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Bullfrog Tadpole Hunting…by Alexis Grace (10)

April 17, 2008 By A 2 Comments

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You may have seen the plans I drew up earlier, for a bullfrog tadpole breeder. Yes, we did thengo bullfrog tadpole hunting! Some good old homeschooling, nature study, field trip, FUN! We could see into the water well, because of the bright sun.  So we started scoopin’ some out right away.

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Got another one!

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As we caught some, I would put my hand in the net gently, and scoop them out, and put them into the water jar.  Our hands were covered in mud!  Three of the bullfrog tadpoles looked probably almost a year old, and the rest were kind of small, like they were newer.

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My little brothers and sister helped me spot the biggest ones, and said that the smaller ones were ‘fish’.

Here’s a look at one of the bigger bullfrog tadpoles we caught.

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And in case you’d like a bit closer of a look!…..

Here’s a couple jar shots with a some of the bullfrog tadpoles all in there.  Isn’t the little one cute? Notice how he has a pink belly.

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Dad and I made a habitat for them, but Mama didn’t get photos of that.  It looks like my plan I had on paper, with pond water, rocks, gravel, dirt and mud, and pond weeds to oxygenate the water. It is all set up in an open below ground level window well we have, which conveniently has a nice observation window for me and the triplets on the inside as well!  Over the years, I have raised 3 snakes, 4 toads (‘Ugly’, ‘Stinky’, ‘Yucky’ and ‘Gross’), and one bullfrog named Goliath, in that window well.  It’s a nice natural habitat for all kinds of creatures.

I have researched a lot on how to best raise and care for these little aquatic sea-monkeys. : )  I hope to have a wonderful learning experience by being able to observe them daily, and watch them develop into bullfrogs.  But if at any point they seem to not be doing well, I am going to release them back to their original home.

I’ll keep you posted!

 

Filed Under: Elementary Homeschooling, Field Trips, Homeschooling, Nature Study, Science Tagged With: bullfrog-tadpole-hunting, bullfrog-tadpoles, bullfrogs, homeschooling, homeschooling-field-trips, homeschooling-science, nature-study, tadpole, tadpole_hunting, tadpoles

Well, Alexis Grace (10) Drew Up a Plan for a Tadpole Breeder

April 15, 2008 By Laura Leave a Comment

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The mud bucket and net is ready to go.  The big bin is ready. The empty milk jugs are lined up along the stairwell, just waiting to be filled with the pond water. And she’s got her tadpole breeder all planned out.

Looks like we’re going bullfrog tadpole hunting today! << Click that link to see our field trip hunt!

Filed Under: Elementary Homeschooling, Field Trips, Homeschooling, Science Tagged With: elementary-homeschooling, elementary-homeschooling-field-trips, plans, sketches, tadpole_hunting, tadpole-breeder, tadpole-breeder-plan, tadpoles

6 Tiny Potted Plants

April 15, 2008 By Laura Leave a Comment

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How cute are these tiny potted plants sitting on the window sill?  Something about little sights like this just stir me somewhere inside, and make me smile.

We got the kids this little kit, to plant some flowers in these little starter potted plants, which we will later transplant into our flower beds outdoors. (They just LOVE stuff like this. All projects, really.)

The first thing they needed to do was put the peat pellets in a bowl, and add one cup of water.  Then they had to wait FIVE MINUTES.  You know…..eternity, for a kid.  This photo below totally cracks me up, because of their expressions of waiting….and waiting….they look thrilled, don’t they?

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Just staring at this bowl…..for FIVE MINUTES…..as they soil soaked up the water and expanded.  After about 2 minutes,  {S} couldn’t take it anymore, and went into the kitchen to stare at the set timer instead. : )  At least with the numbers counting down, he could see the end in sight.

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FINALLY the timer went off, and it was time to mix it up good.  They all took turns getting the job done well.

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Then Daddy filled up the little pots to the top, while the kids chose the flower seeds of their choice, and counted out 10 seeds each.  {A} and {S} chose Delphinium (Pacific Giant), {O} and I chose Rudbeckia (Gloriosa Daisy), and { J } and Daddy chose Hollyhock (Alcea Rosea).  Then their little hands got to work, planting each seed about 1/4″ into the soil.

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They were pretty happy with their little potted plants, and very excited to watch them grow.  We put our initials on them to know whose is whose, and of course, to see whose is growing the best.  Will some of us have a more skilled green thumb than others?  Or do some species grow faster or slower than others?  We’ll see!  And I’m sure we’ll keep you posted.

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Unfortunately, they have to be kept in this little ‘greenhouse’ to grow.  So much for my happy little vision of them lined up on the window sill.  But I’m gettin’ over it.

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Let the growing begin!

Filed Under: Elementary Homeschooling, Elementary Homeschooling SCIENCE, Homeschooling, Nature Study, Science Tagged With: dirt, elementary-homeschooling-science, flowers, kids-gardening, kids-growing-plants, kids-potting-plants, plants, seeds, soil, tiny-potted-plants

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