Lisa S. Alter
Students will have completed an Oceanography report prior to this unit. Within this, they will have done some independent study work on organisms that live in the Sound. Also, students will have had a very close look at a Mollusk collection from the Sound.
Students will also have had experience collecting and mounting seaweed from a trip to Bluff Point and some local areas..
During this unit, I plan on having a guest speaker from DEP/ Sea Grant come, not only with slides, but live Long Island Sound organisms for the students to see and hold.
The Sound is a greenish color due to the plankton that live in it. During this unit they will see plankton from the Sound under a microscope and try to identify the different types. The importance of plankton to the food chain and Long Island Sound will be discussed in this section too.