Overview: Students will interact with a variety of critters that call the Long Island Sound estuary home. Trip Description: Students will rotate in small groups between bins containing a variety of organisms from Long Island Sound. For each organism, students will make predictions about how the animals move, eat, and survive. Students will identify and discuss structures and behaviors that they think are adaptations. Learning Outcome: Students will learn about the diversity of organisms and how they are adapted to live in the estuary. Ocean Literacy Principle #5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
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