Today we went to Lakeshore to retrieve and reset our traps. The picture above is where we set our trap yesterday. We are borrowing traps from DMS, and we will need to return them after this week. We have ordered our own traps, however, and they should be here shortly. We will resume trapping when they get here, and continue until it gets too cold. We were lucky this afternoon to get THREE Stinkpot/Musk turtles in our trap! We brought them back to school to measure them and study their adaptations. We should be getting our scientific scales and measuring calipers soon, so we will be able to measure them more accurately.
We are beginning to write informational articles about Lakeshore and the turtle study in order to publish a newsletter. Each student has been assigned a topic to work on during writing time, and they will be able to research information in class. We will then compile them and publish the articles (hopefully in a digital format). Look for more information in the coming weeks!
Hopefully we will catch more turtles when we retrieve our traps tomorrow! I'll keep you posted!
**Update: We did NOT catch any new turtles in our traps on Thursday. We will try again in the next week or two!
We are beginning to write informational articles about Lakeshore and the turtle study in order to publish a newsletter. Each student has been assigned a topic to work on during writing time, and they will be able to research information in class. We will then compile them and publish the articles (hopefully in a digital format). Look for more information in the coming weeks!
Hopefully we will catch more turtles when we retrieve our traps tomorrow! I'll keep you posted!
**Update: We did NOT catch any new turtles in our traps on Thursday. We will try again in the next week or two!
