Fifth-grade students in Mr. Jacob’s class at Wheeler Avenue School visited the Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside, New York as part of their science curriculum. As part of their research, the students were asked to sit quietly for five minutes and record what they saw, heard and smelled. They then explored and studied the marsh plants (flora) and animals (fauna).
The students, under the guidance of the Marine naturalist, Mr. Farina, and their teacher, Mr. Jacob, began to seine which is fishing with a net with two poles on each end. They caught mummichog, killifish, comb jellyfish, glass shrimp and crabs. These were brought back to their classroom to be put in their salt water tank for further observation. The students also conducted water monitoring tests to check the water’s air temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen and pH.
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