• Question: How would you bring live zooplankton to show other people?

    Asked by TulipTheCat to Gemma on 17 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Gemma Cripps

      Gemma Cripps answered on 17 Nov 2015:

      Hi TulipTheCat

      I have done this before, but it took many attempts to perfect it 🙂

      In the early morning, I would go to sea and collect the zooplankton using plankton nets. Then, i rinse them out, put them in special flasks with lots of food and oxygen. I bring them into schools, in these special flasks in a coolbag. As these flasks are see through, the kids can see them through the flasks. I will also bring my microscope and projector so you can see them under the microscope and also on the big screen 🙂

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