Welcome to the classroom blog of Mr. DeVoe - Here you will find photos, videos, class downloads, and other means to celebrate the community of Groton, biology, and environmental science.
30 March 2009
Today Bill Foster (the science monster) came in to talk about food preferences of our trout. This was a great lesson in aquatic entomology. These critters can be found in any stream all year long! Go check them out!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzH3AdHkqzLVnKGQDZe9HnVUEgMhPu-BCB44hMbtqnIwhAyjERHYE-s7eKyU8IfZ_Tth1fhxdGqt_EnF0XyErCYtxJTLcFzsntfPX21mbvKgwq9WOWfcewHe5rM3IvMqFf37s/s320/IMG_0195.JPG)
A Stonefly larva.
Mr. Giroux and Aaron M. (9th grader) came in to do fly tying demonstrations as well. After feeding the trout our live samples we tested our flies. It was amazing to see how instinctual the fish are when presented with new food that they've never seen before.
24 March 2009
23 March 2009
16 March 2009
Go on over and say hi to Mr. Weeks at his new classroom blog! He's got a good post about apples and cancer.
We're getting into the human body unit and have been discussing the Me Manual project which can be downloaded over on the side. Just a warning...this project should not be attempted at the last minute. Please start chipping away at it. Below are a couple websites that I've found to be very useful. If you use them please site them as references and DO NOT copy/paste info from the internet. I can tell the difference between a doctor's writing and a 7th grader.
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
12 March 2009
The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is an aphid-like insect that covers itself in a fluffy white cottony wax and feeds on the sap at the base of the Hemlock's needles. This takes the nutrients from the plant and causes the needles to yellow and drop, branches to die, and eventually the tree dies in four to 10 years.
So..
Educate Yourself.
And..
Report any sign of woolly adelgid
11 March 2009
Update! Click here for amazing webcam video of Barn Owls from Cornell's Lab of Ornithology. If it's a live webcam you thirst for...click here.
08 March 2009
Ithaca Fishing Day - 17th Annual
This Saturday - March 14
Ithaca Fishing Day is an event the Chapter (Leon Chandler, #239) hosts on an annual basis. This year, it is being held on Saturday, March 14th from 9 AM to 3 PM at Boynton Middle School in Ithaca, NY. While the event is a major fundraiser for the chapter, it also uses it as an opportunity to inform & educate the community about Trout Unlimited, who we are, what we do, and why we do it.
In addition, speakers will present on relevant information about fishing and/or conservation-related topics, fly-tying demonstrations (hosted this year by Twin-Tiers Five Rivers Chapter of FFF), a casting clinic offered by Joe Cambridge and Carol Farkas, and numerous vendors (Badger Creek Fly Tying, Mad River Fly Tying, etc.). This is a major event for the Leon Chandler Chapter, and with the support they received this year, the only thing we need to make it a huge success is people and friends.It is time we all come to the aid of our fraternal chapters in NY TU when possible.
Ithaca Fishing Days
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009; 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M.
BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Route 13 North by Cayuga Lake
Sponsored by: The Leon Chandler Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Admission and Programs Free - Donations Appreciated
FEATURING
FREE continuous fly tying instruction by TU youth educators!
FREE continuous fly casting instruction by noted local instructors Joe Cambridge and Carol Farkas (beginning at 11:00 am)
Complete line of fly fishing materials and equipment for sale
Fishing, Community Education and Environmental Exhibits
Fish tanks of local insect species
Fly fishing discussions and lectures
VENDORS and EXHIBITORS Including
Mad River Fly Tying,
Badger Creek Fly Tying,
JW Trout,
Floating Classroom Project
and more . . .
This Saturday - March 14
Ithaca Fishing Day is an event the Chapter (Leon Chandler, #239) hosts on an annual basis. This year, it is being held on Saturday, March 14th from 9 AM to 3 PM at Boynton Middle School in Ithaca, NY. While the event is a major fundraiser for the chapter, it also uses it as an opportunity to inform & educate the community about Trout Unlimited, who we are, what we do, and why we do it.
In addition, speakers will present on relevant information about fishing and/or conservation-related topics, fly-tying demonstrations (hosted this year by Twin-Tiers Five Rivers Chapter of FFF), a casting clinic offered by Joe Cambridge and Carol Farkas, and numerous vendors (Badger Creek Fly Tying, Mad River Fly Tying, etc.). This is a major event for the Leon Chandler Chapter, and with the support they received this year, the only thing we need to make it a huge success is people and friends.It is time we all come to the aid of our fraternal chapters in NY TU when possible.
Ithaca Fishing Days
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2009; 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M.
BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA
Route 13 North by Cayuga Lake
Sponsored by: The Leon Chandler Chapter of Trout Unlimited
Admission and Programs Free - Donations Appreciated
FEATURING
FREE continuous fly tying instruction by TU youth educators!
FREE continuous fly casting instruction by noted local instructors Joe Cambridge and Carol Farkas (beginning at 11:00 am)
Complete line of fly fishing materials and equipment for sale
Fishing, Community Education and Environmental Exhibits
Fish tanks of local insect species
Fly fishing discussions and lectures
VENDORS and EXHIBITORS Including
Mad River Fly Tying,
Badger Creek Fly Tying,
JW Trout,
Floating Classroom Project
and more . . .
05 March 2009
04 March 2009
Also, tomorrow at 8:20am we will have a live video streaming of the frog dissection!
03 March 2009
Here is a list of current events relevant to what we have studied so far this year...
New fish species - the Frogfish
Another animal on the cusp of extinction
Fossilized human footprint
Antibiotic Resistance in children
Charles Darwin and evolution
New fish species - the Frogfish
Another animal on the cusp of extinction
Fossilized human footprint
Antibiotic Resistance in children
Charles Darwin and evolution
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