3. Day 1
✦ April 7, 2011
✦ Today we got our eggs. The name
of our egg is Max. We took him
out of the petri dish by sucking
him up in a dropper. We then put
him on a depression slide with
spring water on him. We tried to
figure out what stage our egg was
at, and realized it is at stage 2
because the yolk was yellowish
yet transparent and the
perivitelline space was present
beneath the “shell.”
5. Day 2
✦ April 8, 2011
✦ This morning when we came in,
Max’s heart started to beat. We
realized that we were wrong
about the stage of Max from
yesterday because his heart had a
beat today. We will find out his
actual heart rate tomorrow with
better testing. From what we have
seen so far, we think that he had
60 BPM, which would put Max
at stage 23.
7. Day 3
✦ April 11, 2011
✦ When we came in this morning,
the first thing we did was got
Max’s heartbeat. We counted his
heartbeat to be 110 BPM. Max
has started to develop and has
started to see things flowing
through Max. We found Max’s
eyes also. Then, we took videos
and pictures of Max’s
development and heartbeat.
10. Day 4
✦ April 12, 2011
✦ Today, Max’s heartbeat was 140
BPM. This means that he is in
stage 30. By this stage, we should
be able to see the urinary bladder.
We have not seen any pink blood
yet, but an orangish blood.
12. Day 5
✦ April 13, 2011
✦ Today, when we took Max’s
heartbeat, it was 136 BPM. For
some reason, Max’s heart rate has
decreased, or we were not
completely accurate in our testing.
He is in stage 31.
14. Day 6
✦ April 14, 2011
✦ Max’s heartbeat for today was
120 BPM. His heart rate keeps
dropping. We also saw the
pectoral fin, and there was some
movement. There was also red
blood flowing throughout Max.
He is in stage 32.
16. Day 7
✦ April 15, 2011
✦ Today, we thought Max was dead,
but he was not. He is just getting
too big and doesn’t have any room
to move. We also took Max’s
heartbeat and found it to be 120
BPM again. Max is in stage 33.
18. Day 8
✦ April 18, 2011
✦ Max has hatched over the
weekend and has become a little
fish. He moves around, and never
stays put for more than a few
seconds. He has many spots on
his back and two big black eyes.
