Science is hatching in Mother Teresa Regional
July 29, 2019 at 12:37 p.m.
Students at Mother Teresa Regional School, Atlantic Highlands, had some hands-on experience with the life cycle. On Oct. 1, 12 eggs arrived from Quiver Farms and students were responsible for caring for them while waiting for them to hatch. The chicks were to hatch within a week; students would care for the chicks until they were picked up and returned to the farm.
In addition to chicks, the school participated in the “Trout in a Classroom” program for the first time. This program taught the students about the importance of coldwater conservation. Through the process of raising brook trout from eggs to fingerlings, the children learned about the importance of clean, cold water, not only for the brook trout they are raising, but also for other organisms, including people.
On Oct. 16, volunteers will pick up the tiny eggs from Pequest Trout Hatchery and bring them to Mother Teresa where students will learn how to distinguish the viable eggs from the non-viable eggs. A non-viable egg will be cloudy in color, while a healthy egg will be clear. Students will raise the trout eggs until May at which time they will be released into the Hockhocksen Brook in Tinton Falls.
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Students at Mother Teresa Regional School, Atlantic Highlands, had some hands-on experience with the life cycle. On Oct. 1, 12 eggs arrived from Quiver Farms and students were responsible for caring for them while waiting for them to hatch. The chicks were to hatch within a week; students would care for the chicks until they were picked up and returned to the farm.
In addition to chicks, the school participated in the “Trout in a Classroom” program for the first time. This program taught the students about the importance of coldwater conservation. Through the process of raising brook trout from eggs to fingerlings, the children learned about the importance of clean, cold water, not only for the brook trout they are raising, but also for other organisms, including people.
On Oct. 16, volunteers will pick up the tiny eggs from Pequest Trout Hatchery and bring them to Mother Teresa where students will learn how to distinguish the viable eggs from the non-viable eggs. A non-viable egg will be cloudy in color, while a healthy egg will be clear. Students will raise the trout eggs until May at which time they will be released into the Hockhocksen Brook in Tinton Falls.
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