Science Projects, Lesson Plans and Experiments

Pet Log

On the pet table in my classroom children can find a goldfish, a newt, a couple of hermit crabs, some tadpoles, and a loose-leaf notebook overflowing with paragraphs and pictures.  The notebook is our Pet Log.  We use the Pet Log to keep records of our classroom pets’ development and daily activities.

Exercising their powers of observation, children study the pets, and then draw and record their findings for that day.  Each child signs and dates his or her page.  As children look back at past entries, they can see their own development as well as that of the pets!
Submitted by: Genevieve Petrillo - Belleville, New Jersey