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Students Raise Trout in the Classroom

2011-04-16T20:17:00.000-04:00

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White's Tower Elementary School News

2011-01-31T12:06:00.002-05:00

USA Today Article!By William Croyle, The Kentucky EnquirerINDEPENDENCE, Ky. — The head count in Autumn Hendrickson's fourth- and fifth-grade science classes here at White's Tower Elementary School jumped by about 200 one day last month, thanks to some welcomed guests who will be staying through the rest of the school year.Roughly 200 rainbow trout eggs hatched in the classroom last month. The

Egg delivery day for Trout in the Classroom

2010-11-17T20:48:00.002-05:00

Some instructions for teachers and mentors who received rainbow trout eggs on Thursday, 18-Nov-2010.Yes, if you have a cooler or thermos, have Debbie bring that to the Sportsman's Warehouse with her. It helps keep the eggs cool so there won't be much difference between the egg temperature and the tank water temperature. Do not let ice touch the eggs; rather put foam or air bubble plastic layer

Estill County Middle School goes to Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery

2010-10-22T11:36:00.008-04:00

Sarah Hart wrote the following article for their local newspaper, 'The Estill County Tribune'Mrs. Webster's ECMS 6th grade science students who volunteered to raise rainbow trout in the classroom went on a field trip to the Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery on October 21st. The "student scientists" toured the production facility (photo on left) where eggs received from TN and other States are

Trout in the Classroom

2010-05-29T14:46:00.002-04:00

Trout in the ClassroomSummary of primary activities and lesson plans for the 12 classrooms during the 2009-2010 school year is a prelude to the 2010-2011 school year.Our primary goal for Trout in the Classroom is to help students learn about water quality, the trout life-cycle, the foods they eat, their part in the ecology and food chain of cold water streams, stream conservation efforts and the

Phillip A. Sharpe Middle School, Pendleton Co. and Poage Elementary, Boyd Co.

2010-05-28T19:27:00.003-04:00

Many thanks to all the teachers and mentors who helped the students raise trout fingerlings from eggs last fall. Yesterday, 27-May-2010, Phillip A. Sharp Middle School in Pendleton County released their trout fingerlings into Raven Creek in Harrison County. Mr. Brian Radcliffe gave the students a streamside lesson on aquatic microinvertebrate study to measure the water quality before the trout

Louisville Chapter of Trout Unlimited

2010-05-18T17:00:00.004-04:00

Taylorsville Elementary and Spencer County Middle School teachers, Shannon and Sean Buynak used Trout in the Classroom over the school year to help their students raise trout from eggs to fingerlings. The climax to which the students look forward is when they can get to a cold water stream to release their trout. Some 50 students from both the elementary and middle school in Spencer County

The Mayfly life-cycle

2010-05-18T16:13:00.005-04:00

Brian,I want to thank you very much for all you've done for Trout in the Classroom. You are very good at putting scientific matters on a level the students can understand. When you asked those questions, I was amazed because I hadn't seen your streamside activities before and those were very similar to the ones I used on May 10 with Providence Montessori Elementary at Lusby Lake in Scott County.

Hatch and Release

2010-05-18T11:47:00.026-04:00

Students Release Trout FingerlingsTrout in the Classroom's final event that brings so much excitement to students who have raised trout from eggs to fingerlings occurs when the students release them into a cold, clean, clear water stream approved by Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.Pineville Independent Elementary with teacher, Mr. Justin Abbott and principal, Mr. Bob Bennett,

Rainbow Trout

2010-04-28T20:44:00.003-04:00

Pineville Independent Elementary School

2010-04-25T11:43:00.009-04:00

I've made it a practice, since I've become a father, to reflect on any significant occurrences in the form of a journal, so that I have my thoughts recorded for the occasional revisit. I wanted to share this with you and express my appreciation on behalf of myself, my school community and especially, my students. Feel free to post any excerpts or the article in its entirety to the blog. From a

Poage Trout Release

2010-03-25T10:29:00.001-04:00

Tandy,Thanks, the numbers look great. Brian Radcliffe has put you on his schedule for May 26th. However, you may want to be at stream side at 10:00 AM and plan for Brian to guide the students with rolling over the rocks and catching the insects they find with nets so they can be identified and counted to test the biological water quality before the lunch picnic. Doing the Catch the Critter game

Poage Elementary Tank

2010-03-11T14:37:00.002-05:00

David,I just read your entry on the water - I went through this about 2 months ago - right after the hatch. Our ammonia start jumping when the fish started being fed - I think the shock of extra food and waste was too much at one time for the filtration system to handle it.I tried ammo chips and a couple other things to lower the ammonia, but nothing worked. Finally, I bought a bottle of "

Maxwell Elementary I and II

2010-03-09T11:25:00.006-05:00

David,Thanks so much for the numbers. Yes, I think another 25-30% water change will bring the ammonia and nitrites below 0.25. Please continue with both filters until the new one develops a bacterial culture (about 6 weeks). There is a jar of Nitrate filter compound that you can load into the netting provided and put into the top filter component. The other white bio cylinders can be

Operation Upstream

2010-02-23T11:44:00.005-05:00

Lexington Teachers for "Trout in the Classroom"There is always some other community upstream from yours that is releasing untreated storm drain water into your watershed and your community releases untreated storm drain water back into your watershed, streams, lakes and rivers that is used by another community down steam. Only rainwater runoff should go into storm drains. Otherwise, when other

Montessori Middle School-New for 2010-2011

2010-02-02T14:37:00.004-05:00

Amy,Great to hear from you today and I'm looking forward to meeting you in person. The Trout in the Classroom brochure and application are attached.One of the main things we try to accomplish in the classroom with TIC is to help the students begin to think like scientists. Usually students only answer questions others ask, but real scientists ask questions no one else is willing to ask. With an

Spencer County Schools in the News

2010-02-02T14:20:00.004-05:00

The Spencer MagnetThe Louisville Chapter of Trout Unlimited is sponsoring the Spencer County “Trout in The Classroom” Project.The husband and wife team of Sean and Shannon Buynak are pioneering the project in Spencer County. Sean teaches 8th grade at Spencer County Middle School and Shannon is a 3rd grade teacher at Taylorsville Elementary.Each classroom was the recipient of 300 rainbow trout

Pineville Elementary School

2010-01-28T11:46:00.007-05:00

Justin,You have done the right thing. I thought about the two last night and wondered about their color difference. I was just joking with Steve Cawood about their being Apache Trout because of the darker color on the top. You did the right thing in removing them since they may have a disease. Of course, I don't know what it is since I'm no veterinarian. Could you change about 20% of water twice

Phillip A. Sharpe Middle School

2010-01-26T12:41:00.001-05:00

Hi Pat,Thanks for the info about your trout stocking date and location. How's everything going? I'm meeting with Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment next Monday. Would you need their help with trout stocking or do you plan to use NKU?I found this question I didn't answer.The Catch the Critter game was developed by Trout Unlimited for Stream Explorers and is available on the their Stream

Tracy Farmer Center for the Environment

2010-01-26T10:35:00.009-05:00

ALL,We are meeting with Carol D. Hanley, Associate Director of the Tracy Farmer Institute for Sustainability and the Environment and Brian Radcliffe Monday, 1-Feb-2010.For that meeting, I need to have the name of the person that will be doing the release, the name of the school, date of stocking, name of location (stream/location), and county where the fish will be stocked. April dates after

Maxwell Elementary I and II

2010-01-04T21:18:00.006-05:00

We got to Maxwell about 4:00 PM today, Monday, and talked with Deborah Aparicio-Sylva, David Mato and Eliska Schneider. Deborah's weekend feeder didn't work properly over the holidays so her class lost about 70 small fry. We did a water change, replaced the water filters and cleaned the pre-filter. David had done a 20% water change so we just replaced the water filters and cleaned the pre-filter.

Athens Chilesburg Elementary

2010-01-04T21:06:00.007-05:00

I was able to visit Athens Chilesburg Elementary Monday. We did a water change, cleaned the pre-filter and changed the replaceable water filters. When we checked the chemicals, everything was OK and those are fat trout. Couldn't find but 5 dead trout during the water change.Don,Thanks for taking such good care of me.I found the sites I was looking for. I’m attaching the websites. You can find

Liberty Elementary School

2010-01-04T21:01:00.006-05:00

Don,Mine were doing well until the power went out over the weekend. I‘ve only seen one dead fish, but it sure doesn’t look like 300 in the tank. I’m not sure if there will be any lasting ramifications of the tank heating up to 58 or so.Kristi We did a water change and found about 37 dead. All the temp, pH, Ammonia, Nitrites and Nitrates were OK.Thanks,Don

Providence Montessori Elementary

2010-01-04T20:56:00.007-05:00

Hi Don,Two things:Chris told you a possible release date for us on May 9th but she meant Mon. May 10th.Secondly, yesterday, our readings concerned us and they are as follows:nitrates 10nitrites 1ammonia .25pH 7.2Consequently, we did a 20% water change and added Biozyme. This morning, we did another reading and they were exactly the same. What do you suggest?Amy RichardsonAmy and Chris,These

Pineville Elementary School

2010-01-04T20:51:00.010-05:00

DonOur fish didn't fare as well over the break. During the break, I tested and looked for signs of ammonia poisoning as you outlined in the last message, the one I received from you with the Christmas ecard, and failed to find any. On the first Monday of Christmas break, Dec. 21st, I came in and did a 10% water change. There were about 8 dead. On the following Monday, Dec. 28th, I did about a

How many fish?

2009-12-31T19:32:00.006-05:00

I hope all of you had a very merry Christmas and a happy new year and that you have found your trout lively and active after the holidays. Let's start the year with a dedicated monitoring team of students that can help you by logging good data and entering any problems and solutions they may find during their tests into their Trout Journals. This activity is a very important educational

Poage TIC is on AP news

2009-12-29T18:09:00.004-05:00

Outreach program fosters conservation awarenessBy MIKE JAMESThe IndependentASHLAND — Just under the water’s rippling surface, a clump of pinkish-orange eggs seemed to be winking.It could have been the ripples. Another explanation would have taken into account the tiny black eyes in the middle of each pearly egg.One of the eggs was hatching Thursday. Resting outside the shell from its birthing

Help Trout Survive the Nitrogen Cycle

2009-12-15T13:06:00.003-05:00

Ammonia poisoning is one of the biggest killers of aquarium fish. It occurs most often when a tank is newly set up. However, it can also occur in an established tank when too many new fish have been added at one time, when the filter fails due to power or mechanical failure, or if bacterial colonies die off due to the use of medications or sudden change in water conditions.Symptoms:Fish gasp for

Hatch and Release

2009-11-16T21:43:00.011-05:00

The aquarium is a water lab for students so they can start thinking like scientists. Albert Einstein once rated imagination above knowledge because looking out of his patent office in Bern, Switzerland, he could view a railroad terminal with large clocks and trains arriving and leaving supposedly on time across country borders, even across longitudinal lines. This had been a reason for Swiss