Monday, March 8, 2010

Portobello Aquarium

On Monday Room 9 and their brilliant parent helpers ventured out to Portobello Aquarium for the morning, followed up with lunch and a run round at Happy Hen's. It was a beautiful sunny day and there were some great views of the harbour and around the aquarium. While we were there we dissected a squid (yummo!) and inspected the touch tanks. Have a look at the pics from the day :-)

Your task is to leave a comment and say what you enjoyed during the day out and something new you learned at the aquarium.

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15 comments:

  1. boultyMarch 9, 2010 at 1:33 PM

    I liked the touch tanks. It was funny seeing the clam swim away from the starfish

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  2. UnknownMarch 9, 2010 at 9:51 PM

    i liked disecting the squid. i learnt that certain squid can fit through gaps the size of its eyes

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  3. KenzMarch 9, 2010 at 10:03 PM

    I enjoyed cutting up the squid hehe :) And i learnt how to tell if a squid is a lady or a dude

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  4. sydneyMarch 9, 2010 at 10:41 PM

    i liked the touch tanks and i loved disecting the squid but it was kinda gross!!!
    i learned that the squid have ink that helps them get a quick get away from there predators and in the ink there is a poison that is not very harmful but does stun the predator for a few seconds giving the squid time to get away.
    And i also learnt that our sea animals are very important and some types of plankton that produce at least 70% of oxygen and so therefore they are very important.
    and i loved all the photos that you took thanx.
    THANKS MISS RONEY I HAD GREAT FUN!!!!!!!!!

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  5. SarahMarch 9, 2010 at 11:13 PM

    i liked the touch tanks and i learnt that the male sea horse has the baby and i had lots of fun :)

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  6. JacobMarch 10, 2010 at 12:29 AM

    I enjoyed dissecting the squid and seeing the ink part which is used for survival. I also learnt that some sharks go through 20,000 teeth in their life time - they have a few rows of teeth. Thanks Miss Roney - good day out
    Jacob C

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  7. UnknownMarch 10, 2010 at 1:30 PM

    I really enjoyed the aquarium. It was alot of fun ecpecally the touch tank. The starfish was my favourite though.

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  8. AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 7:11 PM

    I liked dissecting the squid.I didnt know that squid had ink

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  9. UnknownMarch 10, 2010 at 7:35 PM

    I liked disecting the squid and learning that they have beaks

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  10. AnonymousMarch 10, 2010 at 10:49 PM

    I liked learing about how the sperm whale eats collosal squid and how the octopus can squeeze though holes the size of it's eye.

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  11. UnknownMarch 11, 2010 at 10:55 AM

    I liked the touch tanks and the massive octopus and I learned that squid have beaks

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  12. Laura and ashMarch 11, 2010 at 11:42 PM

    i thought the touch tanks were cool and the big squid photo it was massive
    Laura
    (putting this comment on for the 3rd time now!!!!!!!)

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  13. AnonymousMarch 12, 2010 at 9:22 PM

    I really liked disecting the squid but my hands did stink after that haha and watching the half crabs filter feed with their nets was really cool epicially when it was close up under the microscope! Thanks Miss Roney I had heaps of fun!!!!

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  14. UnknownMarch 12, 2010 at 10:26 PM

    i really enjoyed disecting squid :)
    i disected squid when i was 10, but ut was still
    fun. i expected disect shark, oh well, fun :)

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  15. Lw Rida CivicMarch 14, 2010 at 12:44 PM

    i like disepting the squid it was fun

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