EARTH SCIENCES:

RESEARCH AT CABRILLO MARINE MUSEUM

April, 2001 trip to Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium facilities

Alex Han, Joseph Park, Jessica Castellanos and Gena Hoffman conduct a sandy beach flora and fauna search

Sarah Levy, Soloman Thornberry, Pete Chattrabhuti and Sam Varon investigate a polychaete worm with the help of Cabrillo lead staffer Linda Chilton

Student groups record observations of sandy beach,
artificial reef, and salt marsh wetlands investigations

Roman Ilyitsky, Paul Hwang, and Chahn Jung use lab microscopes to investigate invertebrate and algae

Jeanette Sandoval gets a close-up view
of the tube feet of a sea urchin

Michelle Kim, Lucky Sivasundaram, Elaiza Torralba, and Roman Ilyitsky use a graduated sieve to measure sand size

Students investigate marine organisms in the lab's
indoor intertidal habitat tank