I didn't manage to take a picture everyday this week. But here's what I did manage.
Monday (5/2) - We got home from work/school/grandmas late so went to Arby's (our standby dinner place) for their 9.99 family meal. Did you know they offer a family of 4 full meal on Monday-Wednesdays? We are frequent customers and I can't beat paying $2.50 per person. The girls are playing while we wait for our dinner.
5/3 (Tuesday). This collection of freshly killed insects, magnifying glass, bug catcher, decaying log and paper was left on the deck at grandmas. No one complained of being stung or swollen......so we're letting it go.
5/4-5/6- No pictures. I distinctly remember not taking photos those days. I remembering saying to myself as I laid on the sofa exhausted, "Get up Alycia, find something to shoot, keep going, you can do it"...but I didn't. Oh well.
Saturday (5/7), Alex & I took a morning class at the math & science center on spiders. Warning- this post is not for the squirmish.
Here the kids are simulating how a spider knows when/where a possible food source or enemy enters it's web.
Figuring how why spiders don't get stuck in their own webs....
Learning about camaflouge.....
A series of spider boxes (real) and spider molts (skins) to match up.
a whole box full of molt specimens!
a pregnant spider, their sacs look fairly proportionate to what I looked like in my 9th month.
Examining joints & fangs....
I love that you can see the venom tube so clearly (anyone know the "real" term for venom tube?)
a simulation on how venom dissolves its victims from the inside.
more hands on.... did you know that tarantulas will flick their hairs at you as a defense mechanism so one should always wear goggles when handling.
and a goody bag" gift from the center. We used this twice now at home to look up spiders outside.
I don't think we even have an Arbys near us I'll have to check.
I've always found it fascinating that no matter how close or for how long I spray a spiders web with a full force water hose it never breaks!! Fascinating.
I never knew that tarantulas flick their hair either.
P.s. I will def let you know if/when we venture to Hershey Park.
Posted by: Melanie | May 31, 2011 at 13:48
Ewww--what a fun week, but I had an encounter with a spider the size of my palm, and I'm still freaked out about it! (It came home from Florida with us.) I don't think I could ever hold a tarantula.
Have a great rest-of-week!!
Christine
Posted by: Christine | June 01, 2011 at 05:38
Shivers......
Posted by: Tracy | June 01, 2011 at 13:17