June 15, 2010

Well we are almost at the end of the school year. Last week we released two out of the three butterflies. Unfortunately one of the monarchs did not make it. I think it may not have had enough milkweed to eat before it went into its chrysalis. Check out the photos below to see the chrysalids and the adult monarch butterflies.

June 4, 2010

June 4, 2010

June 4, 2010

June 7, 2010

June 7, 2010

 

May 27, 2010

Spring is almost over, only 25 days left. We have some new visitors in my classroom. Two weeks ago I received a milkweed plant with a few monarch butterfly eggs on it. I did not see the eggs, but noticed the caterpillars last week. They really devoured the plant over the past weekend. Here are a few photos for you to see thier development. This morning one of the three caterpillars became a chrysalis. The other two look like they are about to change soon. I will take some more pictures tomorrow.

May 17, 2010

May 21, 2010

May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010

 

Send me an email if you have any questions.
MrCainScience@gmail.com

 

The PS weather station is up and running. The yellow bar above scrolls the current weather at PS 3 every 15 mins. Put your cursor on top of it to slow the scroll speed. You may have to hit refresh for the site to update.

For the full weather report click on this link Current Weather

Here are some photos of the station. Thank you to John, our building manager, for taking the time to build the mount to hold up the weather station and carrying the 80 lb station up to the roof.

Please feel free to drop me an email with any comments, suggestions, or just to say hello.

Mr. Cain
rcain@schools.nyc.gov