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Attractor Still

Project this image on the wall of your classroom at the start of class to capture your students’ attention.

Attracter Still Image (Bonus 3)

Horseshoe crabs are "living fossils" more closely related to spiders and scorpions than they are to crabs.

Horseshoe crabs get their name from the smooth, hard shell (exoskeleton) that is shaped like a horseshoe.

Loggerhead sea turtles and more than 20 species of migratory birds rely on the horseshoe crabs’ eggs as an annual boon to their diets.