The Follow up of “Go Fish” Lesson

Cony Island, NY, September 2014

I’m a parent who grips onto outdoor activities as the days grow shorter and who wants my child to have hands-on-experience, so after learning about NY bay marine life at the “Go Fish” event last week, I took my daughter to Cony Island, NY. First we visited the NY Aquarium and then had a chance to explore the beach. 

NY Aquarium, Cony Island, NY, September 2014

While strolling along the beach Basia has found a mysterious animal that must have been washed out from the ocean earlier high tide. The animal was a small disk-shaped hardened splotch, clear and transparent, the size of about 3 inches in diameter. It felt like a hard-boiled jellyfish, but there weren't any long tentacles to be found. Basia was very curious and excited to find out what was it. I had turned out that it was a Moon Jellyfish, one of the most common jellyfishes to be found in the ocean near New York. Normally, when these jellyfish wash up on a beach they appear as a disk-shaped, hardened plate. The most durable remains of this strange sea creature. Their numerous long, thread-like arms called tentacles branch out and float underwater.

Moon Jellyfish

Cony Island Beach, NY, September 2014

http://slpzone.blogspot.com/2014/09/go-fish-fun.html

She has collected several shells and tried to match them with a chart she received at “Go Fish” event a week before.
That’s the list:

1. Oyster (Common Oyster, Atlantic Oyster, American Oyster)

2. Clam (Atlantic Surfclam, Beach Clam, Skimmer Clam)

3. Hard Clam

4. Razor clam

5. Scallop (Bay Scallop)

6. Whelk

7. Whelk egg case

8. Mussel

9. Skate egg case

10. Slip per shell

11. Moon snail

12. Sea star

13. Barnacle

14. Crab Shell

15. Horseshoe Crab Shell 

Basia has created her own home shell display to share it with her friends.

Basia's NY Bay Shell Collection

Basia's shells collected at the Cony Island Beach, 
NY, September 2014

Don’t miss the last two “Go Fish” festivals for this season organized by Battery Park City 

http://bpcparks.org/event/go-fish-featuring-michael-hill-friends/ . 

“Go Fish” festival comes on Saturdays, 10/4/14 and 10/18/14 and it takes place in a Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park Robert F. Wagner Park.

The events feature performances by 

Blues Band Michael Hill & Friends on Sat. 10/4/14 

and Irish Musicians Morning Star on Sat. 10/18/14.