1. Introduction:

While walking along the shores of Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island Emma saw many beautiful shells scattered along the sea shore. Because Emma loves to collect things, she picked up everything she found neat and put it in her bag. When Emma got back to her house you she laid out all of the collectables on the table. She wants to know what she has found so she can share it with her class! Click on the pictures below to help Emma find out what she brought back from the beach.

2. The Challenge

On a separate piece of paper please answer the following questions.

What is this?

Can you name two different types of types of these?

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/crustacean/Lobsterprintout.shtml

Click below to check the trap for any lobsters!

http://www.thelobstercam.com/

2.

I think I found some kind of tooth!

What fish does this belong to?

How big does it get?

http://www.whaletimes.org/blueshark.htm

What does it look like?

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/sharks/shore-to-sea/images/blueshark.jpg

3.

What is this?

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/crustacean/Hermitcrab.shtml

Does it always live in the same shell?

4.

Wow! I found a bunch of these shells; I wonder what they could be?

Click below to find out more!

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/bivalve/Clamprintout.shtml

Where do clams live?

After identifying all of the creatures you have collected today, next time you go outside try and collect things that you find interesting. If you are interested in finding out more about Narragansett Bay, where Emma found all of her collectables, click on the links below:

Site	URL
Save the Bay	http://www.savebay.org/index_next.asp
Narragansett Bay Estuary Program	http://www.nbep.org/
Mystic Aquarium	http://www.mysticaquarium.org

This is a map of Rhode Island.

Narragansett Bay is all the blue water.

To get even MORE information; use these key words with search engines:

Marine life

shellfish

crustaceans

Narragansett Bay

Emma thanks you for your hard work today!

Web Quest by: Tiffany Spencer

10/29/2003