Dragonfly or Damselfly

We began the morning learning about Dragonflies and Damselflies. After comparing and contrasting the insects we were ready to learn more about other small aquatic insects that we may come across in the creek. We set off to a new part of the woods to look for signs of these insects in all their stages of life. Metamorphosis has been a steady topic of conversation this week. Though we didn't seem to notice any dragonflies or damselflies, we did have an extremely fruitful visit to the creek! Our first big find was when Dylan caught a baby snapping turtle. We kept her (named Princess Lightening Creepy Crawler by Lani) for the day to observe her. We saw a small snake, and a few newts. Ms. Moore managed to catch one and we kept that for observing as well. A small toad was captured but we left him in the woods. I could just picture 16 children chasing an escaped toad around the classroom. The longest slug we have come across and a snail helped us review what we learned yesterday about mollusks. We also caught the tiniest baby newt or salamandar. It was so small that at first Henry thought it was a little tadpole in his muddy strainer and so did I. A log was home to a gigantic spider and water striders were of course a prime target for capturing. We have been busy creating creek related art. Bring a resuable shopping bag on Friday to transport everything home!!!!

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