Students at Northeast Elementary School had many observations yesterday as they looked closely at their newly-arrived Brook Trout eggs. Just last week, eggs were delivered to Northeast, as well as many other schools raising Brook Trout. In a short amount of time, orange-colored eggs developed into a more translucent color with more vivid signs of a trout forming inside. Students pointed out the two black specs that were noticeably two eye-balls. They also recognized a black line curled around the inside of the egg. Many asked if this was a tail, but we determined that since it's connected close to the eyes that it was the trout's spine forming. Other students were able to recognize traces of red lines which looked like red veins, this was confirmed when one student was able to notice a small heart beat inside the egg, as they observed them in the petri dish on their table. The eggs could hatch any day, it's amazing to see the subtle changes occurring as the eggs develop into their next stage of life cycle, the Alevin stage.
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