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Chapter Information:
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Trout In The Classroom
What has two heads, one tail, and a single egg
sac?
It’s an anomaly, for sure;
a two-headed alevin that hatched from a
fertilized brown trout egg in one of our 60
The Trout in the Classroom (TIC) program, which is over 20 years
old, is taking off in our state now.
Students and teachers from elementary
through high school are raising trout from fertilized eggs supplied by
VDGIF hatcheries, in aquariums equipped with special chillers designed
to keep the water near 50 degrees F.
The students make daily temperature
measurements, and monitor pH and ammonia levels with test kits.
They record their data, plot trends, and
make sure that the water quality is sufficient to support trout
development.
In the spring, they’ll release the trout
fry into a local stream.
New programs have started in 2008 at Buena Vista,
If you’re a teacher in our region who is interesting in participating in
the program you’d like more details, please contact: Mark Zimmerman
VP of Education/Outreach for the Virginia Council
of Trout Unlimited
VA Regional TIC Coordinator
540-722-4914 There’s also an excellent website at www.troutintheclassroom.org which has all the information you’ll need to get started. You can follow these links to find info on how to get started, how to care for trout, as well as tank and equipment info that is needed to get started.
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Chapter Programs: Trout In Classroom
Click here to go to the TU's TIC website. TIC
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