Showing posts with label Science Fair 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Science Fair 2008. Show all posts

Thursday 16 October 2008

Grandpa, Do Not Read This One, aka Spider



Thursday 10 July 2008

Caterpillar Buddy, the Eulolgy

Caterpillar buddy cocooned, but he never emerged. That was weeks ago. Yesterday Lil'Bug realized there was something wrong with his "coon" and I explained to her what happened. She cried. She's never had a pet or a loved one die. She'd seen movies where characters die and I think she somewhat understands the concept, but still, her heart hurt her to know that caterpillar buddy was dead. We set him out in a shady place for the wind to take him to heaven. That was her idea.

Goodbye caterpillar friend. You were very special to my sweet child. May you eat lots of broccoli leaves and flutter with delicate wings on the breeze.

Monday 7 July 2008

Slug baby!



The first photo reminded me of the stylized baby photos that studios do. LOL. Anyway, this is our bug find for the week!

Tuesday 6 May 2008

Backyard Bugs May 4

Thursday 1 May 2008

Backyard Bugs April 29



Confirmation. Scary grub= June Bug!

Wednesday 23 April 2008

Backyard Bugs April 23


Lil'Bug's cricket friend.....

Tuesday 22 April 2008

Backyard Bugs April 22



Monday 21 April 2008

Science Fair Project: Phase 1






Lil'Bug decided to document the bugs in our backyard. I took the pictures, but she found the bugs. She wants to keep doing this so we have a good record of what lives back there. Not all the critters are identified. She also went through our picture archive so we could put together a post of what we found last summer too, but then I realized we've already done that with the GARDEN CRITTERS tag. :) Wow, we found some neat stuff last year!

While a traditional Science Fair has one entry on one day, we are going to continue our project through the warm weather. We'll be buying a bug book to help with identification too. Any ideas on the larva thing in the first picture? Last year my aunt told me not to kill those because they turn into a beneficial bug, but I can't remember which one!