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. […]
Fourth graders from Rogers International School have spent the last two afternoons on the Schooner SoundWaters learning about Long Island Sound, the creatures that call it home, and why it is so important to all of us. More information about the program can be found here.
Here at SoundWaters, the educators were feeling curious about how the animals of Long Island Sound fared after the big storm Tuesday night. We used seine nets at two different locations in Cove Island Park. We successfully found small minnows such as Atlantic silversides and Mummichogs as well as pipefish and a large Green Crab. […]
Volunteers from Nestlé Waters Accounting Department painted 12 rocking chairs, scrubbed 13 tables, 55 chairs and 12 canoes, then fanned out across Cove Island Park to record and collect several bags of debris during their volunteer day at SoundWaters Coastal Center. With their help, we begin the school year spruced and ready to teach the […]
Be sure and visit SoundWaters at the Live Green family festival at Taylor Farm near Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk. We’ll be there Saturday and Sunday. You’ll touch and hold marine animals from our Teaching Aquarium, while learning what you do can do to help protect Long Island Sound.
This morning’s trawl brought up some great benthic organisms as well as a child’s plastic watering can. We didn’t find any organisms in the watering can, however there were several slipper snails attached to the plastic as well.
In addition to catching 4 summer flounder, 3 searobins, a bunch of little scup, a blue crab and a lot of marine debris: a ghost lobster trap, a child’s fishing rod, a red solo cup encrusted with slipper snails, a shot gun shell and a spider crab tangled in monofiliment line from the fishing pole. […]
