They're Here!

I picked up our 200 trout eggs at Sportsman's Warehouse in Lexington at 6:30 last night, and they arrived safely at school this morning.  The temperature of the bag they were in was 34 degrees, and the temperature of the tank water was 51.2 degrees, so we had to acclimate the temperature of the eggs to the temperature of the water first, which took a few hours.

Next, our fifth grade classes tested the temperature, pH, ammonia level, nitrites, and nitrates in the tank and the bag to make sure that the levels in both were very similiar, which they were.  So, finally, we got to introduce our new eggs to their home!  We learned about structures and functions of animals and described the structures of the fish eggs (yolk sac and trout) and each structure's function.

Finally, our fourth grade classes learned about living, non living, and once living things by removing the white eggs that were dead from the egg basket.  The dead eggs will decompose and cause the nitrite and nitrate levels to increase, which is dangerous to the fish.

PHOTOS WILL BE COMING SOON!!!