As part of our Science work, Room 7 have been studying our new class pets: Sea Monkeys.
We are learning to identify the features of our creatures and explain how these features help them to live in the water. MRS GREN has been helping us as well, to understand what criteria life must fit into.
At the beginning of last term we had 3 tiny creatures hatch but then they disappeared. Because we never saw anything moving in the water for the next week we assumed they must have died. This told us we were doing something wrong in how we cared for them. Our hypothesis was that our classroom was too cold for them, or that direct sunlight hurt them and they died.
By starting over with our tank in a different spot in the classroom, out of direct sunlight, we are finally seeing some good results as many have hatched and happily swim around the tank while Room 7 learn more about them.
We have learned that these creatures are brine shrimp, who like to live in warm conditions, eat algae and move using their feather-like fins on the sides of their bodies. One surprising discovery is that they actually don't look anything like monkeys at all!
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