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TIDEPOOL CRUISER PHOTO JOURNAL

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The TidePool Cruiser	Introducing the kelp forest ecosystem	The "Examination Station"	Bat stars, mussels and a snail	What do you suppose this kelp snail eats?
A nudibranch in the "Travelin' Tide Pool"	Lots of algae on a rock, and, oh yeah, a kelp snail	Ochre star on a piece of Turkish towel kelp	A well-preserved Southern kelp crab	Some giant kelp comes inland aboard the TidePool Cruiser
Getting a peek at some sea creatures	In front of the "Worm's-Eye View Storm Drain"	In front of the "General Store of the Sea"	Touching a bat star far from the coast	Where the trash flows to the sea
A swell shark egg case	Protecting the egg case	A sea urchin (lower right) surrounded by human "urchins"	Getting a close look at some marine organisms	Hands-on exam
Where's its head?	A shark in the palm of her hand (a shark egg case anyway)	Eeeeeeyew!	A big, old sea star	Kelp on campus
It's slimy!	A baby bat star goes to school (Or would that be pre-school?)	1,380 cigarette butts get tossed into the street every hour!	The "Examination Station" gets a workout	More trash on its way to the sea
"Reaching for the stars."	"What IS that stuff?"	Cleaning the beach by cleaning the schoolyard	Which one is the scallop shell?	"How much does a sand dollar cost, anyway?"
Giant kelp can grow two feet per day; you can almost watch it grow	Two feet a day? That means it will need 7 new pairs of shoes every week!	"I think it's growing right before our eyes!"	Tube worms and the baby bat star	Kelp forest denizens and some young humans
"Getting acquainted"	Find the sea urchin skeleton	Lotsa mussels	A grown up and a tot