Egg drop rules and guidelines...
Can you make the perfect ETV? (Egg Transport Vehicle) Egg drop rules and guidelines... A quick look at our ducklings! Dear Parents,
Below I have listed some upcoming year-end activities. Please take a moment to review the list, as some will require things from home.
Wow! I can't believe this year is already coming to a close! I appreciate your support this year in your child’s education. Your children have made this one of my best years in teaching, they have given me so much love and respect and made the school days fun. I will miss them dearly and I want to thank each of you for allowing me to be their first grade teacher. It truly has been a privilege. ~Mrs. Patterick REMINDER: Tomorrow is our field trip! We will be boarding the buses first thing in the morning so please make sure your student is ON TIME to school tomorrow. Also, please remember to send your child with a sack lunch labeled with his/her name (unless you signed up for a school sack lunch.) Please have your child dress for the weather and wear good walking shoes. We will be outside after we visit the aquarium to eat lunch at a park, as long as weather permits. It's sure to be a fun-filled day tomorrow!
~Mrs. Patterick Dear Students, I candled the eggs today to see how the duckling embryos are coming along and was surprised to discover that one has started to pip (crack a hole in the shell)! The hatching process has begun! This duckling is an "early bird" as I don't anticipate the majority to pip until tomorrow. With the progress this duckling is showing, it should hatch by morning! I'll bring the incubator/hatcher to school tomorrow for you all to see! If all goes well, we should be able to watch more ducklings hatch during the day tomorrow! This week will be very exciting and memorable! In the shells right now, the duckling embryos are starting to break through the inner membrane into the air sac to take their first breaths of air. They will crack (push) through the shell with their egg-tooth that we talked about in class (attached to the end of the beak). This allows more air into the air sac so the ducklings can continue to breathe. They are now breathing air while still trapped inside the shell! Pretty crazy but true! Over the next 24 hours, the remainder of the yolk sack will be absorbed, which will give the ducklings enough energy to turn around inside the shell and slowly break from the shell as they go. They will then use their cute little feet to push themselves out of the shell. Ducklings do not need food for the first day or so after hatching because of the energy they get from the yolk sack! It's like eating an egg for breakfast! By the way, the duckling embryos are starting to make chirping sounds! This communication will help the other duck embryos catch up and start to hatch! When you're very quiet tomorrow in class, you will hear them "click" to each other! I can't wait to see you tomorrow! Love, Mrs. Patterick |
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