Tam's studying science

Yeah!
Tamlin's getting science time at school now!
I'm so excited!

Kiddo is learning about classification of animals...but only the "easy" ones...you know: mammal, bird, fish, amphibian, reptile, insect. (Not even a hint of nematodes or cephalopods or arachnids!) Tam's assignment was to bring in one photo of an animal to help the class with this sorting/classification task.
One photo...Pshaw!

Apparently, Brian's father saved all of his old "Ranger Rick" magazines from the 1980s so we now have a small stack of them. These awesome little magazines from the National Wildlife Federation have tons of photos and short articles about animals...targeting a 7-10 year old audience.  (I really need to think about getting a subscription for the boys).

We found many photos in only the three magazines we flipped through...several that Tam excitedly cut out.

Final Tally to take in?
Hedgehog
Ostrich
Pelican
Cicadas
Camels
Baby swans
Sea dragon
Rainbow fish
Rhinoceros
Humpback whale
Crocodile

And his favorites:
a mosquito larvae to stump his teacher
and a two-headed snake for coolness factor

And Jude insisted on the Clown fish (Nemo), a cool sea dragon, and a weevil.  He's taking them in for show-n-tell this week and then hanging them in his room.