Level1:Goof

DiscoveringtheTidePool
ToConquerthisLevel:
Welcometothegame,goof.Tobeatthislevel,readthefollowingarticleontidepools:TheTidal
PoolbyRachelCarson.Then,addacommenttoeachsectionthatincludesoneofourthree
comprehensionstrategies:summarize,visualize,orconnect.

Yourvisualizationmaybeawrittendescriptionorasmallpicturedrawnonpaper
.

OneRule:
Youmustcorrectlyuseeachofourthreecomprehensionstrategies
fourtimes

tobeat
thelevel.(Dothisinanyorder).

CallMr.HartwhenyouhavebeatenLevelOne!

TheTidalPoolbyRachelCarson
Section1:Someofthemostbeautifulpoolsoftheshorearenotexposedtotheviewofthecasual
passerby.Theymustbesearchedforperhapsinlowlyingbasinshiddenbygreatrocksthat
seemtobeheapedindisorderandconfusion,perhapsindarkenedrecessesunderaprojecting
ledge,perhapsbehindathickcurtainofconcealingweeds.

Section2:Iknowsuchahiddenpool.Itliesinaseacave,atlowtidefillingperhapsthelowerthird
ofitschamber.Asthefloodingtidereturns,thepoolgrows,swellinginvolumeuntilallthecaveis
waterfilledandthecaveandtherocksthatformandcontainitaredrownedbeneaththefullnessof
thetide.Whenthetideislow,however,thecavemaybeapproachedfromthelandwardside.
Massiverocksformitsfloorandwallsandroof.Theyarepenetratedbyonlyafewopeningstwo
nearthefloorontheseasideandonehighonthelandwardwall.Hereonemaylieontherocky
thresholdandpeerthroughthelowentranceintothecaveanddownintoitspool.

Section3:Lookingdownintothesmallworldconfinedwithinthewallsofthecave,onefeelsthe
rhythmsofthegreaterseaworldbeyond.Thewatersofthepoolareneverstill.Theirlevelchanges
notonlygraduallywiththeriseandfallofthetidebutalsoabruptlywiththepulseofthesurf.Asthe
backwashofawavedrawsitseaward,thewaterfallsawayrapidlythenwithasuddenreversal,
theinrushingwaterfoamsandsurgesupwardalmosttoone'sface.

Section4:AsIlieandlookintothepool,therearemomentsofrelativequietintheintervalswhen
onewavehasrecededandthenexthasnotyetentered.ThenIcanhearthesmallsounds:the
soundofwaterdrippingfromthemusselsontheceilingorofwaterdrippingfromseaweedsthat
linethewallssmall,silversplasheslosingthemselvesinthevastnessofthepoolandinthe
confused,murmurouswhisperingsthatemanatefromthepoolitselfthepoolthatisneverquite
still.

Section5:Thenasmyfingersexploreamongthedarkredthongsofthedulse*andpushawaythe
frondsoftheIrishmossthatcoverthewallsbeneathme,Ibegintofindcreaturesofsuchextreme
delicacythatIwonderhowtheycanexistinthiscavewhenthebruteforceofstormsurfis
unleashedwithinitsconfinedspace.

Section6:Adheringtotherockwallsarethincrustsofoneofthebryozoans,aforminwhich
hundredsofminute,flaskshapedcellsofabrittlestructure,fragileasglass,lieoneagainstanother
inregularrowstoformacontinuouscrust.Thecolorisapaleapricotthewholeseemsan
ephemeralcreationthatwouldcrumbleawayatatouch,ashoarfrost*beforethesun.

Section7:Exploringwithmylens,Ifindmanyverysmallsnailsinthefrondsofseaweed.Oneof
themhasobviouslynotbeenlongintheworld,foritspurewhiteshellhasformedonlythefirstturn
ofthespiralthatwillturnmanytimesuponitselfingrowthfrominfancytomaturity.

Section8:Butseeminglymostfragileofallarethelittlecalcareous*spongesthathereandthere
existamongtheseaweeds.Theyformmassesofminute,upthrusttubesofvaselikeform,none
morethanhalfaninchhigh.Thewallofeachisameshoffinethreadsawebofstarchedlace
madetofairyscale.

Section9:Icouldhavecrushedanyofthesefragilestructuresbetweenmyfingersyetsomehow
theyfinditpossibletoexisthere,amidthesurgingthunderofthesurfthatmustfillthiscaveasthe
seacomesin.Perhapstheseaweedsarethekeytothemystery,theirresilientfrondsasufficient
cushionforalltheminuteanddelicatebeingstheycontain.

Section10:Butitisthespongesthatgivetothecaveanditspooltheirspecialqualitythesense
ofacontinuingflowoftime.ForeachdaythatIvisitthepoolonthelowesttidesofthesummer,
theyseemunchangedthesameinJuly,thesameinAugust,thesameinSeptember.Andthey
arethesamethisyearaslast,andpresumablyastheywillbeahundredorathousandsummers
hence.

Section11:Simpleinstructure,littledifferentfromthefirstspongesthatspreadtheirmatson
ancientrocksanddrewtheirfoodfromaprimordialsea,thespongesbridgetheeonsoftime.

So,inthehiddenchamberofthatpool,timeechoesdownthelongagestoapresentthatisbuta
moment.

Section12:AsIwatched,afishswamin,ashadowinthegreenlight,enteringthepoolbyoneof
theopeningslowonitsseawardwall.Comparedwiththeancientsponges,thefishwasalmosta
symbolofmodernity,itsfishlikeancestrytraceableonlyhalfasfarintothepast.AndI,inwhose
eyestheimagesofthetwowerebeheldasthoughtheywerecontemporaries,wasamere
newcomerwhoseancestorshadinhabitedtheearthsobrieflythatmypresencewasalmost
anachronistic.

AsIlayatthethresholdofthecavethinkingthosethoughts,thesurgeofwatersroseandflooded
acrosstherockonwhichIrested.Thetidewasrising.

1
dulse:acoarse,edible,redseaweedthatgrowsonrocksalongnorthernseashores
2h
oarfrost:icecrystalsthatformonobjectsoncold,clearnightswhenheatislost,causingobjectsto

becomecolderthanthesurroundingair
3
calcareous:comprisedmostlyofcalciumcarbonateorlimestone

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