Billy+Bob+Bobby+Mc.+Joe's+Tidepool+doc

Hi my name is Joshua. I now go to the [|Amigos School], one of the [|Cambridge Public Schools] in Massachusetts. Before I switched back to Amigos, I was at the [|Kennedy-Longfellow School]. With that class, I went to the [|Marine Science Center] up in [|Nahant] to study [|tide pools]. The Marine Science Center (MSC) is part of [|Northeastern University]. This wiki is about my trip to Nahant and what I saw there. My wiki will teach you about the tide pool ecosystem there and how the energy flows in that ecosystem.


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[|Absolute location] : Latitude: 42 degrees 25'12” N/ Longitude: 70 degrees 54' 30” W Relative location: To get to Nahant, we went through Cambridge and [|Boston], and got on Route 1. From there, we got on Route 16 then passed through [|Revere] and [|Lynn]. Next, we went on a lone road and on that road, we turned a bend and we were riding next to the ocean. We finally got to where we were going: Nahant beach, part of Northeastern University. On our way there we crossed over the [|Tobin Bridge] and passed Boston and Revere harbors. We passed many other things to and my favorite one was a dog just lying there in a patch of sunlight on a doorstep, not a care in the world. It's very different down there in Nahant.

Place: It's very open down in Nahant. Also, it's very quiet there. The only real loud sound comes from the waves in the ocean. I think living there would be very different For one thing, you'd be farther apart from your neighbors. On the other hand, you'd be able to be loud and could run around more without disrupting your neighbors.

Human-environment interaction: In Nahant there's lots of trash on the beach. I think that's horrible because the trash might get carried out to sea. This might kill fish or other organisms. However, is this happens, the people that make a living catching and selling fish won't make any more money.

Movement: The main way to get around in Nahant is by boat. You can drive around in a car, but it's not as leisurely as a boat. However, if you're in a hurry, cars are almost always better than boats. The way goods and toys and other things get around is by boat. And not just any boat, a huge boat bigger than most barges. These boats carry truckloads of stuff to Nahant in trailers.

Regions: I think Nahant is divided into 4 regions. Those regions are the ocean area, the house area, the store area, and the beach area. We went to the beach area, and people live in the house area. The store area is where Nahant's inhabitants buy their food, clothes, etc. and the ocean area is the ocean where people go whale-watching, study under water life, go on tour boats, etc.
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My wiki is about my trip to the MSC in Nahant. There are many organisms there. Examples are Irish Moss, Knotted Wrack, and Rockweed. These are all producers. 3 examples of primary consumers are ducks, mussels, and clams. 3 examples of secondary consumers are crabs, hermit crabs, and starfish. 3 examples of tertiary consumers are frogs, toads, and seagulls. 3 examples of decomposers are bacteria, periwinkles, and fungi. My energy pyramid contains all these things, except for the decomposers. The red arrows in my pyramid show energy being passed in heat form. These arrows leave the pyramid because when an organism gets energy, it burns some of it. The blue arrows however show the way energy is passed from one organism to another when one organism is eaten by another one. The thicker the arrow, whether red or blue, shows more energy being passed on. The producers make their own energy from the sun. The 1° consumers, being herbivores, get their energy from the producers. The 2° consumers, being omnivores, get their energy from both the producers and the 1° consumers, but mostly the 1° consumers. Finally, the 3° consumers, being carnivores, get their energy from both the 1° consumers and the 2° consumers, but mostly the 2° consumers.

My wiki is about my trip to Nahant. The trip was broken down into three main parts. Two of the parts went together and one did not. The 1st part was when we were out on the beach; we were looking in the tide pools for organisms. The 2nd part of the trip was when we came inside. An instructor taught us about the inter-tidal zone, where tide pools are located. The 3rd and final part was after we’d learned about the inter-tidal zone, we got to pick 3 organisms out of a little, indoor, aquarium. I chose a gastropod, a green sea urchin, and a sea star. After we chose the 3 organisms, we had to identify them and find their scientific name, what they ate, where they lived, and what organisms are related to them. I personally think that the trip was worthwhile. I learned a lot from it, and now I hope that you have too.



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