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PeriwinklesTide Pools

Tide pools form where pools of water collect in rocky hollows at low tide. Tide pools give us a chance to peak at the daily lives of ocean animals:

tidepool

How Many Items Can You Find:

Scavenger Hunt List provided by University of Maine Cooperative Extension Shell

  • piece of kelp
  • black rock with white stripe all around
  • clam shell
  • animal that feeds on algae
  • barnacle
  • blue mussel
  • wormy piece of driftwood
  • clump of Irish moss
  • shell of sea urchin
  • ten pieces of manmade garbage
  • hermit crab
  • star fish
  • rockweed - two types
  • green crab
  • two sand fleas
  • slipper shell
  • animals which feed on barnacles and mussels
  • rugosa rose flower
  • beach pea (pod, flower or leaf)
  • find something that might be a creature's home one day

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