During the last couple of days the majority of our trout have become "free swimmers."
The students haven’t stopped talking about it.
We’ve placed several of the fry in small containers for each cooperative learning group to observe them "up close and personal."
Observations were made with hand lenses, then were either written or drawn into the "Trout Journals."

On October 17th our eggs arrived courtesy of our TIC (NJ Trout Unlimited) volunteers. With the help our volunteers the students assisted in assembling the Vibert boxes and placing the eggs in them. The children carefully removed the white opaque eggs using eyedroppers and plastic forceps. Quite a few of the eggs were already eyed. The children have already asked plenty of questions concerning the eggs. "Trout Journals" have been started by the students.

Mr. Ludwig’s and Ms. George’s
4th Grade Science Class.

Our younglings are doing well! We have approximately 60 still remaining. Everyday for about 15 minutes during recess three "Trout Inspectors" take readings and perform various tasks. Our class just finished studying the external anatomy of the Brook Trout.
Shortly we’ll studying the internal anatomy with a dissection lab. If anyone has performed the dissection on the internal anatomy, I would certain welcome any assistance in obtaining specimens, virtual lab sites,etc. Also any helpful hints on the microinvertebrate study would also be appreciated.
This has been a great experience for the students!!

Mr. Ludwig’s and Mrs. Scibetta’s 5th Grade Class

Our "younglings" are still going strong after the Holiday Break. At least 100 are still surviving. I am quite pleased and somewhat surprised with the progress since this is my first year with the project
Each student in the class is keeping a "Trout Journal" where students make entries on a weekly basis through observations and questions that they would like answered.
On a daily basis, during their recess, three students maintain the tank on a daily basis. I call them "Trout Inspectors." Some of the tasks include daily pH and ammonia levels, cleaning the intake tubes of the filter, changing the water when needed, just to name a few. All the info is recorded in a log.
Each week one of the "Inspectors" is rotated and a new one takes its place so each student can serve as an inspector for the three weeks. It’s been working well.
In language arts class each student wrote a short story from the view point of the trout. Will be posting soon.

Mr. Ludwig and Mrs. Scibetta’s 5th Grade class

During our science class on Wednesday the students released their alevins and fry. We do have a 2 swimmers that have developed fins. There has been some mortality but that’s expected. (Not as much as we thought - have along way to go)! Trout journals have been started by the class. Much much excitement in the class!! :) :)
Mr. Ludwig’s and Mrs. Scibetta’s 5th grade class.

Thanks to Brian Cowden & Roger Bruestle (E. Schwiebert TU chapter) we finally have our alevin.
This is our first year and we are extremely excited and looking forward to raising the trout.
Mr. Ludwig and Mrs. Scibetta 5th teachers