We went to the Evelyn Meador library in Seabrook today to study bugs and phonics. The phonics was basically replaced by the Library program. I found this program quite good and it was longer , or felt longer than most programs. They read several books, performed some songs and some exercise with body parts and a common song. Anyway, we really liked the books she read. I should bring a camera next time.
After that , we went looking for bugs. We found a tiny grasshopper, a metagreen fly (could be green bottle fly), a black and white striped bee, love bugs, we saw normal bees, a red wasp (hornet ?) and others. Then, we went to the table at the end of the trail and discussed bugs. I showed photos of all kinds of animals and they had to guess if it was a bug and why. Megan knows all this stuff so I have to say that she stilled learned, but more about crabs than bugs.
But she learned a lot from looking for Fiddler Crabs
Megan took home a couple of fiddler crabs. After seeing them lined up on the other side of the water, I don't think she is causing their extinction or even making their population threatened in any way. We set up a house and used math in caring for them. Ocean water on average, we learned is 35 ppm in salt concentration. This means there is 35 grams of salt/1000 grams of water. The fiddler crabs, we read, required brackish water. I knew this before starting because, my daughter, do not ask me how she knew, said the water was a bit salty :). Anyway, so I read that they need 1/5 of the salt concentration of common sea salt. So, using the 35 grams/1000 grams and dividing 35/5 = 7 , I used 7 grams of salt /1000 grams of water. We also researched what fiddler crabs eat. We thought fish and other live aquatic bugs. It turns out they rarely kill their prey. They eat whatever they can find, that is they are scavengers which eat dead insects and will eat vegetables and fruit.
After that , we went looking for bugs. We found a tiny grasshopper, a metagreen fly (could be green bottle fly), a black and white striped bee, love bugs, we saw normal bees, a red wasp (hornet ?) and others. Then, we went to the table at the end of the trail and discussed bugs. I showed photos of all kinds of animals and they had to guess if it was a bug and why. Megan knows all this stuff so I have to say that she stilled learned, but more about crabs than bugs.
But she learned a lot from looking for Fiddler Crabs
Megan took home a couple of fiddler crabs. After seeing them lined up on the other side of the water, I don't think she is causing their extinction or even making their population threatened in any way. We set up a house and used math in caring for them. Ocean water on average, we learned is 35 ppm in salt concentration. This means there is 35 grams of salt/1000 grams of water. The fiddler crabs, we read, required brackish water. I knew this before starting because, my daughter, do not ask me how she knew, said the water was a bit salty :). Anyway, so I read that they need 1/5 of the salt concentration of common sea salt. So, using the 35 grams/1000 grams and dividing 35/5 = 7 , I used 7 grams of salt /1000 grams of water. We also researched what fiddler crabs eat. We thought fish and other live aquatic bugs. It turns out they rarely kill their prey. They eat whatever they can find, that is they are scavengers which eat dead insects and will eat vegetables and fruit.
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