June 24th, 2009

Stop! Stop! “You’re piling too much algae on my tray!” I said that to Lindsay Mensen today  as we (and others) were in the ELC dissecting algae. At about three, I went down to the ELC  because some members wanted to dissect algae. I was to help (but mostly participate). First we got out trays and a pile of spoons for them to use. Then, we brought up the cooler full of collected algae. After that, we waited. A few minutes later, they arrived.  One parent  and a group of kids gathered around and took some algae to dissect. I passed out gloves, and we began. “Look! I found a shrimp!” shouted one. “A mini sea cucumber!” yelled another. It went on like that for while. We found some cool things, though. I even found a crab smaller thana pencil eraser including the legs! Everyone loved seeing the little starfish, and hated seeing the worms.  I bet you want to see the creatures for yourselves, though, so if you scroll down you can see a cup full.

Organisms From The Algae Dissection from Shelley Vohr on Vimeo.

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