On Thursday we had a visit from Brooke Halsey who is the head of the Tiburon Salmon Institute. He taught the children about the life cycle of the salmon, cousins of the little trout in our aquarium.   See the web page for a collection of questions and a photo of this event.  Barbara Cohen used her computer time to record Brooke. At the end each child stated something they had learned from the presentation. Brooke thinks our school is incredible which is true. Here is what the Sequoia Room learned from Brooke:

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Click on the thumbnails below to see what some of the Holly Room Kindergartners are wondering about the trout in their classroom.

This year we have four teachers participating in the Trout in the Classroom project, including K-Sequoia and K-Holly, Jen’s 5th and Bob’s 6th Grade Science. Our trout eggs arrived right before the February Break and are adjusting to tank life and growing quickly! As we officially relaunch our Trout Blog for the 2008-09 school year, we hope you will read our A Little Bit of Background page to hear about TIC (Trout in the Classroom) at MCDS (Marin Country Day School.)