Science Students Put Book Learning to the Test

On October 13, students in Rob Merrifield’s environmental science classes, along with those in Blair Buck’s AP biology classes, traveled on an annual field trip to Island Beach State Park in New Jersey. While there, they divided into three groups to collect animal specimens on the beach with marine science teacher Rod Gerdsen, walked across the barrier island with Rob as he pointed out the changes and adaptations in vegetation from the dunes through the maritime forest, and then seined for specimens in the bay with Blair.

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Posted 10/18/2010

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