Last Friday was a special day because we went on the bus to the Island Bay Marine Education Centre. We met Jules. He works at the Marine Centre. We listened carefully to Jules because he knows so much about all the sea creatures that live on the rocky shore that he is an expert!
When we arrived Jules was holding a Little Blue Penguin.
We went to see the aquarium.
We looked in all the different tanks.
We saw an Octopus.
The Octopus looks orange and red.
He looked at us.
We could see the Octopus Suckers.
An Octopus has 8 legs.
Jules fed the Octopus. The Octopus was very clever. It did a trick for us and squeezed through a little hole in the glass.
We found a seahorse.
We found some really big fish!
Jules showed us some sea snot. YUCK! It is like slime. It comes from a snot snake, who makes the sea snot to protect itself from danger!
What else did we see?
These sea creatures are in tanks so that Jules can look after them, and learn more about the creatures that live in the sea and on the Rocky Shore.
Next we looked in the 'touch gently' tanks. We had to remember to use really soft fingers and hands.
We had an interesting time exploring and investigating the creatures that lived in the tanks.
For lots of us this was our very first time seeing the sea creatures that live on and under the rocks.
Come and see what we discovered!
look at all the different Starfish we found...
Sea Urchins
Beautiful Anenome
After that we went outside to explore the rocky shore. It was a wild windy Wellington day! We had to hold on tight to each other while we explored.
'The rocks were cold' said Kingston.
'The rocks were sharp' said Jeven.
'The rocks are bumpy and wobbly' said Joshua.
'The rocks were wet and some rocks were dry'
said Anika.
What has Natey's Mum found?
a tiny little crab!
We can see a cushion starfish!
What has Eva spotted?
some cats eyes!
Look at all the seaweed
Neptunes Necklace was our favorite.
It had little beads that felt like rubber
and we could squish them!
Look at the baby paua shell
What can you see hiding in the rock pool?
We can see a little scallop shell.
Look at all the cats eyes sticking to the rocks.
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