Amityville Beach Trip

      By Brian W

On September 27, 2002 we spent a wonderful day at Amityville Beach examining and collecting marine life.  We've been studying in our science class, webs of life and how organisms interact along the food chain.

The purpose of our trip was finding other ways of life.  I have been to Amityville Beach many times before yesterday.  Mr. Pollock had the keys to Amityville Beach because he works there in the summer as a director for summer programs.  Mr. Pollock is also a sixth grade teacher; he's also a coach, and the athletic director.

I expected to see different kinds of crabs and fish because were learning about marine life in class.  My expectations were reached on going on this trip to the beach.  Unfortunately, I did not bring anything home from this trip, not even my crab net. 

I enjoyed seeing the other kids catching the crabs.   I enjoyed seining. All it was is sticking a net in the water trying to catch fish.  When I saw the fish it was amazing.   One of the kids from Mr. Sarlo's class caught a blow fish. The fish got its name by blowing up when it is scared and another name for it is a puffer fish. 

The fish nets were used to catch fish without using a fishing rod.  The metal cages that were being used were called fish nets.  You have to put the chicken bait in it so the crabs can get caught.  What we saw and experienced was just about the same as what I saw in the science book.  

The term, "webs of life," means that there are other webs of life besides humans. There's a difference seeing things up close.  It is better then looking in a book.  The best thing is to experience other life forms.  The worst thing about the trip was it was cloudy and rainy. The kind of water that we were in was salt water in the Amityville Bay.  

I would recommend this trip to other sixth grade students for next year.  In conclusion, this was our trip to Amityville Beach.