Weekends are for relaxing, but this weekend I will be worrying. Their yolk sacs on their bellies are keeping them nourished in their current alevin stage. They'll be in the alevin stage for 1-3 weeks, and since they hatched over Thanksgiving break I'm not sure exactly how old they are. Our alevin are growing, which means that they'll be fry soon and will need to be fed immediately so that they won't starve. So, I will be in school early Monday morning to make sure that they're not fry yet and our little fish aren't hungry. Until then, I'm just going to have to worry.
Kids, I'm going to need your help. If you see the alevin swimming out of the egg basket, that means that they are now fry and need to be fed their first batch of food. Please let me know so that I can feed them and that they can grow.
I am so proud of the students at White's Tower - and I appreciate Ms Hendrickson for working to provide this exciting opportunity! Congratulations for being selected to participate. Please invite me to your classroom to see and hear more about this work in person!
ReplyDeleteAgain, excellent work and congratulations!
Tim Hanner
I am happy too!And also,How long will we keep them Ms.Hendrickson?
ReplyDeletei am so excited!that the trout are almost out of there yoke
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cool project! In which local water way do you plan to release the trout?
ReplyDeleteWould love to see the students do the release!
Vicki Fields
@Vicky - Big bone lake...I am also very excited to watch them grow!!!!
ReplyDeleteMs.Hendrickson student
@vicki-At big bone lake.I dont know why
ReplyDelete@Mr. Hanner - thank you so much for your compliments! We'd love to have you in our classroom; just let us know when you're free. I hope you can come before the break so you can see the trout in their alevin stage! They're so cool looking!
ReplyDelete@H8 - We will keep them until about April or May, depending on the schedule for CATS testing. We're going to try to go release them right after CATS testing, but that may have to change due to testing schedules.
@H15 - I KNOW! I'm so excited!
@Ms. Fields - I hope that you can come to our release day! I found out about the project because my dad (who is a soil conservationist for the USDA) was invited on a field trip with a classroom to release the trout last year and LOVED it!
@H8 & H12 - I love that you're answering questions. Keep it up!