BEACH DAY! Today we went to two beaches. Our first trip was to the National Seashore at Coast Guard Beach. The waves were really big. We learned: “not to turn your back to the waves. Marshes help protect homes from hurricanes and storms,” “sand dunes help stop erosion,” “marshes filter the water to make it cleaner for the ocean and provide homes for smaller animals,” “every year 3 feet erodes from Cape Cod,” “Cape Cod was made from glaciers.”
At the tide pools of Chapin Beach, we learned that when crabs are having babies, the have a brown sack underneath them. We saw many green Asian crabs hiding under rocks. These crabs do not have any predators and have become invasive. We also saw a wire under the sand dunes that runs all the way to Portugal. Barnacles, slipper shell and periwinkles were everywhere.
Our evening activity is spooky science fair. Some of the experiments were flower and fire, heat up a soda can, binocular with obstacle course, pickle electricity. Then we ended the night with a huge campfire, singing and smores! YUM!