I have a couple of free minutes while Brysen isn't here yet and the girls are watching a Pond and River video for science. Rebecca and Emily have been learning about water life created on Day 5. Yesterday, we had another fabulous class held at the state park. It was dutifully named "Pond Safari". It fit in well with what the girls are learning and was an extension of sorts from last weeks class as well. The girls were given supplies and broken up into groups. They paired up with pal, Virginia, from church. They had a net, tub, ice cube tray holder, plastic jars and a spoon. They were looking for small creatures and boy, did they find them! What they did was scoop the lake out with the net and put the "junk" in the tub. Then, with the spoon, they sifted through it and put the little creatures in the ice cube trays. If it was something too large or jumpy, they put it in the jars. Some of the creatures found in the lake were small fish, tadpoles, a minnow, dragonfly at the stage before it gets it's wings, spider, craw fish, snails, a leech, and one other really cool thing that I have completely forgotten what it was called!
Rebecca's cool findings was a small frog. She was so excited to catch that thing! Emily was happy with her snails. Unfortunately, all findings had to be released back into the wild. Rebecca really wanted to keep her frog.
Rebecca's cool findings was a small frog. She was so excited to catch that thing! Emily was happy with her snails. Unfortunately, all findings had to be released back into the wild. Rebecca really wanted to keep her frog.
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Yup, pretty much looks like our entry. It WAS fun, and my son wanted to take those tadpoles home and GROW them into frogs!
Different kids......... same thoughts! **grin**
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