Introducing: Horseshoe Crabs in the Classroom, Take 2


During the 2011/2012 school year, we had a program called Horseshoe Crabs in the Classroom at our elementary school. This program is offered through the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and it's a great idea for a number of reasons - letting kids learn about these incredible pre-dinosaur animals while, maybe, helping add a few more of these amazing animals to the Chesapeake Bay.

Last year, we ended up with no live horseshoe crabs (HSC) and I think this was because of over-zealousness on my part for ridding the aquarium of an unwanted fungus or at least what I thought was fungus. The 4th graders, though, were very enthusiastic and they learned a lot about the critters even though they never saw a live one in their classroom. Sigh.

This year, though, now that the teacher (me) is a bit more experienced, I think we'll have better luck. So here's Take 2...

Friday, June 15, 2012

June 15 - Day 1


Today I got about 200 horseshoe crab eggs from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources in Annapolis, Maryland. They look like very fresh eggs - just hard little green balls, no gel around them. Very exciting! There will be NO FUNGUS this year. There will live horseshoe crabs this year, all year!

(4 hours getting 10ppt saline water ready, round trip travel to Annapolis, setting up blog)
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