What are activities Sun – Wed?
We are unable to publish in advance an EXACT description of all activities at Sea Camp from Sunday evening through Wednesday because our 7-9 groups rotate in and out of a series of activities throughout our stay. The week before we leave Mr. Clauset and the Sea Camp program director develop a list of labs for the trip. Lab and activity choices vary from year to year based on the resources of Sea Camp and, in particular, the available program options based on recent hurricane activity in the area. For the 2006 trip, for instance, we had to skip a favorite algae lab because hurricanes had decimated all of the algae beds. Typically we have three boat trips: two trips to the coral heads and one trip to a shallow bay. Our night labs involve echinoderms, a night wade, and a plankton tow. Additional daytime labs involve coastal ecology, sharks, jellyfish, and hermit crabs. During free time students are free to investigate the shore line, the docks, the specimen library, the “touchy feely” tan
