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Anna Kelly@annavkelly· 6d

The plants are unkempt, the Amazon Sword is not doing that well since the move, but I did get more blue dream shrimp to keep "Bigfoot" company. The snails and the shrimp feed on the unhealthy plant leaves and fish food. The glass is algae-free. I see 4 shrimp here. #keepingthingsalive #classroompets

4 out of hopefully a dozen blue dream neocaridina shrimp (I bought my 1-year resident shrimp, Bigfoot some company).

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· 6d

We are making up for lost time in snuggles, with me dog-sitting overnight for a friend and at a workshop out of town for 3 days this past week. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· 20d

Pictured (used the E1 printer): 12"x16" flat canvas (facing hallway window), textured 6"x8" wood panel table sign, & a textured 2"x3" Yoda magnet for my board. There will be more things in my classroom that I'm using the Eufymake E1 for. #art #design #teacher #eufymake #steam #stem

12"x16" canvas, printed using #eufymake E1 printer, displayed in my classroom window facing the hallway

textured wood panel design printed using #eufymake E1 printer, will be displayed on my desk

textured Yoda magnet made using the #eufymake E1 printer

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· 20d

I just ordered Bigfoot some company, hoping to get 10 more blue dream shrimp by Tuesday or Wednesday. I know they won't be shipped by UPS 1-day air before Monday. I am hoping the new shrimp will be as resilient as this one has been (or don't bring new diseases). #keepingthingsalive #classroompets

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· 20d

He is working on getting used to the leash again. Sometimes, it's hard to get him back in the house or make sure he does all of his business. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· 27d

I again failed to take my phone outside this morning...he was in full sprint and I would've loved to have a video of it. Next week, maybe. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

Face of a sleeping brown dog, tongue slightly sticking out

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· 27d

Bigfoot (my shrimp name) sighting...I don't think the local aquatic pet store checks their email, because I haven't gotten a response about whether or not they have blue neocaridina. Social anxiety (&/or something else) keeps me from calling or dropping by. #keepingthingsalive #classroompets

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jul 11

Half the time, this is my view of Cocoa...and he's so stubborn he wouldn't come up and snuggle no matter how much I beg. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

The back end of a brown dog doing a sploot on the bed

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jul 11

I had a Bigfoot (shrimp name) sighting on Monday so I won't see her for another couple of weeks. My non-orange (powder blue, cookies & cream) sowbugs bred this one oddity. I had to look up what insect was outside my classroom window...it's a soldier fly. #keepingthingsalive #classroompets

Blue neocaridina shrimp behind some aquatic moss

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jul 4

Today could be one of the worst days for my baby. We already had some fireworks right at midnight. After today, he might regress again. *sigh* #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

Back view of a brown dog with a short tail running in a yard

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jul 4

I've decided to name my one shrimp Bigfoot. I seldom see it & when I do, I take pics of it, some of which are blurry. In my isopod setup, I thought I had fewer than 5 pill bugs...there were around 10 on that one bark until I moved the container to take a photo. #keepingthingsalive #classroompets

a single blue neocaridina shrimp on a leaf

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jun 28

I know his face is blurry here, but I remembered to take my phone out & I have so few pics of him outdoors. He was so proud of himself today. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

brown dog standing out in a grassy yard, front right leg bent up, tongue licking his nose, face is somewhat blurry from motion

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jun 21

My one shrimp survived the tank move from the science classroom to the 5th grade classroom. I had to rearrange plants, take some water out, move the tank, put new water in, & fiddled with lighting. She's still there. I hope to get her some company (besides snails). #keepingthingsalive #classroompets

blue neocaridina shrimp, the only one in the tank

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jun 21

Sometimes, he lies down in a way that looks like it might hurt his neck, just to get his head on mommy's chest. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

brown dog's head on mommy's chest, neck bent in a seemingly (but not actually) uncomfortable position

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jun 13

I retired my morning supervision vest. Bye, #scienceclassroom. I downsized to 1 tank & took out all plants rooted in it. Here's the longest, with a meter stick for scale. It's now in a pot with lava rocks & water; I might have it "climb" next to a window in my 5th grade classroom. #changeisgood

Pothos plant next to a meter stick (for scale), previously rooted in a fish tank and newly removed

Safety vest that I wore during morning supervision by the bus line

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jun 13

As challenging as he can be at times, I love Cocoa. We just keep chugging along and celebrate the wins, as fleeting as they sometimes are. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

Senior brown dog resting his head on daddy's leg (under a light blue fuzzy blanket).

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jun 6

This year, I printed out 3 trophies for the spelling bee. Only 5th grade had it last year; 4th grade joined in this time. The text items are stickers from the Eufymake E1 printer; so were the finalists' names. The winners' names were stuck on the lowest hexagons on top. #stem #3dprinting #eufymake

3D-printed spelling bee trophies, text items are stickers made with the Eufymake E1 printer; finalists' names were also made into stickers to apply to the lowest hexagon on top of the trophies right after the contest was over

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jun 6

I managed to get a decent pic of my 1 shrimp. I saw a sowbug that looks like 1/2 of 1 kind and 1/2 of another in the bin. My 4th & 5th graders played a prey-predator activity ("poor vision" + noisemakers) that's always fun to watch. #keepingthingsalive #scienceclassroom #classroompets

Blue neocaridina shrimp, the only one in the tank at this time, hardly ever spotted, but photographed a lot when it happens

Sowbug that looks like it's half-brown and half-bluish gray, most likely an offspring of 2 different variations...there are "cookies and cream" and "powder blue" sowbugs in the bin, so this may be a mix of those.

Students doing a prey-predator activity where all animals have poor vision...predators have jingle bells on their ankles, and prey animals have noisemakers that they use to find another of their kind so they can be "safe".

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Jun 6

The boy was unhappy that I went to work on Sunday to get some things done before the deadline. He let me know LOUDLY that he was unhappy. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

Face of a brown dog, eyes half-closed, tongue slightly out.

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· May 30

I've been busy using my #eufymake E1 printer to make stickers. This is one of my test tumblers that I will be sticking my creations on. I'm contemplating having students make stickers next school year in one of my clubs. More details in the alt text. #art #design #teacher #stickers #steam #stem

Photos of 2 sides of a drink tumbler that I have decorated with "permanent" stickers I made with my Eufymake E1 printer. I designed the stickers myself using Procreate or Affinity Designer. I blurred the school name, but there might still be a clue there...you figure it out.

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· May 30

Life continues in the Science classroom...or life cycles continue in the Science classroom. Here are some photos from this week. Better descriptions are in the alt texts for each photo. Let's just say I didn't plan to get more caterpillars. #keepingthingsalive #scienceclassroom #classroompets

Tiny painted lady caterpillars hatched out Friday night. The eggs were laid on Monday, and the butterflies were consequently set free so as not to keep getting more eggs. Bottom left photo has thumb for scale.

Painted butterfly eggs were laid on Monday on the fake flower around the sugar water wick (which is inside a medicine cup). Top photos were taken on the day they were laid. Bottom photos were taken on Thursday. They hatched on Friday.

$Some random Science room photos: Top left, a darkling beetle that wasn't able to molt out of its pupa exoskeleton (it was still feeding and walking around); top right, my classroom currently has ~100 mealworm pupae; bottom left, a student gave me back her journal from last year & it came with a caterpillar (I put the journal back in her locker with a note about why she might want to keep it); bottom right, the privacy film on my window facing the media center (which has windows to outside) refracts the sunlight in the morning, but only at this time of year.$

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· May 30

Cocoa has been regressing. Something has apparently spooked him & he rushes back in after doing #1. I wish I knew what is causing that. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

brown dog out in the grass, sniffing at something on the ground

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· May 23

This is the Saturday morning face of a very good boy who wants more head and neck scratches from mommy but still snuggle daddy also. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

The goofy face of a brown senior dog. He was lying on the bed facing away from me, and I started to scratch his head. He turned to look at me.

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· May 23

We had 6 caterpillars that all pupated. Sadly, 2 chrysalids fell to the bottom of the jar. After relocating all 6 to a bigger enclosure, Surprisingly, 1 of the fallen ones did emerge (deformed). It was a new experience for everyone. Read alt text. #keepingthingsalive #scienceclassroom #classroompets

A painted lady butterfly with deformed wings. The chrysalid was in the bottom of the enclosure and wasn't expected to produce a live butterfly. It was a great lesson for students for why the chrysalids need to be hanging or suspended from something. I chose not to try to suspend the 2 fallen ones I had because I thought it would be a good lesson for students about how, in nature, some organisms do not survive. In this case, some organisms do survive but not in an optimal way. This butterfly can crawl around but not fly. Sometimes it struggles to get back up when it flips over. I am not sure that it is able to feed from the little cup in the enclosure that has sugar water wicking up through a fake flower. It will most likely inevitably starve to death. I've also seen the other butterflies interact with it, but I am not sure about the meaning of the interactions. I didn't know if they were attacking or doing something else.

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· May 16

I need to be awake enough to bring my phone when I take him out...could've gotten a nice pic of him sniffing a dandelion puff this morning. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· May 9

Plants & animals growing (see alt texts), and cardboard chair (kindergartners challenged me to make) disassembled now that I have to start sorting & packing for my move to 5th grade...background blurred to cover up the mess. #keepingthingsalive #scienceclassroom #classroompets #stem #stemeducation

Last 2 stages of darkling beetle: pupa, newly molted beetle (bottom & top), beetle a day after

Mealworm pupa, 2-day old darkling beetle, painted lady chrysalises, brassica rapa seed pods growing

Cardboard chair I was challenged to create by kindergartners after we talked about paper as a material. I was allowed to use only staples, no tape or glue. This chair has been disassembled and recycled.

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· May 9

Some Saturdays, the boy doesn't check any of the boxes that earns him his favorite chew. Hopefully, he does tomorrow, or goes outside with dad. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

sleepy face of a 10-year old brown pitbull/staffie mix

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· May 2

Señor Sleepyhead, super snuggler, is glad it's Saturday again, so he can just stay in bed most of the time on mommy's lazy, do-nothing day. #WIP #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· May 2

It's crazy how quickly caterpillars grow in a span of a week. I watched a mealworm finish molting. I wish I could say my fish are doing well, but they are dropping like flies. Pollen allergy is also being discovered in class. youtu.be/swCN6g5EKw4 #keepingthingsalive #scienceclassroom #classroompets

Painted lady caterpillars 1 week after arrival, over 3cm long

Painted lady caterpillars 1 week after arrival, about 3cm long

Painted lady caterpillars upon arrival 04/23/26, less than 1 cm long

Anna Kelly@annavkelly· Apr 25

Using my #eufymake E1 printer, I printed out on sample tumblers. The photo is the 1st attempt, & the video is the 2nd. youtube.com/shorts/UwxL7... #rescuedogs #dogsofbluesky #blueskydogs #seniordogs #dogsofbsky #doggos #dogs #adoptdontshop #furbabies #SeniorPupSaturday @loudoldhippie.bsky.social