“If you look into a tidepool and comprehend what you see, you are observing the universe”
N.J. Berril, 1951 (one of the fathers of marine biology in Canada).

Since 1980,  biology and marine science classes from Pearson College have been been able to use the tidepools at Race Rocks as ideal locations for research on abiotic (physical)  and biotic factors.

Index of the Tidepools at Race Rocks	An Explanation of Measurement of Surface area of the Pools	The Artificial Tidepool on the West Side of Great Race Rocks	Link to a lab on Primary Productivity using this Algae. Also see microscopic pictures of these algae.

Photos were taken of some of the lab exercises on tidepools .

	Photo File of Environmental Systems Class: APRIL ’97	Tidepool Work of Environmental Systems Class- APRIL ’99	Student write-up of a lab done on the tidepools of the West side of Great Race Rocks

Two extended essays using the tidepools have been done at Race Rocks

Polymorphism in the Snails of Pool # 4, Extended essay in Environmental Systems,	A Laboratory Study on Tidepool Protists from Race Rocks Ecological Reserve.	A video of class discussion about Abiotic and Biotic factors in Tidepools.