Initiative
School
Groups — Programs & Tours
The Bonne Bay Marine Station offers a variety of programs and tours for students, and school groups. Students will explore marine life, use scientific equipment to sample seawater, and collect creatures found in the ocean.
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'Discovery Tours' — for School Groups & Students
In partnership with BonTours,
we invite school groups to explore the marine
life that exists beneath the deep, cold waters
of beautiful Bonne Bay. A boat tour of the
central part of the bay will give students hands
on contact with the marine environment. Students
will use scientific equipment to sample
seawater, and collect some of the smallest
creatures found in the ocean. Then it's back to
the marine station, (located dockside) for a
closer look at some of the larger organisms
living beneath the waves.
Students will:
• Take a "Discovery Tour" of
Bonne
Bay
fjord, lucky students
may
observe
whales and bald
eagles
• Sample the properties of seawater
• Collect fragile marine plankton,
and learn
about marine food webs
• Take a guided tour of the
Bonne
Bay Marine Station
• Observe deep water marine life
in the
stations aquaria
• Get their hands wet among the
rocky shore
creatures living in our
touch tank
• Learn the importance of marine research
Departure Times:
Morning and afternoon tours, commencing May
28th, 2012.
Cost:
| Number of Students | Departure Location | 2012 Rates |
| Up To 40 Students | from dock in Norris Point | $400 (HST included) |
| Up To 40 Students | from dock in Woody Point | $450 (HST included) |
Location:
Norris Point Waterfront
Reservations:
Contact the Manager at 458-2550 or allison.eaton@mun.ca.
Our Salty Surroundings - The Marine Ecology
of Bonne Bay
The Western School
District offers an exciting program of
enrichment mini courses to students in
junior high school. Courses involve small
groups of students in a variety of
'hands-on' activities in different fields of
study. These courses provide exciting
learning experiences that will enable
students to explore new areas or pursue
certain topics in greater depth and breadth
than the prescribed curriculum provides.
Discover the world of a Marine Biologist! Our Salty Surroundings - The Marine Ecology of Bonne Bay is designed to help students develop a deeper understanding of the marine environment around them. Students will become marine biologists, using the Bonne Bay Marine Station as their base of operations. There will be a half-day field trip to Lobster Cove Head to explore tide-pools and a boat trip in beautiful Bonne Bay to gather oceanographic and biological samples. Students will use a variety of oceanographic and biological sampling equipment to examine the properties of seawater, understand the importance of plankton, and explore different marine habitats.
Partners: Western School District & Bonne Bay Marine Station
Contacts: Christine Elliott, Itinerant: Enrichment, Western School District
Peel Summer Academy
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Newfoundland Peel Summer Academy is a unique
residential program for intellectually gifted
students. Programs are offered by the Centre for Education &
Training, Peel District School Board.
Peel Summer Academy's Newfoundland leadership program provides students in their last year at PSA with a wonderful opportunity to visit Newfoundland, to experience the special hospitality of our hosts at the Division of Community Education & College Relations, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Corner Brook, and to travel up the west coast of the province to the Bonne Bay Marine Station and one of Newfoundland's special treasures, Gros Morne National Park. As a bonus, the leadership program provides valuable personal development, particularly for those who might want to become counselors at PSA in future years.
This program offers fresh, engaging experiences where students develop skills or discover new ones through lectures, cultural excursions, hands-on, practical experiences and out-of-the-ordinary entertainment. Surrounded by the wonder and beauty of western Newfoundland's diverse landscape, this Peel program will stimulate senses, encourage creativity and satisfy a quest for "something different."
For further information contact Marliyn
Forward, Administrative Support, Peel Summer
Academy at (709) 637-6307.
Trading Books for Boats in Bonne Bay — Engage, Explore, Educate & Enjoy
The
Department
of
Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Atlantic Coastal
Action Plan (ACAP) Humber Arm and the Western
School District support a unique science program
for grade 8 students called Trading Books for
Boats. In 2005 a pilot program, Trading Books
for Boats in Bonne Bay was offered to
students in the Bonne Bay area and Gulf of St.
Lawrence. The intent of the program is to provide
students with a greater understanding and
appreciation for water quality. This topic is an
important component of the grade 8 science
curriculum.
Program Outcome
Trading Books for Boats in Bonne Bay is
an experiential program that takes place at
Memorial University.s Bonne Bay Marine Station
in Norris Point. The program is designed to
cover the length of a school day, starting with
a presentation
(here) in the theater on water quality. Each
class was then split in half, with one group of
students being directed to a charter boat for an
exploration of Bonne Bay, The other group
remains in the marine station to complete a
series of learning stations. Student groups are
reversed for the afternoon session. All students
gather for a wrap-up and feedback session at the
end of the day.
The marine sampling component takes place aboard Bon Tours water taxi the `MV Bon Tours'. The boat leaves the dock beside the marine station. Students learn about the formation of Bonne Bay, and how to read a marine chart. Measurements taken include salinity, dissolved oxygen and temperature (at two water depths), and turbidity. Students also collect live plankton for observation under the microscope. Data is recorded and will be entered into a spreadsheet made available to all schools through the Bonne Bay Marine Station website.
Click here for
data collected in 2005.
Click here for
data collected in 2006.
Click here for data collected
in 2008.
No data collected for 2009.
Click here for
data collected in 2010/2011.
Students in the Marine Station rotate through several learning stations covering topics such as oil spills, wastewater treatment, plankton, marine debris, and coastal activities. They read charts, examine diagrams, conduct experiments, and answer workbook questions pertaining to each topic. Most of the stations contain a hands-on component with interactive experiments.
Partners:
Western School District, Bonne Bay Marine
Station Memorial University,
Community-University Research for Recovery
Alliance(CURRA), BonTours, Red Ochre Development
Board Inc. - Intergrated Coastal Zone Management
Steering Committee, ACAP Humber Arm
Environmental Association Inc., Gros Morne
Co-operating Association and Department of
Fisheries and Oceans.