Troop 042 History Magazine

Reptile and Amphibian Merit Badge Requirement

For the reptiles and amphibians merit badge one of the requirements is to observe a reptile or amphibian for one month. So I bought a tadpole and I am going to observe it for the next 30 days. So below there will be a picture of the tadpole for each day. This is to show the changes the tadpole goes through in its life.

Day one Tadpole arrives 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2 Tadpole in fish bowl.  Phillip (the tadpole) looks like an small eel.  He has no arms or legs and a long tail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 3 Phillip has little legs visible in his body though not visible in this picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 4 Phillip moves into a new tank as the fishbowl was too small. No noticeable change in Phillips body today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 5 Phillip has become more active than the last few days.  He has been jumping out of the water to play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Day 6 Phillip went on a trip to visit the cub scouts today to help me get one of the requirements done for the merit badge.  I gave a speech to the cub scouts about reptiles and amphibians.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Day 7 Phillip has not gone through any changes that you can see. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 8 still no noticeable changes in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 9 Phillip has gotten some bigger legs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 9 no noticeable changes in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 10 no noticeable changes in Phillip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 11 no noticeable change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 12 no change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 13 still no change in Phillip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 14 still no changes in Phillip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 15 no change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 16 we changed Phillips dirty water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 17 no change in Phillip

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 18 no noticeable change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 19 no change in Phillip. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 20 no change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 21 no change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 22 no change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 23 no change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 24 no change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 25 no change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 27 as you can see by this picture Phillip is sticking close to the top ot the water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 28 no change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 29 no change in Phillip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 30 no change in Phillip.

About Phillip

Phillip is a bullfrog.  The reason for no change in along time is because it takes 12 weeks for a lot of change to happen.  The only noticeable change is that if you look closely you can see his legs in the soft skin around his tail.