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.
Salmon Project 2012/13
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.
Please post your thoughts and be sure to include your school name. :)
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We have three alevin at Rosemary Heights. One died the first day. We lost about four eggs. We will be taking the fry to Little Campbell to care over the Break and do the tour later. My students were very excited when they spotted the first alevin!
ReplyDeleteKnock on wood, I have only lost two of the 60 eggs at Ocean Cliff. We did have two hatch on Friday. The alevins were very tiny. The students are very patiently waiting for the rest to hatch. Where / who do we contact to get a salmon for dissection?
ReplyDeleteWe have some alevin in our tank at Ray Shepherd this morning!
ReplyDeleteAt Morgan we have only lost 2 eggs and most are hatched.
ReplyDeleteWe have lot 7 eggs. However 6 have hatched into alevin. Grade 3 students at Don Christian are very excited!
ReplyDeleteHere is a picture of our very first alevin at Don Christian. We now have 6. Only 3 have been names so far. Their names are Fred, Betsy, and the Beast. I didnt know how to upload photos to the blog.
ReplyDeleteStaci
Check out this video from our friends at Surrey Christian Middle School - it's very impressive!
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