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Meet our baby rats!

Parsley

Sage

Rosemary

Thyme

Beet

Carrot

Celery

Radish

Shallot

Sprout

Watch our chicks grow up

October 24

October 24

October 24

October 25

October 25

October 26

October 26

October 27

October 27

October 28 – feathers are coming in!

October 28

October 31

October 31 – chick shows off

Oct 31

November 1

November 1 – dinner time!

November 2

November 3 – waiting patiently for their cage to be cleaned

November 3 – checking out their newly-cleaned cage

November 4

November 4

November 7

November 8

November 9

November 10

November 11

November 14

November 16

November 17

November 18

November 21

November 22

November 23

November 25

November 28

November 29

November 30

December 1

December 2 – getting too big for the crate!

December 5 – bird’s-eye view

December 6

December 7 – first time in the chicken room!

December 8 – a brave chick greets the hen

December 12 – still getting used to each other

Hatching

Baby chinchillas and baby degus

Two dark gray chinchillas stand in the cage facing opposite directions

Two male chinchillas, born May 13, 2022, at four months old

A gray chinchilla, eight days old

Female chinchilla, born July 10, 2022, at eight days old

Baby degu stands in cage on bedding of shredded paper

Female degu, born July 19, 2022

A baby chinchilla sits on the table

Female chinchilla, born September 1, 2022, at one day old

Two dark gray chinchillas stand in the cage facing opposite directions

A gray chinchilla, eight days old

Baby degu stands in cage on bedding of shredded paper

A baby chinchilla sits on the table

Student Learning

Animal Science students at the Career Center are training dwarf rats to perform certain behaviors using positive reinforcement, learned from a recent unit of study on Animal Behavior and Training. Some behaviors the rats have learned include going through obstacle courses, stand, and "high-five." Students first trained the rats to "target," a behavior that can be used to train other behaviors.

Students apply their knowledge of behavior and training to train rats

Students learn about livestock on a field trip to Mount Vernon

Students brush horses at Mount Vernon

Students practice wrapping a horse’s leg at Mount Vernon

Students practice wrapping a horse’s leg at Mount Vernon

Animal Science students at the Career Center are training dwarf rats to perform certain behaviors using positive reinforcement, learned from a recent unit of study on Animal Behavior and Training. Some behaviors the rats have learned include going through obstacle courses, stand, and "high-five." Students first trained the rats to "target," a behavior that can be used to train other behaviors.

Arlington Career Center

Margaret Chung, Principal

816 S. Walter Reed Drive

Arlington, VA 22204

Phone: 703-228-5800

Fax: 703-228-5815