IR24 MSTE - Rock pooling

Accreditation, Erasmus+, Lycee Jean Bart, Irlande, Sustainability …

18 mars 2024

Work shop :

The teacher began by presenting the place and then recalling some important definitions (ecosystem ecology, abioticand biotic environmental factors. She then presented an inventory of the species of algae and animals that could befound and their adaptations to life on the seashore.

She ended up emphasizing the different impacts linked to human activities.

Rock pooling on the seashore.

The teacher began with a quick reminder of the information given the day before. She then distributed the determination keys to each group.

The objective was then to find as many species as possible. By turning over the rocks, the students were able to realize the extreme biodiversity of this particular environment.

The students then toured the port of Kilmore Quay. They could have observed seals on the beach. But these were not there.

The students were able to understand the importance of field data for understanding biodiversity. They learned to use a determination key. They were able to observe directly the impacts of human activities on this type of environment as on others

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