On October 13, 2016 our trout eggs arrived! This year, we'll be raising Rainbow Trout in our main hallway in a 55 gallon fish tank. This will be our second year raising trout, but we were able to expand our project this year to include a 55 gallon Amazon-themed tropical fish tank as well. We'll be comparing and contrasting the different tanks. There are many obvious differences that include the temperature in which they need to live, the foods they eat, the areas that they live in the wild and how they look. We look forward to looking for similarities and making some great comparisons.
Each day, students will:
- Collect data including
- pH & ammonia levels of both tanks
- temperature of both tanks
- estimations or exact counts of the number of fish and/or eggs in each tank
- general observations
- Feed the fish
- Make connections & observations
- Generate, research and answer questions about the tanks
- Brainstorm ways to share our discoveries within the school and across the community
Our goal with this blog is to keep everyone informed as we explore and learn new things. We want to connect the world through water and find the commonalities and differences between different living things and areas of the world. We'll learn about trout and all different species of tropical fish (mostly tetras, mollys and plattys) that are native to the Amazon River Basin as well as water chemistry, science (we've already talked about condensation and why the trout tank with really cold water has water on the outside that looks like sweat while the tropical tank that is heated on the inside does not), and a lot more.
We feel that learning should be hands on and real and we cannot think of a better way to learn that to study real fish! Plus having fun always makes learning better, and these tanks are awesome!!! We hope you enjoy our adventures.
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