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Overview: Students will investigate how the lobster population has changed in the Sound. Trip Description: Students will rotate through stations in which they examine live lobsters, practice skills related to the lobster fishery such as lobster measurement and banding, examine a lobster trap, learn about lobster life cycles, and interpret data from CT DEEP and Project Oceanology on climate change and lobster populations in Long Island Sound. Learning Outcome: Students will have a better understanding of how the lobster population in the Long Island Sound has changed over time and what factors are impacting their population. Ocean Literacy Principle #5: The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems. Ocean Literacy Principle #6: The ocean and humans are inextricably connected
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