Two weeks ago I got a pretty funny e-mail. One of our Kinder teachers said, "My sister found some tadpoles in her hot tub. Anybody want some for their classroom?" Only a teacher would think to share at a time like this. I of course replied Yes! I'm also thinking maybe I now have my premise for my children's book. Tadpoles from the hot tub. haha
Problem was... I had nowhere to put them. I sent an e-mail out to my students' parents asking if anyone had an aquarium they weren't using. In less than 15 minutes I got a response from a family offering to buy an aquarium for the classroom! Woo! Awesome!!! Here she is. Way fancier than I ever expected. Kinda puts poor Buddy's bowl to shame.
Here's a close up of one of the little guys. They are just starting to form some teeny tiny back legs. After I took one shot of this one he totally turned to face the camera. I took a couple more since I thought this was hilarious. Then I had a moment of panic...did I just blind the poor little guy? He must have gotten stunned from the flash. He's couldn't posing for goodnesssakes. sigh. Just the first of more trauma to come from being a tadpole in a class of 22 first graders and 1 zany teacher.
The kids are in love with them and it's going to be a great hands on science lesson for life cycles. I'll keep posting pictures with the new phases.
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