So even though we couldn't bring meat (and maybe flies) into the classroom, we watched the video to help us better understand the role the flies had with the meat. Trying to connect the flies we saw at the beginning and the white, wiggly things at the ends was certainly tough. Here's a summary of what the class thinks:
Almost everyone wanted to zoom in on the movie more, but it didn't quite work. So Mrs. Brinza found another movie where someone was lucky enough to zoom in really close to a fly on meat.
Flies lifecycle (#115)
Uploaded by nature1upclose on 2011-06-15.
We made some notice/wonder charts to organize our thinking...
And are developing some initial models to describe the relationships between the two organisms...