Moretown TIC update December 20, 2016

December 20, 2016 update

Tank Update:  We are preparing our tank to receive our Brook Trout eggs

1.  Yesterday we filled our tank with 52 gallons of water.

2.  We added a water conditioner and a slime producer.

3.  The temperature of the water is 54 degrease our hope is to get our temp down to around 40 degrease.

4.  We are excited to get our little eggs..

Moretown TIC update December 10th

Preparing our Space

REFLECTION #1:

What did we do?
We put our tank together and our TIC helper named Shawn came to our school to help us.  

What was a challenge? and why?
One challenge was putting the rocks in the tank because we could not just drop the rocks in we had to put it in carefully.

What was a success?
A success was putting together all of the pieces - there were many pieces and it was a bit overwhelming....but we did it and it looks good.

What did we learn?
We learned a lot about the fish and about their habitat.

Why is this important work?
Our work with the TIC will help us understand and share the reasons why keeping our stream and rivers clean and alive helps our bigger community.  This is important work for everyone

Overall we felt great about the whole project and that it started.  It seemed like there was of planning before we got started - but now we are working.

The Moretown School sets up our Trout in the Classroom Tank

Charlie and Madison, our TIC 6th grade leaders

Preparing the river stones

Shawn Nailor helped us set up the tank.
He was an excellent teacher and mentor! 

preparing the tank 

Our tank - ready for our eggs..
decorations to come..