UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 33, Page 11
May 23, 1996
Young naturalists

     Life cycles, not tricycles, interest these kindergartners from
the Laboratory Preschool of the College of Human Resources, shown here
at their Born Free ceremony at White Clay Creek State Park. Their
teacher, Nancy Edwards, does a yearly project on life cycles when the
budding naturalists go to White Clay Creek State Park, collect
tadpoles and bring them back to an aquarium at the school. After this
year's study of how the life cycle evolves from eggs to tadpoles to
frogs, the children revisited the park last week for a special send-
off ceremony. They released the maturing tadpoles, sang "Born Free"
and then floated blocks of wood with candles and made wishes for the
tadpoles. The candles were retrieved at the end of the ceremony.