What was the experiment?

Phase 1:  During the fall 1999, students tried to test their prediction thatthe trout could live in the stream near Riverglen.  The Idaho Fish and Game donated 11 trout and a live trap to keep the fish in the stream.  Students monitored them every day to determine if they could survive in the stream. Phase 2:  During the Spring of 2000, Life Science students were able to raise rainbow trout from eggs with the help of the Idaho Fish & Game Department and Idaho Chapter of Trout Unlimited.  Students tested the water quality of the stream to determine if we could release the young trout into the stream. Phase 3:  During the 2000-2001 school year, Life Science students will continue to raise trout in the classroom and test the water quality of the stream.  Each semester, students will decide if we will release the trout they've raised into the Boise River or the nearby stream.

Fertilized eggs provided                      Students counted the eggs.
by Idaho Fish & Game

This the cooled aquarium that Trout             The eggs were placed in Vibert Boxes and
Unilimited has let us use to raise the             put into the cooled aquarium.
eggs.

Three weeks later the eggs developed           After six weeks the embryos hatch.
into "eyed embryos."