I REALLY hate these kinds of projects. Science projects I understand. They conduct an experiment and learn about the scientific method. However, collecting bugs? Really? Let's just say I'm glad this one is over. Here she is with her final project.
Of course in order to get to this point, there was a whole lot of this...
And this...
For the past several weeks. Seriously, finding bugs isn't all that difficult, but finding 15 different kinds and in different orders and groups and what have you, that is next to impossible. Lucky for Melissa she had a bunch of Aunts helping her. Her friend even caught a bug for her as well. The prize goes to Melissa's aunt Marlene and Grandma. They caught her a Katydid. However from what I hear it was no easy task. They cornered it in the garage where it was hiding safely under the car. So they had to coax it out to where they could nab it and spent quite a bit of time on their hands and knees trying to do it. The sad thing is, Melissa had her 15 bugs by then, so she actually let it go because she thought it was too cute to kill.
Here she is with the bug right before she let it go. I hope the bug enjoys it's freedom because there were several other bugs who ended up on the board with a pin through it.
3 comments:
Wow, there is a lot of work and luck involved in that project. Looks good though and I bet she will always remember doing it.
I didn't realize that was a real project. If we had know more details and time it was due, we could have mailed you some fun stuff. In fact we have a dead scorpion in the garage as we speak.
But good job Melissa.
A scorpion would have been a nice addition. One or more of you had to do that, remember? Too bad you didn't have a wood pile - that made collecting easier.
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