The Clouds and the Otters are the first Gillen Brewer students to keep live crabs in their classrooms. The students are learning how fiddler crabs have unique habitat requirements in that they breathe oxygen from water but also require sand for burrowing. This presented a challenge for the students, who were tasked with figuring out how to set up an appropriate habitat in the classroom. We will also be experimenting with the crabs to learn more about their anatomy, behavior, and role in nature.
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The Pumpkins and the Battleships have been working on a class project to keep live crayfish in the classroom. The students researched what living things need to survive, made their own designs for a classroom habitat, and worked together to assemble the habitat. The crayfish are now alive and well in the classrooms!
Gabby from the Art Farm (www.theartfarms.org/afic) made her first visit of the year! Gabby enriches our curriculum with a variety of real living animals. The students interact with these animals by handling them, petting them, and feeding them. This program provides our students with real, hands-on experiences with a wider range of organisms than they could otherwise have at school. These animals are a great conversation starter for our younger students, and Gabby's lessons tie in with our New York State-aligned science curriculum as she discusses life cycles, adaptations and habitats with our older students.
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