Guppies and Snails

Today I introduced my class to their guppies and aquatic snails. Our fall science kit is all about organisms, so we have been spending the past few weeks talking about living things and their needs, and setting up habitats for different types of organisms. Well, our guppies and aquatic snails came in the mail Wed after school, but since we had a field trip yesterday I didn't introduce them to the kids until this afternoon. Man were they excited!! Each table group has their own aquarium with 3-4 guppies, 5 aquatic snails, and an aquatic plant, elodea. We spent this afternoon observing the aquariums and writing about our observations.

The kids decided they needed to give their new creatures names. One table group had 3 male guppies, and 3 boys at the table, so they named their guppies after each boy. Too cute. Some of my favorite names included:

- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Snails Stinky (that would be first, middle, and last name LOL!)

- Dark Chocolate "because his shell is brown, like dark chocolate, duh"

and my all time favorite:

- Froggy "you can't just say 'froggy', you have to say it long and do your hands like this *jazz hands* 'frogggaayyy'!" I just about died laughing at this one!