Crustaceans and Echinoderms.

                             Crustaceans.



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Echinoderms.

                                          

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* The similarities between Crustaceans and Echinoderms is that they both have bilateral symmetry when the Echinoderm is in the larvae stage.

                                             

Biofilm Simulation at the grahamcracker marine reserve.

Signs Of Spring. :)

SITE #1

                                  So, we walked outside to try and find signs of spring. The first place we stopped at was in a field behind the school. You can't really see it to well in my picture, but i found little flower buds that where starting to grow. There was also green leaves. Ignore the ugly water bottle that someone littered with. :( The second picture you see is a deer print. Christa, Kim, and I found it. :) Except Christa found it first. :) good eye Christa. :) While we where at our first site, i heard the wind blowing and bird's chirping. :) It felt very, very cold, and the wind wasn't helping any. :(

SITE #2

                                
                                            This is site two. We stopped at the pond. The water was pretty that day. In my picture is pollen.
                                                                         SITE #4

This is site four. In my picture there is red flower buds. They where really pretty. There was a lot of trees too. They all had buds growing. yay, spring is coming. :) In this site i heard class mates laughing and talking, and cars in the distance, and the wind blowing. It was still pretty cold and the wind was still blowing. But there was a few warm spots where there wasn't any shade. So that was our last site for the day, and we finally went back into the warm school. :)

plankton wars / algae in the cupboard.

This was mine and Christa's Plankton. It was made out of Plato, filter paper, straws, a rock, a flag, and we gave him little eye balls. The reason ours won is because one, we are awesome! :) But really it was probably because we didn't have to much on it to weigh it down quickly. I think that the filter paper helped a lot because it slowly soaked in the water. Also the straws helped keep its strucutre. We didnt have to take anything off for it to sink. Its funny that we won, because ours was so simple. But i guess simple is sometimes best. But props to Autom and Katelynn for their beautiful mermaid. :)

site observations day four.

site observations day three.

plankton observations.

It is a Zooplankton, because it is an animal. It is Holoplankton, because it is plankton for its entire life. It would be classified as a Macro in its size.

It is a Zooplankton, because it is an animal. It is a Meroplankton, because it is temporarily plankton for part of its life. It would be classified as Macro in its size.

It is a Zooplankton, because it is an animal. It is a Holoplankton, because it remains plankton its entire life. It would be classified as Micro for its size, it is very small.

It is Phytoplankton, because it is a plant, its green and contains chlorophyll. It is Holoplankton, because it remains plankton for its entire life. It would be classified as Micro in its size.