Something fishy has been going on in the classroom of Mohawk junior high teacher Ben Edwards.
His seventh-grade science students are pretty excited about it, too.
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Rainbow trout in an aquarium in the seventh-grade classroom of Ben Edwards at Mohawk Junior High are part of a Trout in the Classroom program.
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Zoe Ciavarino, left, and Elise Weber, Mohawk seventh graders, deliver food to the eager rainbow trout in their classroom fish tank.
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Mohawk seventh-grade science teacher Ben Edwards talks about the rainbow trout project in his classroom.
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Rainbow trout babies swim in a tank in the Mohawk seventh-grade science classroom of Ben Edwards.
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Rainbow trout babies swim in a tank in the Mohawk seventh-grade science classroom of Ben Edwards.
Mohawk seventh graders Steven Winter, left, and Blake McNellis prepare to test the aquarium water where the class trout are being raised.
A Trout in the Classroom sign adorns a wall.
Mohawk seventh-grade science teacher Ben Edwards talks about the rainbow trout project in his classroom.
Zoe Ciavarino, left, and Elise Weber, Mohawk seventh graders, deliver food to the eager rainbow trout in their classroom fish tank.
Mohawk seventh graders Ensley Sun, left, and Raegan Bessell exhibit the basket in which the trout eggs hatched for their classroom project.
Rainbow trout in an aquarium in the seventh-grade classroom of Ben Edwards at Mohawk Junior High are part of a Trout in the Classroom program.
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