Humble Beginnings

1 Fish Tank + Minnows & Crawdad = GREAT Science Experiment

Over the past week we've been down to the tank (pond) so the kids can catch minnows, tadpoles, etc.  Their grandparents purchased butterfly nets for them and they've turned into great minnow nets.  So the kids can better watch all the minnow activity (without going down to the tank every day), we found our old fish tank and set up a new home for the fish. 

This has probably been one of the best little experiments we've done.  They are watching the minnows, tadpoles and now a crawdad who now reside in the fish tank.  One of the tadpoles had two hind legs when we caught it.  Now, it has it's first front leg.  They've been watching it for when the 4th leg emerges.  Talk about a great science lesson!  I'm going to see what kind of lesson plans I can find on-line that correspond with the lifecycle of a tadpole.

James and Hubby caught 2 crawdads last weekend.  One of them was HUGE!  Anyway, the larger one died but the younger one is about to start shedding its skin.  It is a beautiful reddish/green (which I've never seen before).  So, maybe I'll see what I can find out about crawdads as well for next week.

Anyway, I thought I would share ... they absolutely love this fish tank.  Hubby and I never thought something so simple could be so entertaining for so long!!

Hope y'all have a blessed day!

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{ 11:08 , Tuesday, April 1, 2008 } { Posted by faithfarm }

That sounds like so much fun! Thanks for sharing this great idea. Blessings>faithfarm

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{ 12:33 , Wednesday, April 2, 2008 } { Posted by HomesteadingCarnival }

I've posted some NEW Homesteading Icons at our blog! And I wanted to let you know so please come check them out!

Blessings!
Miss Jocelyn, THC Staff