We were really lucky today to have a visit from Katrina, Blair and Andrea from Dynamic Earth.

We looked at the history of deep-sea exploration, and how  Scotland had a role in this. HMS Challenger’s  expedition took from 1873-76. The crew found the deepest part of the ocean on 23 March 1875. This area of the South Pacific is known as Challenger deep. The scientists on the ship also found over 4000 new species.

As there were no cameras on board to record the specimens then an artist drew everything they found…

We explored pressure, food webs, ocean depths and the acidification of the ocean  through some great experiments and activities.