Microscopic Organisms

Today the kids found some "tadpoles" in a bucket of water at their Oma & Opa's house. Upon further inspection we saw many tiny organisms in the water. One tiny thing did look like a tadpole. We decided to take a sample home and look at it under the microscope. The little tadpole like creature looked extremely strange. Like a cross between a worm, june bug and a lion.

Next, we examined a mosquito larvae. "Ewww", was the main description from the kids. We could actually see the fluid inside of it pumping up and down a tube. At the end of it's snake like body we could see tiny wings and legs forming. As Miss Lilly said in a facetious tone of voice, "Too bad they won't form all the way." She was right. After viewing one last worm looking bug we put them all in the trash.

We also looked at the stamen of a Stargazer Lily. On the stem we could see the strands of plant material, hair like and colorful. On the yellow crescent shaped tip we could see very tiny crystal like particles. I'm guessing that was pollen. We may have to do more research on flowers and pollen to be sure.

To finish off our interaction with nature today we made leaf rubbings. I'm not quite sure which plants they came from since the kids found the leaves with Oma but, they definitely had fun. This was Z's first time to make a leaf rubbing. He was full of excitement to watch the leaf appear. Now we off to play with friends.... social hour!