Welcome Horseshoe Crab program

Last night, we had a nice group in attendance for our Welcome Horseshoe Crab program. We learned that the horseshoe crab species is older than the dinosaurs, that horseshoe crabs can see all the way around their body (360 degrees)and that they have blue blood with copper in it. (It is the copper that makes the blood blue.) Here is a link to Miss Linda's slides from the program. Afterwards, Let's Do Science Club members introduced some of our new friends to the horseshoe crabs. We also fed them their dinner.

During the program, we came up with two questions that the Let's Do Science Club will try to answer. 1. Do horseshoe crabs see in color? 2. How long does it take them to molt their shells when they grow? We'll be working on these research topics at our next meeting on October 20.