Aquarium Field Trip

         On Thursday our Biology class went on an awesome field trip to the Vancouver Aquarium. We were split into two groups, my group got to explore the aquarium examining the breathtaking creatures of the Sea and Amazon! It was cool to observe on our own before we were sent to the classroom, where we were admitted to hold and learn about the critters we had been learning about in class. The purpose of this was to investigate the organisms up close and have a hands on experience to help us fully understand these creature’s abilities. My favourite component was when we got to touch the sea anemone. With the exposure of these compelling creatures it helped us further learn and understand the biological world. It was interesting and fun to have had the chance to experience this exclusive activity! This Aquarium field has been very beneficial, providing us with visual and hands on learning techniques to aid in the comprehension of their lives. Also this trip allowed us to observe many diverse organisms up close, giving us an exclusive opportunity that I am so thankful to have experienced with my class and Ms.Ianonne!

 

1. Symbiotic relationship between clownfish and sea anenome.
-Clown fish depends on anenome for protection
-sea anenome is cleaned by clown fish

 

 

2.Sea Otters spend a lot of time cleaning their coats because clean fur is better for trapping oxygen.
3.) Before the 1900's, you could find Sea Otters near Amchitka Island, Alaska, and Monterey, California.
They were re-introduced to Canada in the years 1969 and 1970

4. The sea anenomes were mostly green and blue in this tank.

 

 



5.This Japanese Sea Nettle has to be my favourite intervertebrate along with many others in the class because of its vibrant colours and magnificent beauty. Its adaptions for survival are obviously it's harmful stinging tentacles.



 

6.The scientific name for a Beluga whale is " Delphinapterus Leucas" There are 2 Beluga whales found in the Vancouver Aquarium.

 
7.This picture I found on the internet, since there were not in the aquarium. They move by their strong tail.

9. Two interesting adaptations the Starry Flounders retains is
swimming in shallow waters and it can camoflauge with ease.



10.Moon Jellies move by proopelling through the water by the medusa. To eat, these jellies sting their prey with nematocytes.

11. The white suction cups are good for catching prey and sticking to caves or rocks. They are known as one of natures best predators because they are magnificent at hiding making them hard to find.


12. The stellar sea lion hunts in packs to eat a carnivorous diet including fish and squid.

13/14.This is the caiman, it came from Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay. The colour of the crocodile is brown and green mainly for camoflauge since it lives in murky swamps and rivers.

 

 

15.) This is the largest fish in the Aquarium, apart from some of the sturgeons.

 

16.This fish in the amazon is called a Redhook Silver Dollar, wchich eats the seeds of riverside shrubs.

17. Suprisingly pirhannas never really distrub swimmers and they are not harmful, unless you are removing a hook from it's mouth.

18. Sharks do not have any bones, however they do have a cartilage based skeleton.

19. Other animals that can be found in the shark tank include sting rays!

20. The Giant Red Sea Urchin's scientific name is  Strongylocentrotus Franciscanus. These spikey looking needles are exactly what they look like and will harm any prey that comes too close.

21. Archefish find their food by spitting water at flying insects. The force of the water stuns the object for a moment and during this time the archefish then swallows it.

 

 

22. The sea turtle found in the tropic zone is named Schoona.

 

Monica, Marrisa, Me and Gabi

Holding the sea urchins and facing my fears!

 

Fungus walk

         On friday my grade 11 Biology class went to explore the Fleetwood Park forest near our school. We were told to search for fungi, which seemed to be lingering everywhere on decaying matter. We had been learning about the different types of fungi in class and it was fascinating to inspect them from up close. The types of fungi we've discussed in class include basidiomycota (club fungi), zygomycota (common molds), ascomycoya (sac fungi), oomycota (protist like fungi) and deuteromycota (imperfect fungi). My favorite one that we found in the forest was a tiny club mushroom that was growing out of a decaying tree trunk. They were so little, which made them so special because I never would have discovered this on my own if it weren't for ms.Ianonne!

This one is called a jelly fungi, they were everywhere always very bright!

This is a betterpicture of another jelly funi!  The best time to find this type of fungi is in the fall or in the spring below melting snow banks.

We also located Lichen. This one is in the form of a crustose! Lichen are symbiotic

These are shelf mushrooms, they are part of club fungi.




This was my favourite, it was so cute and litte.



This fungi is also a basidiomycota, however this is type is found in a tropical rainforest and is actually edible!



These are Fairy Circles, we unfortunately didn't get to see any of these!

These are sac fungi. Sac fungi produce conidia (dust) and have the largest phylum of fungi.

 The purpose of this walk was to see the differenent types of fungi outisde of the classroom in their environment they live in. Monica and I got to explore some really cool looking fungi! I learned that fungi is everywhere, you just have to take the time to look and appreciate the beauty that is around us. I am so thankful Ms.Ianonne took our class on this trip, because I never would have done this if it weren't for her. This was an awesome experience and I'm lookinh forward to our next class trip!