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Journal Page printout from Todd Burleson, IL

  • What are you looking forward to about having trout in the classroom?
  • What would you like to do with the trout, while they are with us?
  • What do the trout eggs look like?  Be very descriptive.  What do you see inside?
  • What would you like to say to the trout, to welcome them to our classroom?
  • What was hatching like?  How did you feel?
  • Observe one fish closely for one minute.  Follow it with your eyes.  What does it do?
  • How to the trout act in the morning?  The afternoon?
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  • How do the trout act in cold weather? Warm weather?
  • What is your favorite trout job?  Why?
  • What is your least favorite trout job?  Why?
  • What happens when we feed the trout?  Why do you think that is?
  • Are there any special trout in your tank?  Why are they special?
  • What do you think the trout see when they look out of the tank?  What are they thinking?
  • How have the trout changed over the past few months?  What is the same?
  • How do you feel about our upcoming release of trout?  Why?
  • What advice would you give our trout on their way to their new home?
  • What did you see while releasing our trout?  How did they behave?
  • How did you feel about releasing our trout?  Why?
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Updated on May 30, 2023
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