Adelaide Agyepong, Ryan Nippard, Yaami Premakumar, Melissa Soon,Michael Zafur, Jora Singh Grewal

Trip to the Huntsman Marine Science Centre

Monday, May 31 Visit to an intertidal zone

collected samples of creatures by flipping over stones collected the star fish, picked up crabs, picked up seaweed, lifted

up stones, etc. put creatures into tanks of water so we could examine them later

Zoo plankton and Photo plankton Lab examined drops of water in "wet slides“ bingo game where you have to find the bugs or bacteria on the

bingo card in your slide, chips were periwinkles visit to the on-site aquarium because the institute has one saw a 22 pound lobster saw the shell of a 44 pound lobster. saw a blue lobster and ORANGE lobster which are both extremely

rare saw two seals touch tank where you were able to touch star fishes and crabs,

and other underwater creatures

Tuesday, June 1Mud flats

collected different types of worms dug in the ground wherever there were holes or "volcano

piles“ (worm poop) Afternoon Activity: Boat drags plankton drag scallop drag fish drag examined some on the metal table and threw them

immediately back into the ocean, Tracy cut open a scallop and urchin for people to try

collected the shrimp to cook for tomorrowSeaweed Lab

created dichotomous keys for seaweed

Wednesday, June 2trip to a body of water (where fresh and salt meet)

collected creatures then released them back into the water because it was a conversation area (jelly fish and crabs mainly)

Getting to Know the Creatures Lab looked at different species (star fishes, etc.) drew them and read up on them did a lab by flipping over star fishes and urchins of different sizes

to see which ones were faster the smaller ones were faster

Note: the boat drag on this day killed all the fish because of technical problems, these fish were then used for the fish dissection

Thursday, June 3Holey Point Hotel

went out to a rocky area at low tide transect lab with the equipment we were provided

(rope, plastic square, clipboard) counted the creatures in the squares and we recorded

some info (percentage seaweed coverage, type of land)

Friday, June 4fish dissection

examined gills, fins, and organsused microscope, scissors, scalpel

International Aspectsfishing industry

for the boat drag we had to put all animals we weren't using back to ensure proper mating would occur so that when they were in season, there would be enough for others to catch and sell         i.e. the lobsters were out of season and it was illegal to catch them, taking any would ruin the lobster season, they wouldn't mate properly, and this would reduce numbers, reducing the amount of money made from lobsters

another issue we had to be aware of what was polluting the water on our drags either from the boat or ourselves

this would have drastically damaged the ecosystem, due to multiple drags being done throughout the week

International Aspectsalien species

species (i.e. seaweed) can be brought from other countries and left in the waters to reproduce, becoming invasive due to no natural predators

research can be shared international with other

organizations       i.e. the data we collected from our transect lab, is kept for future years as a reference, this data can be used in future years

boundaries while doing the drags we had to be sure we stayed

on our side of the bay in Canadian waters

Environmental implications of science and technologyscience and technology can harm the

environment and its organisms if precautions are not taken

when performing experiments on living organisms, we must take care in ensuring the safety and comfort of these creaturesex. starfish and urchins tube feet labwe could only add only a few rocks at a time in

order to not overstrain the creatures

Environmental implications of science and technologywe must be careful not to disturb or take too

much from the environmentex. boat drags, worm lab, transect lab, bucket lab,

touch tankswe limited how much we tookeverything was handled carefully and the

environment left unchanged (rocks turned back over, seaweed put back in place)

when finished, most of the organisms were returned to their environment

if we take too much from the environment (fishing, research etc), species may become endangered or even extinct

Environmental implications of science and technologycare must be taken when performing

scientific experimentsex. alien seaweed when examining the zone

where fresh and salt water meetsalien species must be completely removednegative effects may occur if the environment

is altered (ex. alien seaweed out competes regular seaweed and is not beneficial at all)

Ethical implications of science and technologylimited amount of removal

few creatures removed from habitat, only the necessary amount for our experiments

habitat destruction always taken into accounthabitats tried to be returned to original state

few animals killed, most kept in a natural statewater brought from the bay into tanks, conditions

constant constant conditions ensured comfort of the creatures

only animals killed were for dissection learning experience died from the drag

Ethical implications of science and technologyfish drags, ethical?

many fish died on the last drag, although not on purpose.

habitats at the bottom destroyedscallop drag

unethicaldestroys the sea floor, kills creaturesscallops killed on the boat to be eaten almost

live.

Ethical implications of science and technologymost experiments performed were ethical

strength testRocks added gradually, so to not hurt the creature

sea star and urchin flipneither organism was harmed in the experiment

barnacle labbarnacles not exposed to extreme temperatures

mud flats Worms kept alive, brought back to habitat

Ethical implications of science and technology

animals in aquarium lobsters held captive for viewing purposes

unethical, as large lobsters can survive on their own

touch tank animals with missing limbs

if animals were dismembered in tank, unethical if rescued and taken care of, ethical

little supervision tanks could be supervised to ensure proper treatment of

all creatures

Ethical implications of science and technology seals

dependant on humans ethical treated well in the aquarium needs met given circumstances meant limited space, but will

be expanded upon completion of the aquarium born and raised in captivity

not show animals

Economic implications of science and technologyfishing regulations

all animals taken from the water were monitored according to fishing regulations

all lobsters had to be placed back in the water, regardless of size

only a certain amount of fish could be removed from the water

only a certain amount of shrimp and scallop could be removed from the water

this is done to ensure that the science centre remains a scientific facility and not used for commercial fishing purposes

Economic implications of science and technologyHuntsman as a company

Huntsman charges money to look at the marine animals in their aquarium

huntsman also charges money for the use of their labs, etc.

however, Huntsman also uses this money in order to create a safer and more suitable environment for their animals

a new development for their aquarium including a larger environment for their captive seals was being undertaken

the Huntsman development was also being partially funded by donations

Economic implications of science and technologyeconomically friendly observations

many of the labs and observations we did of organisms were done without expensive machinery

the only field study we did involving such machinery was an excursion onto the Bay of Fundy on a ship equipped with a fish drag, a scallop drag and phyto-plankton and zoo-plankton drags.

otherwise the only equipment involved were shovels, buckets and hip waders

this way, money would not have to be spent unnecessary and these often disruptive machines would not be exposed to the ecosystem

Economic implications of science and technologyreusable lab equipment

every piece of equipment we used in the field studies were reusable

this includes buckets, shovels, pans, rulers, ropes, transect squares and hip waders

nothing was wasted or put into the environment as wastemany of the pieces of equipment we used inside the labs

were also older the microscopes, while old, were still functional and thus

were still being used in order to save moneymany of the fish tanks were also old but always being reusedwater for the tanks and many of the labs was generally

taken directly from the bay and returned to the bay after use when possible

this is to prevent the use of excess fresh water, and also to keep the saltwater animals in a suitable condition

Social implications of science and technologypeople in the immediate community in St. Andrews are

aware of the biodiversity that exists around them as a result of the existence of the centre.

students from elementary to secondary level have the chance to enhance their level of education in post graduate laboratories

the Federal Government and provincial government continue to financially help the centresince the Federal Government funds the centre, every

Canadian pays for the centre but not all Canadians get to enjoy its facility