We had an afternoon team building program aboard the Schooner SoundWaters with the 5th graders from Waterside school today. The students worked together to set the sails and haul in the trawl net. They also had the opportunity to steer the vessel, salve practice knot tying skills, and learned about mechanical advantage.
The 4th graders from Waterside school came aboard the schooner SoundWaters to sharpen their team building skills. They began the morning working together with team building initiatives ashore and then worked together to set sail and steer the schooner.
Rain or shine SoundWaters educators were determined to successfully complete their canoe certification for summer camp. In and out of Holly Pond, patient they practiced different stroke techniques and T-rescue skills. From knots to safety equipment they practiced all of the fundamentals. Great teamwork and communication was also part of the success today. They are […]
After the weekend, all of the animals in the SoundWaters aquarium are ready to eat! Today one of our high school interns prepared a delicious meal for the animals. Starting with some of our baby animals, our intern fed them brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, and some veggies. For some of our smaller fish, like our […]
SoundWaters has quite the Horseshoe Crab nursery going on in our aquarium. In addition to our adult Horseshoe Crabs we are also raising and monitoring a few young horseshoe crabs. This summer our campers were fortunate to find an abundance of Horseshoe Crab eggs and juvenile Horseshoe Crabs, capsule that are now thriving in our […]
We had a “Mantastic” trawl today picking up 15 large Mantis shrimp while trawling in Oyster Bay.
SoundWaters preschool program, SoundKids focused on hermit and spider crabs this week including experiments on adaptations. These young scientists are so curious and enjoy holding and observing the hermit crabs move around in the water. In addition to learning about animals, they also had the chance to sort and match seashells and make their very […]
On our way to Oyster Bay with some passing showers headed our way.
Our interns started their semester off well! After school, they immediately got to work. Some of their responsibilities include plankton research, aquarium maintenance and animal husbandry. Way to go interns we are thrilled to have you back!
The SoundWaters team had a very successful day of fishing and seining with the entire 6th grade class from Litchfield Intermediate School. The students along with SoundWaters Educators caught numerous green crabs of all sizes! It was great to see another species of crab from Long Island Sound other then the invasive Asian shore crab. […]
