BY MIA MASENDYCZ AND JOSH CALWELL

What is the What is the seaside seaside

environment?environment?

The sea side is an The sea side is an environment were the environment were the ocean meets the land! ocean meets the land!

ANIMALSANIMALS• CRAB: Ghost crab, Sand fiddler, Purple CRAB: Ghost crab, Sand fiddler, Purple

shoreshore crab, Decorator crab, Red rock crab crab, Decorator crab, Red rock crab and many more.and many more.

• STARFISH: Bat star, Biscuit star, Dwarf STARFISH: Bat star, Biscuit star, Dwarf brittle star, ochre sea star and the brittle star, ochre sea star and the Forbes’s sea star. Forbes’s sea star.

• BUGS: Sand shrimp, Sand hopper, BUGS: Sand shrimp, Sand hopper, Trapdoor spider and tones more. There Trapdoor spider and tones more. There can also be other animals living there.can also be other animals living there.

ShellsShells

There are snail shells bivalve shells and other mollusks.Little animals can fit and hide in the shells.Some animals live in shells such as: crabs, acorn barnacle, little grey barnacle, goose barnacle, pill bug, thatched barnacle and perhaps others. Some shells are shaped by tongues.

Sea weedSea weed

• Red sea weeds grow on kelpRed sea weeds grow on kelpA mature bladder wrack has swollen tips A mature bladder wrack has swollen tips

containing reproductive organs.containing reproductive organs. Carrageen and dulse are both red sea Carrageen and dulse are both red sea

weeds that are harvested weeds that are harvested commercially. Carrageen provides a commercially. Carrageen provides a gel for jellies and aspic while dulse can gel for jellies and aspic while dulse can be eaten raw ,cooked as a vegetable be eaten raw ,cooked as a vegetable or added to a stew or soup. or added to a stew or soup.

THREATSTHREATS

People pollute the seashore and the water by throwing their garbage in to the water and by also smoking at the beach and throwing those smokes in the water and on the ground.

Having fun !!! Having fun !!!

People like having fun at the beach.People like having fun at the beach.Some people get sun burnt very badly Some people get sun burnt very badly

which can cause skin cancer because which can cause skin cancer because they’re not sun protected. So we they’re not sun protected. So we suggest for you to do these things:suggest for you to do these things: were a t-shirt , sunwere a t-shirt , sun screen and a hat.screen and a hat.

SO HAVE FUN AT THE BEACH !

BibliographyBibliography

books: seashore is written by Steve books: seashore is written by Steve Parker and one small square by Parker and one small square by Donald m. silver and illustrated by Donald m. silver and illustrated by Patricia j. Wynne.Patricia j. Wynne.

To get the backgrounds we used clip To get the backgrounds we used clip art and the internet.art and the internet.