For four days, 5th graders at Speas took care of shad eggs. The eggs were delivered on April 11th from Edenton, NC. Lynn, from the NC Museum of Natural History, brought the eggs to us. They stayed in a tank in Ms. Linhart's room. Students took turns checking the water for ph, ammonia, chlorine, and temperature levels. We looked closely at the eggs and took out dead ones (they are fuzzy and white). The eggs hatched quickly, in just two days. On Friday, April 15th we took the fry to Belews Lake where they will eventually end up in the Roanoke River to get to the Atlantic Ocean. We hope some of our babies will make it!
it was fun taking care of the shad it was like are on pets seeing them grow than let them go... malik
ReplyDeleteI sure hope our little fish make it! Well my little fish! I only had one in my cup!!!! the one thing I HATED about the "Shad Project" was the dead fish. THEY LOOKED NASTY. Blegh!
ReplyDeleteI hope the shads can make it to the Atlantic oceanIt was fun watching the fishes and taking care of them .My favorite part of the project was when we had to go releasd the shads and again I hope they can make it.AG
ReplyDeleteIt was fun realising the shad.RP
ReplyDeleteDoing the projet with the shad was really fun,the part i like was when we went to reales the fry at Belews lake because we got to see Dr.Richerd again.
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i hope some og the shad made it to the atlantic ocean and i hope the come back and make the babys
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It was really fun releasing the shad.I bet the fourth graders would think the same thing.
ReplyDeleteIt was a really fun time.
ReplyDeleteApril 15,2011 speas elementary and hall wood ward took a field trip to belews lake behind our former principle Dr.Reichert.
ReplyDeletethis project was fun I wish we could of kept them a little longer because it was fun releasing them but at lease we still got to take care of them.
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