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.

site observations day two.

We left the school to go outside to go on an adventure. The first thing we did was take a picture of our class behind a fence. Then we headed for the woods! Our first stop was at the pond. In the pond there where geese and baby geese. :) So cute! There was mud near the pond, and lots of trees and tall grass. The sun was very bright too. I heard buses beeping while they were backing up at the bus garage. I also heard a train. (Choo-Choo) It felt very windy and cold outside. After stopping at the pond and after we all took our pictures and observations, we headed even deeper into the woods. All I saw was trees, leaves, twigs, and mud all around us. Then I saw a brown bird. He was little and cute. :) He was chirping. Then we kept walking, and we saw a tree that had lots of holes in it from a woodpecker. There was a lot of thorns...me and Ashleigh ran into them. ouch! Then we go to our last site...and we all see these huge birds flying in the sky, no one could catch a picture of them though. Then after our last observations, we headed back for the school, before we all froze.