Life Science Classes Raise Trout for Release
Seventh grade students in Mrs. Fernandes' Life Sciences classes participate in Pennsylvania's Trout in the Classroom (TIC) program that allows students to raise trouts from eggs to small trout that students will release into the Little Juniata River in May.
TIC is a program that introduces cold water conservation education by raising brook trout, a native cold water species, from eggs to fingerlings. Throughout the school year, students care for the trout, monitor and record aquarium water quality and trout behavior, while Mrs. Fernades incorporates cold water education lessons into the classroom.
Recently, the students observed some predation when six bigger fish, nicknamed "Big Daddies," ate about 50 of their tank mates! The Big Daddies have been placed in isolation for the time being.
Additionally, the class is participating in the TIC Quilting Project this year. For this project, students design quilt squares and share them with other schools, while other schools share their squares with Grier. Working under the theme of "symbiosis," students at Grier created 23 fabric quilt squares to share across the US and expect to receive squares from TIC schools in Nebraska, Maine, California, Vermont, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
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Recently, the students observed some predation when six bigger fish, nicknamed "Big Daddies," ate about 50 of their tank mates! The Big Daddies have been placed in isolation for the time being.
Additionally, the class is participating in the TIC Quilting Project this year. For this project, students design quilt squares and share them with other schools, while other schools share their squares with Grier. Working under the theme of "symbiosis," students at Grier created 23 fabric quilt squares to share across the US and expect to receive squares from TIC schools in Nebraska, Maine, California, Vermont, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
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2522 Grier School Rd. | P.O. Box 308; Birmingham, PA 16686-0308
Phone: 814-684-3000 | Fax: 814-684-2177
Phone: 814-684-3000 | Fax: 814-684-2177
