Happy New Year!
Last week Kevin, Chris, Bev and I delivered the last of this year's eggs from the Tynehead Hatchery. As usual, the kids were very excited to receive their babies and asked some very interesting questions about the salmon. My favourite was a gr. 4 student from Colebrook who asked how I was going to get the eggs into the tank. Without missing a beat, Chris told him that I was going to helicopter them in :) I can just imagine our little eggs with parachutes dropping into the tank...
Some of the Little Campbell tanks appear to have alevin in them already! That's super news. Please remember that you can upload pictures of your salmon, student work or pictures to this blog. It's wonderful for the students to know that there are other classrooms in the District who are learning about salmon just like they are - 51 to be exact.
Remember that if you have any issues with your tank (mortalities, temperature or pH issues, etc) that you can send me a note at lim_s@sd36.bc.ca
Microscope pictures
Check out this alevin! You can see its eye in the lower left and the yolk sac quite clearly! This picture was taken by a former student using a digital microscope with a 50x lens at Erma Stephenson Elementary.
Does anyone have a good Salmon video. I need the name of it so I can buy it. Thank you very much!
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