PeaceAndLoveGirl99

==Hi, my name is “PeaceAndLoveGirl99” I am a 6th grader at the [|Amigos School] in [|Cambridge, MA]. I am doing this WIKI to help you and I understand more about different ecosystems. In my web/WIKI you will be learning about the creatures in the tidepool on Thompson Island, one of the [|Boston Harbor Islands], from its splashing wet waves to its wet rocky shore. The tidepool on Thompson Island is one of many field trips we have gone on to give us more information about ecosystems. My web and my energy pyramid will help you understand just what information we gathered. ==

On our 6th grade field trip to Thompson island. We had a series of steps to getting there. 1) We took a walk to the train station and got on the train. We got off at Boston Harbor 2) More walking! We walked until we approached a boat. 3) We got on the boat very excited and we began the ride on the boat. Our long journey took us to one of the Boston Harbor islands, Thompson Island. Thompson Island was a quiet, calm island. Except for the splashing waves and animals. We took a small walk through rocks and trees to reach the tidepool. When we got there we discovered that the air temperature was 74º, and the water temperature was 57º. Then we measured the pH; a solid 7.5 the dissolved oxygen level was 4. Then we measured the water clarity also knows as the turbidity. We used the [|World Water Monitoring Day] kit to help us determine those tests that helped us find the abiotic description of Thompson Island.

My WIKI is about the tidepool on Thompson Island. While we were there I came across many producers, consumers, and decomposers. Some producers I found were red and green algae. Both types of algae were slimy and resembled kelp and seaweed, but only in different colors. One other producer I found was kelp. Kelp resembles algae. The kelp is a deep green to light colored green, the reason it resembles green algae. Also at the tidepool we came across consumers. I really enjoyed finding shore crabs. The shore crab is a tertiary consumer, usually medium sized crabs that naturally live on the shore of tidepools and other aquatic places. Another secondary consumer I found was a barnacle. Barnacles live on rocks or other hard wet surfaces. Not only do I love the name but they look pretty cool too, the periwinkle is a primary consumer. A Periwinkle is usually a small snail, but they can vary in size. Those are only a few of the creatures we saw in Thompson island.



Our field trip to Thompson Island was a trip I will never forget. Looking around the beautiful tidepool was so much fun! Between all of the rocks and land and all of the insanely cool creatures we found going to Thompson Island it is going to be hard to forget.

For more information, visit [|Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center Website]