Today we started and completed a family project we had been planning on doing for the past couple weeks. We had been gathering soda bottles from soda drinkers and the other day we finally got the 6 two liter bottles we needed to make 2 self contained ecosystems.
Without getting into the details the one bottle contains pond life and the other bottle which is inverted into the bottom bottle simulates ground life. The two share water and oxygen.
Anyway it was such a fun project to do together and will continue to provide learning.
First we took a trip to the petstore to purchase some aquatic plants and tiny snails. While we were there we also bought 2 male and 2 female guppies which we hope will reproduce. When we then purchased the crickets we had to get 15 even though we only needed 5.
When we got home we went to our compost pile for some soil and the kids had fun searching for the other 2 components of our project-pill bugs and earthworms!
Daddy had cut the bottles for us and in the bottom bottles we put aquarium gravel down and poured 2 fish in each one along with the snails and plants. In the top bottles we also put gravel in first then soil,worms,bugs and crickets. Then we planted grass seed.
The kids are having so much fun watching the bugs crawling Around. What cheap pets!!
The worms are making tunnels in the dirt and since the bottles are clear you can actually see what they have made underground! https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh499EVb3WBpmjlOl4ZePkSDWDVVy1CgJWnhHs804Dx7Svfz-mBo5FLvUzNJogyEm2Uccm3vrMpfTjQe9pdHmIrK9ibGUBkMDcvRqbICMBQiL9a-bTDrBsKs1olFfrrps3YO4_kt8yQd5-6/s1600/photo-711278.JPG
A few of the 'extra' crickets now have a new home in an outside terrarium and the rest were reluctantly let go.
All in all it was a great family day together and we got to all enjoy the glorious weather outside as well!
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