Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Tour by Sue Princefor Third Grade

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/reef/flovert.html

Tide Pools: Watch Your Step

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Vocabulary

When we are done with the field trip, you will be researching your favorite animal from the Tide Pool, and writing 2 paragraphs about it.

• Where does it live?• What does it eat?• 3 interesting facts

Sea AnemoneFlounderLimpetOctopusPlanktonEcosystemPeriwinkles

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Tide Pools

The tide comes in and goes out two times per day. Click on the picture to see a time-lapse video.

When the tide is low, we

can explore the animals that live in the tide pools.

They have their own ecosystem, which is a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes) in conjunction with the non-living components of their environment (things like air, water, minerals, and soil), interacting as a system.

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Masked Crab

The masked crab has a hard shell to protect it from the crashing waves, and the hot sun.

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Rough Periwinkles

Rough Periwinkles are a type of snail. They have a back door, called an operculum, that allows them to close their shell completely.

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Calcareous Tube Worm

These worms are generally very cautious. You have to be very patient to see them come out like this one.

They feed on plankton, which are tiny plants and animals floating in the water.

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Shore Crab

These little guys are no bigger than a nickel.

They outgrow their shells, and leave them behind to be washed out with the tide. New shells harden in just a few hours.

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Sea Anemone

These animals may look like flowers, but those are actually stinging tentacles. They catch and kill their food with them.

Don’t get too close!

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Blue-rayed Limpet

Limpets are another type of snail. They often live in stems of seaweed for safety and food.

On rocks, they move up to 12 inches, and eat all of the seaweed off.

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Seaweed

This rock is covered with seaweed. You can see the tide swirling around it.

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Octopus

Octopus are shy, and hide among the rocks.

Some are really quite small.

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Flounder

Several tiny fish also live in the tide pools. Many will be washed out with the tide.

Learn more at www.tidalzone.org

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Can you see the flounder?

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

To enjoy the full Oregon State Park Tour:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ALcZVy2w0

Start Stop 2 Stop 3 Stop 4 Stop 5 Stop 6Stop 1 NextBack

Resourceshttp://www.arkive.org/invertebrates-marinehttp://www.oregontidepools.org/videogallerywww.MonarchLibrary.wikispaces.com/RockySeashore Oregon State Park Videoswww.tidalzone.orgWikipedia, and Google Images

Student Content StandardsStructure and Function – Plants and animals have both internal and external structures that serve various functions in growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction.Systems and System Models – A system can be described in terms of its components and their interactions.