adventure with brine shrimp

So I ordered dragonfly larva and damselfly larva and
brine shrimp as a possible science *experience* for a
boy I am tutoring this summer.

Putting them in my deck pondlet to hang out and grow
for the summer, then will use the turkey baster to get some
out into a traveling container when it is their turn in the
curriculum.

The brine shrimp.... AK! Should have been acquainted with
their care and feeding before I ordered them so I could be
ready (next time) but I ended up with this huge bag and...
it slipped and I had brine shrimp EVERYWHERE! The dog
wouldn't even lap them up. So I had two of the three kids in
the kitchen trying to save the brine shrimp and wondering what
was on the counters and floor that I'm sure wasn't good for
them. Daughter said ten years ago this would have been
fun - harkening back to the days when we harbored all sorts
of critters in the house... she doesn't know I have a praying
mantis egg case waiting to hatch - bwa, ha, ha! The children
have to grow up, the mom doesn't!

k :-)

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:47:18 EDT, kathy <> wrote:

>So I ordered dragonfly larva and damselfly larva and
>brine shrimp as a possible science *experience* for a
>boy I am tutoring this summer.

Hehe-- Be sure to tell him how gullible we were as kids- and some of
us believed they were trainable!
http://www.sea-monkeys.com/html/abou...atarethey.html

Where'd you get the Dragonflies? I found Damselflies here- but I'd
really like to mix them up a bit. I'm hoping to do all my mosquito
control with insects.

-snip-
>of critters in the house... she doesn't know I have a praying
>mantis egg case waiting to hatch - bwa, ha, ha! The children
>have to grow up, the mom doesn't!

Way cool. I haven't seen one hatch in a while but a couple years
ago I discovered several around my garden.

Jim

http://www.carolina.com/
A teacher supply site.
My next order will probably include the rotting log kit...

k :-)

kathy wrote:
> The brine shrimp.... AK! Should have been acquainted with
> their care and feeding before I ordered them so I could be
> ready (next time) but I ended up with this huge bag and...
> it slipped and I had brine shrimp EVERYWHERE! The dog
> wouldn't even lap them up. So I had two of the three kids in
> the kitchen trying to save the brine shrimp and wondering what
> was on the counters and floor that I'm sure wasn't good for
> them. Daughter said ten years ago this would have been
> fun - harkening back to the days when we harbored all sorts
> of critters in the house... she doesn't know I have a praying
> mantis egg case waiting to hatch - bwa, ha, ha! The children
> have to grow up, the mom doesn't!

They didn't make their own civilization, eventually ending their
existance by means of a nuclear war, did they?

Oh wait - that was a South Park episode....

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Did you see the Mythbusters where they nuked cockroaches,
fruit flies and flour beetles?
http://tiny.cc/LWbrZ

That was here.
The flour beetle actually survived the biggest dose.
Everyone was really excited (a community full of
nerds and geeks here) and the kids of the employees
got to go see the Mythbusters team and ask questions.

k :-)

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:18:03 EDT, kathy <> wrote:

>The flour beetle actually survived the biggest dose.

Which begs the question: What will flour beetles live on when there are no
people to grind the grain to flour? ;-) ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

I'll have to think on that one...

Speaking of food - Ted Allen will be hosting a food
type of Mythbusters show on the Food Network.
Starts around the end of July titled Food Detective.
One of the myths is how long it takes gum to digest
in the stomach.

hallelujah.... I am already jonesing since top chef is done for the year.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:10:52 EDT, kathy <> wrote:

>I'll have to think on that one...
>
>Speaking of food - Ted Allen will be hosting a food
>type of Mythbusters show on the Food Network.
>Starts around the end of July titled Food Detective.
>One of the myths is how long it takes gum to digest
>in the stomach.

We loves Top Chef here, too.
(Even bought the cookbook!)

k :-)