Activity: Train a Fish

Train your goldfish (or just read about it)

http://www.fish-school.com/

This web site started out as a kid's science project. He was able to train his goldfish to push a little soccer ball into a little soccer goal. Fun to read about and possibly fun to do, and a good way to learn about the psychology of conditioning - the way all show animals are trained.

The "how it works" page is interesting:

http://www.fish-school.com/background.htm

In one article I read, an expert sniffs that this might be stressful for the fish if done incorrectly (but the article didn't specify what that would be - I presume none of you will beat the fish).

The site has a little video of the fish pushing the soccer ball.