influence in the biosphere (p. 6). - Students will develop: an appreciation for the complexity of the interrelationship of the environment (p. 7).

Biology 112/113 - 214-2 Identify limitations of a given classification system and identify alternative ways of classifying to accommodate anomalies (p. 28). - 214-1 Describe and apply classification systems and nomenclatures used in the sciences (p. 28). - 316-5 Use organisms found in a local or regional ecosystem to demonstrate an understanding of fundamental principles of taxonomy (p. 29). - 318 – 6 Explain how biodiversity of New Brunswick ecosystems is related to their sustainability (p. 29).

Expectations: 1. Students will participate in the trip, prepared for the physical aspects of beach seining in the Bay of Fundy. 2. Students will make observations, collect data and report findings on biota, turbidity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and salinity for quadrant sampling and beach seining.

Itinerary: 8:30am · Students will be bussed or transported to Green’s Point, New Brunswick from their perspective school. Students should have all gear and be ready for a day on the beach when they leave. 9:40am · Arrive at Green’s Point, gather gear for seining and quadrant sampling · Brief group about the day · Go over sampling methods and common species · Start beach seining and quadrant sampling 11:30am · Stop for lunch · Finish beach seining and quadrant sampling 2:30pm · Put gear away and clean up area · Load busses and return to schools Participants: Mike Head Melissa Price Resources: [] [] [] []