This Week In Science #8

                                                             Above is the dorsal view

                                                              Below is the side view

  
     This week in science we did some pretty disgusting stuff. We dissected an earth worm, a craw fish, and a giant cricket. My group took pictures and drew pictures of the creatures we dissected, which was the craw fish. We saw the heart of the craw fish and the gills that were inside of the craw fish's tough armored skin. We also took dorsal and side photos of the fish before getting crazy with the dissecting. We also used scalpel and the scissor for the first time during a dissection with a creature.
     This week in science I learned how to dissect different species such as the earth worm, a cray fish and a giant cricket. I also learned how to hold and use the scalpel and scissor the correct and appropriate way. I learned that I like dissecting things. I didn't know cray fish had gills inside their of their bodies unlike fish, who have it outside their bodies. I learned that Angela likes to play with the disgusting earth worms. And lastly I learned the different views of the dissections. A couple are the proximal view, dorsal view and the ventral view.

This month in science

This month in science we did a project. We had to make a power point video with our group on the background that we chose to do. We had to choose an animal that lived in the environment and what it eats and etc. During this project we also had to vocally record what was on our power point (vegetation, location, climate, and landforms). My group actually chose the desert and and we chose desert animals, and described the climate. I chose the desert bighorn sheep. I did one slide and it was beautiful, but my recording part was horrible.

This month in science I learned how to create a great power point for my science project. I also learned how to put a picture as the background of the slide. I learned that speaking over laptop is not my strong suit and that I work slowly with a group. I learned that the desert has sheep, and the desert bighorn sheep eats bobcats, mountain lions, coyotes, golden eagles,  and wolves. I learned that it rains in the desert but very rarely. And lastly I learned that I should do better in science class because I have a C+.

Classification Challenges.

Dogfish Pup:
   -Can hunt alone in groups.
   -Eat small fish, squid, and crustaceans.
   -Has a string jaw for crushing shells and has small but sharp teeth.
   -Is a bottom dweller but needs to be in temperatures of 45 to 59 degrees.
   -Has a sharp spine in front of the dorsal fin (can be poisonous).

Cricket investigation

   Background Research:

      Female crickets have a ovipositor in the rear. Crickets are omnivores and feed on organic materials. They live under rocks and logs in meadows (many are nocturnal). Crickets are eaten  by spiders, some wasps, ground beetles, small rodents, and lizards. They are either brown or black. They are an important food source for other animals.

   Question:

      Do crickets prefer light or dark?

   Hypothesis:

       If we give crickets the choice of light or dark
       then we think the crickets will prefer dark
       because crickets aren't seen or heard in the light as much as the dark.

Experimental setup:
 The first time we put a cricket in the tank the cricket was in there for a long period of time. So then we got more and all of them were also in there for a long time. Actually 20 minutes.

Mini Conclusion:
 I learned that crickets like the dark more than the light because they spent a long time inside the dark tube than outside in the light.

This Week in Science #6

   This week in science we research crickets body parts, what they eat, who eats them and more. After we did our cricket investigation we did a data day for crickets. We did also do a activity for dichotomous keys involving classifying shoes into there own categories. We made dichotomous charts and lists for jelly bellies to see how we classified them and decided which flavor was which by observing them (in spots and color). While we were in groups we had to make a dichotomous chart and show how we did it and which style do we prefer ( chart or list).And we had to do our cover page for our new quarter, which had to be colored from end to end and had to have animals on it. We also drew how the crickets looked from the front, side, and top view.
   This week in science we learned how to classify things by using a dichotomous keys and lists. We also learned how to read them. I learned that crickets are obviously more active with the top of the lids off.
I learned that there are also of kinds of jelly bellies and flavors. I also learned that crickets prefer wet environments rather than dry spots; because our research shows that crickets sit on wet spots for a longer period of time than dry environments.

this Week In Science #5

    This week in science week we did a couple of things. I observed crickets for a period of time and wrote seven things I wondered about them and sevrn things I observed. We also drew the view of the crickets. There was a front view, a side view and a top view. David showed us video on youtube and we observed the animal behaviors. Then after that we had to search up our own animal videos whether its animal mating, fighting or whatever as long as it was appropriate. Umm...David showed us a video on a rare species called an owl parrot and we also observed the behavior of that creature. It was really funny, he was a cute little fella. We had to do our conclusion wrap up too so that we can complete our rocket challenge. And David we also watched this hilarious cat video.

    This week in science we learned how to observe animals each and every move. We learned how to write a perfect conclusion for our rocket challenge. 

This week in science #4

   This week in science i learned how to organize  my chart of the project planing. We had to decide who would do what for the project. i divided my notebook into 2 sections of the owner which is the the person who is doing the job. Then i divided the next section into parts which is the job of the owner doing it. i also learned how to plot my data from my book on the computer and how the graph easily automatically forms as you plot the data in the tables. i learned how to delete things without clicking them with the mouse by pressing enter twice and adding your desired symbols and deleting.                                         
  This week in science i did a couple of things. we did a write up day 1 for the group plant investigation project. we had to see if our observations from the plants (brassica rapa) we grew and see if it related to our hypothesis.