Hello all and welcome to the Salmon In Your Classroom project 2012/13!
To those of you who are experienced salmon people, welcome back! To those of you newbies, welcome to our online community where you can find pictures and support for the project.
Bev and I had two very busy days delivering eggs to your classrooms! We saw 44 classes and hundreds of kids from kindergarten to senior biology. We so enjoy the opportunity to meet your students and thank them personally for participating in the project. We know that children who learn about the salmon in school will continue to care as they get older and develop a stronger connection to their environment.
The "Little Campbell" folks should have received their two containers of food in the courier last week. Please remember that you do not need to feed the salmon until about half of them have buttoned up and are fry. Instructions for feeding, tank care and a host of other useful tidbits, please visit Bev's site at http://www.salmonidsintheclassroom.ca
I encourage you to ask questions in this forum and share the work that your students do. So far this year I've received a picture trying to confirm the status of a dead egg, some notes about alevin in tanks and many, many questions about cooling units.
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.
