Terranaut Club

LXCL:While this event is pay-what-you-can, the full cost per participant is $50. For those unable to make a donation, please contact us at coordinator@terranautclub.com to reserve a spot. Cancellations made 24 hours or more before the start of the program are eligible for a refund if requested.

General Admission

About Fantastics Beasts of the Bay of Fundy:Join us for a day of hands-on learning about the &quot;fantastic beasts&quot; big and small that inhabit the Bay of Fundy, including mud shrimp, semi-palmated sandpipers, Atlantic sturgeon, and white sharks! We&rsquo;ll take water quality samples, learn about bird and shark citizen science programs, assist in a sturgeon dissection, and get crafty!&nbsp; Details:<ul fr-original-style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px; box-sizing: inherit;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>Saturday, June 6</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>9:30 am - 4:00 pm</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>At Acadia University&#39;s Biology Building at 33 Westwood Avenue in Wolfville</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>For girls and gender diverse youth ages 9-12</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>Maximum 15 participants</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>Pay-what-you-can (suggested donation $50)</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;" style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>No prior knowledge needed!</li></ul> Activities:<ul fr-original-style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px; box-sizing: inherit;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;' style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>WATER QUALITY MONITORING &amp; MUD SHRIMP SAMPLING: We&rsquo;ll collect mud and water samples from the mudflats off of the Wolfville Waterfront Park for water quality monitoring, and to search for mud shrimp under dissection microscopes at our next location, the biology labs up the street at Acadia University.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;' style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>NATURE REFLECTION: We&rsquo;ll do a short nature activity that encourages participants to reflect on and connect with the incredible ecosystem that is the Bay of Fundy.&nbsp;</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;' style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>THREATENED SPECIES SPECIMENS AND CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS: We&rsquo;ll learn about endangered semi-palmated sandpipers and white sharks that migrate through the Bay each year and rely on this ecosystem for food, observing taxidermied specimens of sandpipers and shark jaws supplied by Acadia&#39;s Wildlife Museum, and will look at online maps of local reports through the citizen science Birds Canada platform and OCEARCH Shark Tracker app.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;' style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>ASSIST IN A STURGEON DISSECTION: We&rsquo;ll take part in a group dissection of a threatened Atlantic sturgeon specimen and learn about how this enormous and frightening-looking fish, just like white sharks, are gravely misunderstood and in need of our protection.</li><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;' style='list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre; box-sizing: inherit;'>TRADING CARDS ART: We&rsquo;ll make trading card-like drawings of participants&rsquo; favourite species of the day that highlights their unique adaptations and significance to the local ecosystem. </li></ul>Note that field trips are open registration and differ from the nomination system used for our overnight summer programs. Contact us at <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:coordinator@terranautclub.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">coordinator@terranautclub.com</a> with questions.

About Fantastics Beasts of the Bay of Fundy:Join us for a day of hands-on learning about the "fantastic beasts" big and small that inhabit the Bay of Fundy, including mud shrimp, semi-palmated sandpipers, Atlantic sturgeon, and white sharks! We’ll take water quality samples, learn about bird and shark citizen science programs, assist in a sturgeon dissection, and get crafty!  Details:<ul><li>Saturday, June 6</li><li>9:30 am - 4:00 pm</li><li>At Acadia University's Biology Building at 33 Westwood Avenue in Wolfville</li><li>For girls and gender diverse youth ages 9-12</li><li>Maximum 15 participants</li><li>Pay-what-you-can (suggested donation $50)</li><li>No prior knowledge needed!</li></ul> Activities:<ul><li>WATER QUALITY MONITORING &amp; MUD SHRIMP SAMPLING: We’ll collect mud and water samples from the mudflats off of the Wolfville Waterfront Park for water quality monitoring, and to search for mud shrimp under dissection microscopes at our next location, the biology labs up the street at Acadia University.</li><li>NATURE REFLECTION: We’ll do a short nature activity that encourages participants to reflect on and connect with the incredible ecosystem that is the Bay of Fundy. </li><li>THREATENED SPECIES SPECIMENS AND CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS: We’ll learn about endangered semi-palmated sandpipers and white sharks that migrate through the Bay each year and rely on this ecosystem for food, observing taxidermied specimens of sandpipers and shark jaws supplied by Acadia's Wildlife Museum, and will look at online maps of local reports through the citizen science Birds Canada platform and OCEARCH Shark Tracker app.</li><li>ASSIST IN A STURGEON DISSECTION: We’ll take part in a group dissection of a threatened Atlantic sturgeon specimen and learn about how this enormous and frightening-looking fish, just like white sharks, are gravely misunderstood and in need of our protection.</li><li>TRADING CARDS ART: We’ll make trading card-like drawings of participants’ favourite species of the day that highlights their unique adaptations and significance to the local ecosystem. </li></ul>Note that field trips are open registration and differ from the nomination system used for our overnight summer programs. Contact us at <a href="mailto:coordinator@terranautclub.com" target="_blank">coordinator@terranautclub.com</a> with questions.

Terranaut Club

Junior Field Trip: Fantastic Beasts of the Bay of Fundy

33 Westwood Ave

General Admission

Free

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