Brine Shrimp Lab

Brine Shrimp Lab!

Day 1

Materials

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Day 2

About the Shrimp

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Day 3

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Pictures

Day 4

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Pictures

Shrimp In Microscope

Eggs In Microscope

Click for videos of shrimp under the microscope

Use for 3.2.6 Scientific Drawings

Day 1: Set up

• Make salt water and set up hatchery with directions in edio.
• Put a pinch of eggs into each compartment.
• Placed salt water and eggs into the hatchery
• Let sit overnight under a light and the lid off

Day 2: Check in

• Check water level and add as needed
• Checked for larvae - none so far
• temperature of water affects how fast they hatch
• Let sit overnight with lid off and light on.

Day 3: Feeding

• Put a pinch of yeast into each compartment on the hatchery
• Stir/shake the hatchery so the yeast goes into the water
• Let sit under light with the lid off
• Some may be slowly hatching but no movement
• Added water as needed

Day 4: Watching

• Added bottled water as needed
• Left under a light with lid off

• Miss Koch's did not hatch go to the pictures tab to watch a video of what they would look like.

Brine Shrimp

Also called Sea Monkeys Brine shrimp are tiny organisms that live in very salty aquatic environments. Brine shrimp live in oceans and saltwater lakes worldwide. The temperature of the water changes how fast the shrimp will hatch.

Do not discard any of the brine shrimp eggs into a drain or body of water. Brine shrimp can cause problems in ecosystems where they are not native.

Materials Needed

• bottled water
• brine shrimp eggs
• cover slip
• microscope
• paper towels
• pipette
• slide
• Magnifier
• Yeast