Comments on: Nature Study Indoors-Toads! http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/ Not all who wander are lost Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:47:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Rebecca http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Rebecca Fri, 14 Apr 2006 04:34:49 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/#comment-56 Great photos...makes me want to get out there for pond study! I have never seen toad eggs before. Your house sure sounds like fun! Great photos…makes me want to get out there for pond study! I have never seen toad eggs before. Your house sure sounds like fun!

]]> By: Alice http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Alice Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:41:15 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/#comment-55 FANTASTIC! What a great jar for the toads, and I love the notebook entry. This blog is always such an inspiration. FANTASTIC!

What a great jar for the toads, and I love the notebook entry. This blog is always such an inspiration.

]]> By: Barb http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Barb Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:14:55 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/#comment-54 What a wonderful science study! Superboy's journal is so nice. Question; I noticed your microscope in the one picture. We are contemplating finally purchasing one. What brand is yours and are you satisfied with the quality for the studies you do? P.S. I showed Josh the pictures of your farm with your garden and Superboy and sis playing in the creek and he wants to come live with you lol. Barb, The microscope you saw is <a href="http://www.nationaloptical.com/products/stereoscopic/models/415TBL-10.html">this one</a>. I got it from the University on "permanent loan." It is great for looking at stuff where you want lower magnification (20 or 40X) but greater depth of field. Not good for slides, high magnification, etc. but really good for looking at bugs, tadpoles, and the like. I also have a really cool Wolfe field scope, similar to <a href="https://www2.carolina.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?jdeAddressId=&catalogId=10101&storeId=10151&productId=6810&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=&crumbs=n">this one</a>. Only 40X also, but great for taking out in the field due to light weight, no mechanical parts and prismatic light source. The Wolfe is the only scope in that price range that I would recommend. Be very careful about getting an inexpensive scope with claims of magnifications up to 1000X. Typically the optics are not good and they can be very frustrating. Better to have good quality optics at lower magnification. I am still working on getting a compound scope with higher magnification ($$$), but these two have served us very well so far. Theresa PS: Tell Josh Superboy would love to have him here! What a wonderful science study! Superboy’s journal is so nice. Question; I noticed your microscope in the one picture. We are contemplating finally purchasing one. What brand is yours and are you satisfied with the quality for the studies you do?

P.S. I showed Josh the pictures of your farm with your garden and Superboy and sis playing in the creek and he wants to come live with you lol.

Barb,
The microscope you saw is this one. I got it from the University on “permanent loan.” It is great for looking at stuff where you want lower magnification (20 or 40X) but greater depth of field. Not good for slides, high magnification, etc. but really good for looking at bugs, tadpoles, and the like. I also have a really cool Wolfe field scope, similar to this one. Only 40X also, but great for taking out in the field due to light weight, no mechanical parts and prismatic light source. The Wolfe is the only scope in that price range that I would recommend. Be very careful about getting an inexpensive scope with claims of magnifications up to 1000X. Typically the optics are not good and they can be very frustrating. Better to have good quality optics at lower magnification. I am still working on getting a compound scope with higher magnification ($$$), but these two have served us very well so far.
Theresa
PS: Tell Josh Superboy would love to have him here!

]]> By: Maureen http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Maureen Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:08:07 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/#comment-53 We have a garden pond with a Mr. and Mrs. Frog in it. We get tadpoles every year....but the egg sacks are always in the "muck" at the bottom of the pond, so we never see those. Thanks for sharing! We have a garden pond with a Mr. and Mrs. Frog in it. We get tadpoles every year….but the egg sacks are always in the “muck” at the bottom of the pond, so we never see those. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Steph http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Steph Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:19:50 +0000 http://lapazfarm.homeschooljournal.net/2006/04/11/nature-study-indoors-toads/#comment-52 That is so cool! We just raised a frog tadpole. I love your habitat and journal. That is so cool! We just raised a frog tadpole. I love your habitat and journal.

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