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Post by lesfromlakeshore on Oct 24, 2013 16:20:13 GMT -5
Wow, we are so happy how this is all working out. Cannot wait for them to see what is in the styro box next Wednesday.
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Post by Stellar on Oct 24, 2013 16:25:31 GMT -5
Yes it does! It looks great!
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Post by guppyguy on Oct 24, 2013 19:37:18 GMT -5
Your doing a great Job !!!
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Post by Ms. Walker on Oct 27, 2013 12:25:07 GMT -5
Had a scare last week. A couple of students came and told me that a boy in our class took a fish, kept it in a water bottle, smuggled it out of the school, then dumped the water and the fish on the ground one day well after school was done. I thought, no way, he'd have to get the net, chase the fish, cloud up the tank, hide the bottle, etc. When would he have a chance to do all that? With no witnesses? And this is a boy who LOVES our classroom fish and tells me about all the fish he and his dad catch down at the river. I figured this must be something he caught down there. So I approached the topic with him gently. Sure enough, it was a goby. I suggested the boy go back to the kids who saw him dump the fish on the ground and treat this as a "teaching moment" to help them learn about non-native species in our local waterways. It's also obviously a lesson about making inferences and jumping to conclusions based on them.
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Post by lesfromlakeshore on Oct 28, 2013 10:41:48 GMT -5
That's a good story and an incredible opportunity to use this in a teaching setting. Thanks for sharing it. How is the tank today ?
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Post by lesfromlakeshore on Oct 28, 2013 14:15:44 GMT -5
Also an update on the bulbs, as it turned out Glen ( guppyguy) didn't have 2 bulbs so I picked a couple up at Big Al's in Kitchener and will drop them off on Wednesday. He did bring a beautiful " hornwort " plant that you can float in the tank which I will also drop off. And of coarse some new fish....
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Post by Ms. Walker on Oct 28, 2013 15:48:16 GMT -5
Home sick today....so no update. Hope I'll be back tomorrow so I can check on the little guys. I'm sure the aqua-techs would have fed the fish today. They are trustworthy.
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Post by lesfromlakeshore on Oct 28, 2013 16:09:14 GMT -5
Take care of yourself. I have total faith in the aqua-techs.
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Post by lesfromlakeshore on Oct 30, 2013 10:39:50 GMT -5
Today I dropped off 2-25 watt light bulbs, a package of weekend " feeder ", some cabomba plant which can be left floating in the tank. And for fish I dropped off 3 Glass Catfish which I think everyone will get a kick out of. We are also working on getting the class an automatic feeder which will take care of feedings on the weekend and also Christmas and March breaks.
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Post by Ms. Walker on Oct 30, 2013 15:47:03 GMT -5
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Post by lesfromlakeshore on Oct 30, 2013 16:11:19 GMT -5
Wow, the tank is really coming along. I thought the students would get a kick out of the glass catfish. Already working on a couple of interesting things for next weeks delivery. Maybe we can figure a more stable time to see the tank next week.
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Post by Stellar on Oct 30, 2013 17:37:11 GMT -5
Tons of nerite eggs on that driftwood.. too bad it wasn't in a salt or brackish tank Great looking setup though Really coming along nicely.
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Post by Ms. Walker on Oct 30, 2013 17:45:21 GMT -5
Nerite eggs? Hey, something else to learn about........even for me. Just checked them out on the "Google machine" just now. Actually, tomorrow is our Read-A-Thon at school. I think I'll set up my macbook and the projector and we'll do some read aloud about the species of life in our tank.
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Post by lesfromlakeshore on Oct 30, 2013 17:51:55 GMT -5
I don't see the eggs and am not sure where they would have came from.
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Post by Stellar on Oct 30, 2013 18:12:55 GMT -5
The white spots on the driftwood are nerite snail eggs. They will not hatch in freshwater though.. also not my pic, but look for the "sesame seed" type thing...
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