Spring Break Scavenger Hunt

Rules 1. You must show proof that you were there (parking pass if applicable, photographic evidence with you there or actual specimens) 2. No cheating! This is a fun, optional assignment. Don’t ruin it for everyone by downloading images from the internet. 3. If you already have pictures of these organisms or actual specimens, it doesn't’t count. You need to find them during the scavenger hunt period. 4. All specimens must be found in natural environment (no shell stores or seaquariums). You are allowed wild card options (about 3 per location) that will be worth 2-3 points. You must correctly ID the organism through research to get the points.

Extra Credit Levels Classwork Extra Credit (10% grade)- Earn 10 points min Lab/Project Extra Credit (20% grade)- 20 points min Quiz Extra Credit (30% grade)—30 points min

Places to Visit Crandon Park- Key Biscayne Miami Beach Matheson Hammock Park- Coral Gables John Pennekamp State Park- Key Largo Bill Baggs State Park- Key Biscayne John U Lloyd State Park- Dania Beach Anywhere with access to salt water/ocean! ;)

Symbols = This creature can sting you = Do not remove this organism from its habitat = Safe to collect and bring to class

Location: Wrack Line- The material left behind from high tide

Sargassum Seaweed- Sargassum sp. (1 point)

Turtle Grass- Thalassia testudinum (1 point)

Turtle Grass Fruit (3 points)

Manatee Grass- Syringodium filiforme (1 point)

Shoal Grass- Halodule wrightii (1 point)

Halimeda sp. (1 Point)

Sailor’s Eyeball- Valonia ventricosa (2 points)

Merman’s Shaving Brush- Penicillus capitatus (2 points)

Portuguese Man of War- Physalia physalis (2 points)

By-the-Wind Sailor- Velella velella (3 points)

Red Mangrove Propagule (1 point)

Black Mangrove Propagule (2 points)

White Mangrove Propagule (3 points)

Sponges (assorted) – up to two (look for interesting shapes (1-3 pts)

Seagrass with rhizomes attached (any species) (2 pts)

Lightning Whelk Egg Case (3 pts)

Apple Murex Egg Case (3 pts)

Any drift seed (2 pts) up to two

Pen Shell (2 points)

Sea Fan/Sea Plume (3 points)

Moon Jellyfish- Aurelia aurita (2 points)

Corals (up to two) (1-2 points)

Location: Seagrass Habitat

Any/All Seagrass Flowers (3 points)

Variagated Sea Urchin (2 points)

Long Spined Sea Urchin- Diadema antillarum (3 points)

Cushion Sea Star (2 points)

Carribean Spiny Lobster (3 points)

Yellow Stingray (2 points)

Queen Conch (2 points)

Horse Conch (3 points)

Hermit Crab (2 points)

Blue Crab (2 points)

Checkered Puffer (1 point)

Pipe Fish (3 points)

Sea Horse (3 points)

Balloon Fish (2 points)

Scrawled Cow Fish (2 points)

Donkey Dung Sea Cucumber (2 points)

Lion Fish (3 points)

Location: Beach/Sky/Dunes

Laughing Gull (1 point)

Herring Gull (1 point)

Royal Tern (1 point)

Doule-Crested Cormorant (1 point)

Sargassum Nudibranch (3 points)

Sargassum Crab (2 points)

Sargassum Fish (2 points)

Sargassum Shrimp (1 point)

Great Blue Heron ( 2 points)

White Ibis (1 point)

Black Vulture (1 point)

Turkey Vulture (2 points)

Magnificent Frigatebird (2 points)

Brown Pelican (1 point)

Osprey (3 points)

Sea Oats (1 point)

Beach Morning Glory

Sand Spurs ( 1 point)

Beach Sunflower (1 point)

Nicker Bean ( 2 points)

Prickly Pear Cactus (2 points)

Spanish Bayonet (2 points)

Sea Grape (1 point)

Location: Mangroves/ Coastal Wetlands

Red Mangrove- leaves, roots, propagules, flowers (1 point each part- up to 4 points)

White Mangrove - leaf, pneumatophores, flowers, propagules (1-3 points each part)

Black Mangrove- Salt on leaf, pneumatophores, flowers (1-2 pts each part)

Buttonwood (2 points)

Mangrove Tree Crab (2 points)

Green Iguana (3 points)

Spiny Tail Iguana (2 Points)

Mangrove Skipper (2 points)

American Alligator (3 points)

Golden Orb Weaver Spider ( 2 points)