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Name: Elisa Friedman(#269)
Date registered: December 2001
E-mail: elisaf@cox.net		 School: Clark County School District
Grades:
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Classroom pets: trying to decide
Previous class pets: first year teaching
Pets at home: cat
Other animal projects: we will be looking at crayfsh
Animal info. wanted: undecided
Web site:

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Name: Valerie Ireland (#268)
Date registered: August 2003
E-mail: direl68701@yahoo.com		 School: Aspen Creek K-8
Grades: Kindergarten
Location: Denver, Colorado
Classroom pets: Each year we grow a frog from a tadpole, butterflies from caterpillars and we are now fighting to keep our hamster, as a new hire who shares our room is campaigning against it.
Previous class pets: All of the above, and guinea pigs
Pets at home: ) lop eared bunny, 3 aquatic frogs (it happens when you grow them yearly!) a pound hound, and a rescued shelter cat
Other animal projects: The value of a classroom pet
Animal info. wanted: I would like any and all documentation of the value of a classroom pet, academic and social. Thank you!
Web site:

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Name: Tiffany Jean (#266)
Date registered: July 2003
E-mail: tiffanyjjean@earthlink.net		 School: Keeble Ec-Pre-K Center (Aldine ISD)
Grades: Montessori Pre-Kindergarten
Location: Houston, Texas
Classroom pets: Two Fire Bellied Frogs, a tree frog and two newts in a 10 gallon tank. A huge tank with dividers for my iguana, bearded dragon and box turtle. Another 10 gallon tank for my red eared slider. A critter cage for my hermit crab and lastly a betta.
Previous class pets: None, this is my second year teaching and my first year with pets.
Pets at home: Hermit crab named Robinson and a Betta
Other animal projects:
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

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Name: Roger Healy (#265)
Date registered: July 2003
E-mail: Rogerh@clubzona.com		 School: Mesa Arts Academy
Grades: 7th and 8th Math/Science
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Classroom pets: fish, Arizona Banded Gecko, Australian Bearded Dragon, Pink Toed Tarantula, Fire Belly frogs
Previous class pets: gerbils, hamsters, salamanders, black widows, scorpions, etc
Pets at home: Dog, three cats, and Lilac Crowned Amazon parrot
Other animal projects: ) Building a pond to study aquatics and attract other animals
Animal info. wanted: Ponds
Web site:

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Name: Kimberly Shaffer (#258)
Date registered: March 2003
E-mail: kimberly.willis@rsd.k12.az.us		 School: I.G. Conchos Elementary
Grades: 7/8
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Classroom pets: gerbil, Walking stick, Betta fish, earthworms, newt, snails, goldfish
Previous class pets:
Pets at home: none
Other animal projects: earthworm and frog dissection
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

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Name: Amy Kethan
Date registered: September 2002
E-mail: akethan@dpisd.org		 School: San Jacinto Elementary
Grades: 3rd grade science
Location: Deer Park, Texas
Classroom pets: I don't have any yet. I plan to get a few soon though!
Previous class pets: none
Pets at home: cats and dogs
Other animal projects: not sure
Animal info. wanted: butterfly habitat
Web site:

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Name: Amanda Cherry
Date registered: September 2002
E-mail: amhc01@hotmail.com		 School: ~to come~
Grades: 4-8 Science
Location: Capitol Area, Texas
Classroom pets: None yet, I am still a graduate student earning my certification, but I hope to start out with a 5 gallon aquarium and a gerbil.
Previous class pets:
Pets at home: A cat, two zebra finches, and a goldfish.
Other animal projects:
Animal info. wanted: What do you do if you have pets in the classroom, and a child has allergies or asthma and their parents want the animals removed?
Web site:

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Name: Angela Turkett (#238)
Date registered: September 2002
E-mail: tturkett@srcaccess.net		 School: Shive Elementary
Grades: 4th - Math, Social Studies, L. Arts
Location: Vernon, Texas
Classroom pets: Snow Corn Snake
Previous class pets: Iguana, Mice, 2 ferrets
Pets at home: 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 ferrets
Other animal projects: none at present
Animal info. wanted: Snow Corn Snakes and Iguanas
Web site:

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Name: Barbara McNally (#221)
Date registered: July 2002
E-mail: bjhmcnally@yahoo.com		 School: Hudson Elementary
Grades: 6th
Location: Hudson, Colorado
Classroom pets: This year I am going to have fish and a rabbit.
Previous class pets: mice
Pets at home: cats, dog, fish
Other animal projects: Preservation of the wilderness, respect for wild animals, responsibility, genetics
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

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Name: William G. Martin (#219)
Date registered: June 2002 (updated Sept/03)
E-mail: gmartin06@cox.net		 School: Dysart Elementary School
Grades: Sixth Grade
Location: El Mirage, Arizona
Classroom pets: One juvenile iguana, a red tail boa constrictor, three ball pythons, two leopard geckos, a carpet boa constrictor, a California King Snake, a rosey tarantula, an Emperor scorpion, one Pueblan Milk Snake, and an assortment of desert lizards (spiney, blue belly, etc.).
Previous class pets: The above plus: ring neck parakeets, cockatiels, finches, love birds, bull snakes, garter snakes, tree boas, corn snakes, guinea pigs, mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, box turtles, water turtles, chameleon, chuckwalla, insects of all kinds, salt and fresh water fish, etc.
Pets at home: At home I keep boas and pythons.
Other animal projects: Using classroom pets to teach life skills, math, reading, writing, and science.
Animal info. wanted:
Web site: http://myschoolonline.com/AZ/MMsCool6th

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Name: Kippy Broderson (#213)
Date registered: May 2002
E-mail: broders2@msn.com		 School: Nat Williams Elementary
Grades: 5th-science/language arts
Location: Lubbock, Texas

Classroom pets: ferret, 3 guinea pigs, tiger oscar, 2 desert millipedes, anoles.
Previous class pets: hedgehogs, bearded dragon, rats, gerbils, hamsters, Madagascars, snakes in our central lab, 2 prairie dogs (that I do NOT recommend for classroom pets as their bite can cause permanent scarring) I had a beautiful Australian Bearded Dragon, but it died last summer. I'd love another one, but they are too expensive. I want more arthropods. The kids love them. I cannot have snakes since we are open-concept, and they tend to escape into the whole building!!!
Pets at home: The classroom pets come home with me every summer, plus I have an Old English Sheepdog
Other animal projects: I will begin in the fall with an arthropod unit. I'd like to approach it from the angle of the system of arthropods. We will collect and classify, study our millipedes and compare the desert and the African millipedes, and hopefully get some Madagascars donated. I have limited funding for my science curriculum in my classroom. I also go into adaptations in depth, allowing the kids to research their own animal niches. They have several choices of ways to present their findings. We will do a power point project on our local prairie dog problem involving farmers wanting to poison them, and environmentalists wanting to relocate them. If the project is successful, we'd like to present it to our local agricultural extension agency.

In the area of guinea pigs, I don't let Angel have more than 1 litter per year, and this year will be her 3rd and final litter. The gestation period is long, and the babies are huge at birth. I use this whole process in my study of reproduction in 5th grade. Guinea pigs are so wonderful for this because the babies aren't so fragile at birth and can be handled almost immediately. I also advise giving them weekly baths to keep that hair around their little bottoms clean and not matted. Both of mine have lots of thick hair on their coats. I also like to bathe the ferret weekly. We just use a deep bucket with warm water and ferret shampoo. I also have a great product I got from a teacher friend to spray on him to help the smell.

Animal info. wanted: Any millipedes that would be appropriate for a classroom.
Web site:

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Name: Lisa Mitchell (#212)
Date registered: May 2002
E-mail: lisansophie@cox.net		 School: Wilson Primary
Grades: K
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Classroom pets: box turtle
Previous class pets: none
Pets at home: horses, dogs, cats, birds, poultry, fish
Other animal projects: lifecycles
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

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Name: Melissa Collett (#205)
Date registered: April 2002
E-mail: wylc@msn.com		 School: Wonder Years Learning Center
Grades: Pre-K and school age
Location: Georgetown, Texas
Classroom pets: We currently have Zebra Finches, Parakeets, Iguana, Tree Fogs, Leopard Frog, Anole, Albino Prairie king Snake, Blue Rat, White Mouse, African Millipedes, Hermit Crabs, and a Worm Bin.
Previous class pets:
Pets at home: 4 Cats, 1 Dog, chickens
Other animal projects: Insects, Marine animals
Animal info. wanted: : I would like to hear from other teachers and what projects and pets they have worked on in the past.
Web site:

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Name: Martha Gaylor (#191)
Date registered: April 2002
E-mail: rg73446@aol.com

School: Madill School
Grades: second
Location: Madill, Oklahoma
Classroom pets: White's Tree Frogs, African Side-necked turtle, sulcata tortoise
Previous class pets: frogs and reptiles
Pets at home: several dogs, two cats
Other animal projects: reptiles, fish, birds, amphibians
Animal info. wanted: any on this web
Web site:

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Name: Mary Shaw (#188)
Date registered: March 2002
E-mail: marebear3@aol.com

School: Dragonfleye Charter School
Grades: k-9 focus on sciences
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Classroom pets: Many many many animals, mammals, invertebrates, reptiles.
Previous class pets: Too many to list
Pets at home: Cats, banded geckos, bearded dragon
Other animal projects: many many many :-)
Animal info. wanted: I would like to recommend your web site as a resource for other teachers
Web site: http://www.dragonfleye.com

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Name: Terri Amaro (#181)
Date registered: February 2002
E-mail: tamaro@fms.k12.nm.us

School: Bluffview Elementary Pet Partners/Delta Society
Grades: 3rd grade and special education
Location: Farmington, New Mexico
Classroom pets: a shelty who looks like lassie, but smaller.
Previous class pets: Iguanas, mice, rats, Australian Grass Parrot, Cockatiels, geckos, meal worms, tranchulas ladybugs, aphids.. snakes, butterflies, turtles etc
Pets at home: A Dog...shelty 3 cats
Other animal projects: We study all kinds of animals. I used to work with the Dolphin Quest Program on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Animal info. wanted: Laws for having animals in the classroom that protect the schools, myself and the children.
Web site:

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Name: Pam Kemp (#177)
Date registered: January 2002
E-mail: ptkemp@hotmail.com		 School: Montclair Elementary
Grades: school counselor
Location: Garland, Texas
Classroom pets: I am a school counselor exploring the question of what sort of animal to select for animal-assisted therapy at school and, possibly, in my private practice of post-adoption therapy.
Previous class pets: none
Pets at home: four cats
Other animal projects: I'd like to incorporate animal visits to classrooms into our Character Counts curriculum.
Animal info. wanted: I'd like to hear from other school counselors who keep animals in their office. What kind? What benefits? What problems?
Web site:

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Name: Jennifer Alward (#176)
Date registered: January 2002
E-mail: JenniferAlward@hotmail.com		 School: Fort Worth ISD
Grades: Kindergarten
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Classroom pets: We have a fish
Previous class pets: hamster, hermit crab
Pets at home: dog, cat, hamster
Other animal projects: bugs, amphibians, farm animals, pets
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

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Name: Monica Vasquez (#175)
Date registered: January 2002
E-mail: mocha@austin.rr.com		 School: Hillcrest Elementary
Grades: 2nd grade bilingual
Location: Austin, Texas
Classroom pets: none at the moment
Previous class pets: caterpillars
Pets at home: cat and a hedgehog
Other animal projects:
Animal info. wanted: What kind of animals are best in a portable classroom with no sink?
Web site:

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Name: Frank Miller (#173)
Date registered: January 2002
E-mail: Millerf@laramie1.k12.wy.us
 School: Buffalo Ridge Elementary
Grades: 5th
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Classroom pets: Mr. "T" Box turtle, apx. 10 yrs. old, 50 gal aquarium full of fish
Previous class pets: gekos, snakes, toads, krickets, frogs, salamander, hamsters
Pets at home: Dog "squirt"
Other animal projects: Depends what the spring will bring us.
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

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Name: Jill Vice (#168)
Date registered: December 2001
E-mail: jvice@pvusd.k12.az.us		 School: Desert Trails
Grades: 2
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Classroom pets: none
Previous class pets: none
Pets at home: dog
Other animal projects: ants
Animal info. wanted: hermit crabs
Web site:

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Name: Carol Schooley (#163)
Date registered: November 2001
E-mail: caminnow@yahoo.com		 School: Colonies North Elementary
Grades: Third Grade
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Classroom pets: none right now
Previous class pets: snakes, fish, turtle, lizards
Pets at home: iguana (had), cat, horse (had)
Other animal projects: uncertain at this moment
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

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Name: Elizabeth Worling (#162)
Date registered: November 2001
E-mail: elizabeth.worling@gpisd.org		 School: Johnson Elementary
Grades: 1st grade
Location: Grand Prairie, Texas
Classroom pets: none so far, will be soon
Previous class pets:
Pets at home: dogs
Other animal projects: mealworms
Animal info. wanted: frogs at this time
Web site:

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Name: Jessica Wilson (#157)
Date registered: October 2001
E-mail: jessica.wilson@lockhart.txed.net		 School: Clear Fork Elementary
Grades: Third
Location: Lockhart, Texas
Classroom pets: We currently have a New Zealand White Rabbit, hermit crabs, a gerbil, and a beta fish.
Previous class pets: Rabbit, hamster, gerbil, beta fish, map turtle, bearded dragon lizard, and hermit crabs.
Pets at home: One cat
Other animal projects: As a partial requirement for my masters degree, I conducted an action research project about classroom pets in the 2000-2001 school year. Our class will be continuing this project and research.
Animal info. wanted: Not at this time, but I will definitely be in touch! This is a wonderful site!
Web site:

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Name: Bill Rose (#147)
Date registered: September 2001
E-mail: wrose@socorro.k12.tx.us		 School: Escontrias Elementary
Grades: 2nd
Location: El Paso, Texas
Classroom pets: snake, (Ribbon), snails, guppies, sword tails
Previous class pets:
Pets at home:
Other animal projects:
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

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Name: Camille Franklin (#146)
Date registered: August 2001
E-mail: Mfrank@aol.com		 School: New Caney ISD Porter Elementary
Grades: third grade Math & Science
Location: New Caney, Texas
Classroom pets: We are planning a unit on land snails and crayfish. We are having trouble finding a place to purchase the snails.
Previous class pets: none
Pets at home: I have triplets that are 16 months old. We will have animals when they get a bit older
Other animal projects: not sure as of yet
Animal info. wanted: land snails
Web site:

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Name: Steve Beall (#144)
Date registered: August 2001
E-mail: sbeall@luzacademy.com		 School: Luz academy of Tucson
Grades: Biology and Chemistry
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Classroom pets: tarantulas, snakes, fish, amphibians
Previous class pets: chameleon
Pets at home:
Other animal projects:
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

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Name: Karen Stephens (#121)
Date registered: April 2001
E-mail: kstephens@mmcable.net		 School: Edwards Elementary
Grades: Pre-Kindergarten
Location: Oklahoma, OK
Classroom pets:
Previous class pets: hermit crabs, guinea pigs, fish
Pets at home:
Other animal projects:
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

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Name: Mary Elizabeth Crown (#120)
Date registered: April 2001
E-mail: ecrown@mail.wtamu.edu		 School: WTAMU
Grades: student teacher, Kindergarten/Reading
Location: Canyon, Texas
Classroom pets: hamsters
Previous class pets: fish, hamster, birds
Pets at home: cat, dog, fish, ferret
Other animal projects: sea animals, rain forest animals
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:


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Name: Brenda Logan (#112)
Date registered: February 2001
E-mail: blogan221@yahoo.com		 School: Eisenhower High School
Grades: 9-12 Biology, Honors Biology and A.P. Biology
Location: Lawton, OK
Classroom pets: turtles, salamanders and newts, minnows, goldfish and guppies, freshwater clams, fiddler crabs; green anole lizards; green tree frogs
Previous class pets: snakes, parakeets, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, rats,chinchillas, hedgehogs
Pets at home: 5 golden retrievers, 1 longhorn steer, 3 horses, 4 cats; salamanders, frogs and fish in an inside tank and 2 outside garden ponds of fish and amphibians; guinea fowl, 1 canary and a lovebird
Other animal projects: mini-bottle ecosystems with a food web up to a second level consumer of the students choice and design. Usually includes insects, amphibians and some reptiles for terrestrial systems and freshwater fish and crustaceans for the aquatic systems.
Animal info. wanted: Any one doing any similar projects ?
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Name: Darlene Normand (#104)
Date registered: January 2001
E-mail: dnormand@frenchtown.k12.mt.us		 School: Frenchtown Elem.
Grades: 3rd Grade
Location: Frenchtown, Montana
Classroom pets: 2 bullfrog tadpoles, garter snake, red eared turtle, 2 crabs, guinea pig, gold fish
Previous class pets: silkworms
Pets at home: dog, 2 toads, goldfish
Other animal projects: We do a large unit on animal classification, habitats, lifecycles, etc. thus the large representation of animals in my room.
Animal info. wanted: Our Principal has just declared a "no live animal" rule in our school. Any suggestions on research to fight it?
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Name: Mellony Turner (#101)
Date registered: January 2001
E-mail: mmmturner@msn.com		 School: College Lane Elementary
Grades: 6th grade, Science
Location: Hobbs, New Mexico
Classroom pets: None yet. Just getting started.
Previous class pets: None
Pets at home: cows, horses, chickens, cats, dogs, hamsters, rabbits
Other animal projects: We hatch chickens in April
Animal info. wanted: reptiles? I teach 6th grade science. Any advice?
Web site:

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Name: Sarah Champion (#92)
Date registered: October 2000
E-mail: ICwildrampsNmtns@aol.com		 School: Splendora Elementary,
Splendora ISD
Grades: pre-kindergarten
Location: Splendora, Texas
Classroom pets: We are just beginning with pets. We have 2 unnamed jerbils in an aquarium. I am hoping to add others during the year. I have a friend who breeds parakets, and says she will donate a pair to the class. I am still thinking about it. One problem is what will I do with the pets over long weekends or for weeklong holidays.
Previous class pets: In other places I have kept goldfish and turtles.
Pets at home: Now I have none. A few years ago I had dogs, cats, rats, gerbils, goldfish, and more. That is when my sons were still at home.
Other animal projects: I'll have to check on them.
Animal info. wanted: More information on jerbils. More information on what others do with their pets over long weekends or week long holidays.Thanks, ya'll!
Web site:

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Name: Mary Sanford (#86)
Date registered: September 2000
E-mail: MG_Sanford@hotmail.com		 School: Indian Hills Elementary
Grades: 5th, Science
Location: Gallup, New Mexico
Classroom pets: Indigenous salamander of unknown variety, Praying Mantis, lizard (also indigenous), earthworms
Previous class pets:
Pets at home:
Other animal projects:
Animal info. wanted:
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Name: Melanie Sidwell (#85)
Date registered: September 2000
E-mail: melsidwell@yahoo.com		 School: West Side School District
Grades: 8th science, 10th biology, 11-12 physiology
Location: Dayon, Idaho
Classroom pets: none yet, looking for ideas
Previous class pets:
Pets at home: fish
Other animal projects:
Animal info. wanted: anything!
Web site:

 
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Name: Courtney Tatum (#75)
Date registered: September 2000
E-mail: CourtneyTatum@aol.com		 School: Wasatch Elementary
Grades: 6th grade
Location: Clearfield, Utah
Classroom pets: we are going to raise tadpoles
Previous class pets: none, first year teaching
Pets at home: none
Other animal projects: not sure yet
Animal info. wanted: tadpoles
Web site:

 
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Name: Joi Jorgensen (#70)
Date registered: August 2000
E-mail: jjorgensen@wilson.okschools.net		 School: Wilson Elementary School
Grades: Pre-Kindergarten
Location: Henryetta, Oklahoma
Classroom pets: green grass snake, 2 lizards, turtle, gerbils
What experience with other animals: African Clawed Frog, Hedgehog, crawdads, fish, tree frogs, rabbits, mice, hamsters, mealworms... I think that's all!
Pets at home: cat, dogs
Other animal projects:
Animal info. wanted:
Web site:

 
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Name: Jill Davis (#59)
Date registered: July 2000
E-mail: davii@galstar.com		 School: Kendall-Whittier School
Grades: Kindergarten
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classroom pets: Hermit crabs (Kermie, Crayon, Colby, and Lucky), aquatic rainforest frog.
Our class mascot is "Hermie" (a beanbag crab). Hermie spends a lot of time with the class throughout the year. He helps us on our school tour the first day of school. The kids love him!
Previous class pets:
Pets at home: 2 dogs (Casey and Goldie)
Previous experience with other animals: Former cat owner (or did the cat own me?)
Other animal projects: I do thematic units on animals including: zoo animals, pets, and farm animals.
Animal info. wanted: Would like some information on hermit crabs posted on your site
Web site:
Note from Nora... I will definitely put "hermit crabs" on my "to do" list, but would appreciate some input from other members!!!

 
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Name: Kathrine Loucks (#26)
Date registered: July 1999
E-mail: rekal@infinitytx.net		 School: Spring Creek ISD
Grades: 1st
Location: Skellytown, Texas
Classroom pets: We have a sable-colored female ferret named "Coconut." We also have a tropical fish named "Goldie" who we think may be part Piranha... she ate her last aquarium buddy.
We had a worm farm in the spring, but when some died from an attempted "jail break" (some crawled out of our worm farm commercial container) and died of dehydration. I found them the next morning on the classroom floor and thought at first that someone had left some beef jerky on the floor! After that, we lovingly placed our surviving worms in a recently tilled flower bed on the school grounds. I think our little "earth engineers" were happy!
This August, we are going to study ladybugs and I'm currently looking into purchasing a ladybug farm-- with a bank vault-safe lid!
Pets at home: I have a silver Persian named Sebastian, a yellow tabby named Maddox, and a beautiful boxer named, well what else but "Rocky."
Other animal projects: ladybugs, rainforest animals, and mice
Animal info. wanted: ladybugs and mice
Web site: http://www.infinitytx.net/springcreek1stgrade/
My note: This website has a lot to show us just how the Internet can be applied to those "little guys" and their families too!


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