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Pets- ideas :-)
By Stacey

Hi, each year that I have taught we have done the water frogs, butterflies, and lady bugs as science things. The kids love these and they are not real expensive, of course you release the lady bugs and butterflies but the
kids get attached and it is neat. The frog is yours to keep until you are ready to get rid of him or her. You can also purchase friends for your frog etc. Very easy to take care of. I also have a couple hampsters (dwarf) these guys are cheap and easy too. They dont eat much and they eat just about anything. If you give them attention they are a lot of fun too. My kids love it

when we put the hampster in the hampster ball and let it roll around the classroom. I did have a hissing cockroach too that was super easy- thank god because I wasnt about to touch it but all you did was put a little dog food and bark in his little cage and a sponge in a shallow dish (for water) and that is it, all you really have to do for him is keep the sponge damp. Easy fish are good too, if you dont get the ones that need an ariator, etc. they are pretty easy, just feed and clean every once in a while, pet stores can lt you know which kinds are the hardiest! Guinney Pigs are fun too but can smell if you dont clean their cage regularly. I dont do the snake or spider thing myself, anything else, I will try. It is fun to let the students help name the animals. We have 2 water frogs from last year that my kids named Butterfinger and Snickers. Creative they are!