TWIS #15 Milestone

            Myself and my group couldn't talk for this finial  marshmallow challenge. So we started to think about what we were going to do before the challenge started. we came up with a good and easy idea and it was to write down our thoughts. Not talking was the hardest part and wasting time was the easiest part. When we finish getting the spaghetti tall enough we put the marshmallow on top. And when we did that it was hard to keep it up standing straight. So we put long pieces of tap around it to keep it up. But at the end we mange to finish with the tallest sculpture and a marshmallow on top of it. 

the last marshmallow challenge.

            I learned a lot over these missions challenge it was also a good a good experience. My team name is team awesome and the first time we did really bad ending up as the losing team, the second time my team ended up with the tallest sculpture doing awesome, and then the last one we won but we did it a little less than the second time. As you can see the picture below this is the whole group working and thinking together trying to keep it up. I think that working with the same group members again was a little better only because we knew each other more. I feel that it depends on what kind of group work is being done in oder for me to say I like working in groups.      

team awesome working 

this is the results of all three mission challenge of all the groups in cohort 5.

This Year in Science - 10th Grade Intro Video

'Marine Digital Food Chain'

                             

                                   

this week in science #13

if we were to leave these spider habitat tanks sealed but removed all of the plants, what would happen? And why? 

If i was to leave the spider in the tank without any plants I think that the spider will die. Because the spiders don't have oxygen.

this week in science #12

     This week in science I different things. I did things like create a spider observation log. In the log am suppose to write down what I notice in the tank, like what is changing. I looked and read on symbiotic relationships. I drew an example of each relationship on different pages in the spider observation log. Before my group had one spider which is the biggest one and then we put in a little one. Both spiders in the tank were feed, they were feed fruit flies.

        This week in science I learned that the spider observation log is very helpful for many things. And one of the things is for writing this post. Also that by reading back on what you write in the spider observation log you can make some changes to the changing things. I learned the difference between symbiotic relationships. There's three relationships, Mutualism(+/+) is when both organisms benefit from the association, Commensalism(+/0) is when one is being benefited and the other is not affected, Parasitism(-/+) the parasitism benefits at the expense of the host. I learned that the spiders don't in front of us.

This week in science #11

    This week in science , I wrote on sticky posters about the ecosystem. I wrote about everything for each ecosystem. The group I'm in all drew on a piece of paper on how the spider tank is going to look like and how is going to be setup. My group and my self went outside to a park called Seward Park. One thing Kaitlin did is to create a annotated Google doc.

   

     This week in science I learned , that there's different parts to the ecosystem. The ecosystem is important to many things. We can see somethings going on and some are are not so visible. Is very hard to do something never done before. Is a lot to think about when setting up a tank when you don't nothing about the spider. You need the right tools to get what you need.

          

This Week In Science #10

      In these few past weeks I did things like researching, going out, asking questions, drawing, things like that. First we did things in class about all of our topics, Waste, Energy, Water, and Transportation. For Waste we did a compost as a class. For Water we tested different water from different places. For Energy we plugged in different things like blow dryers to see how much energy it takes up. Then did some research on a topic and my group topic is Waste. The Human Impact Institute was there and helped us to come up with ideas. My group and I gathered all the information and made some questions out of them. Also all the other groups did the same thing. So with all the questions in, my teacher David narrowed it down and put it on a piece. The class took that piece of paper and went out into the community and asked the different people the questions and recorded their answers. The next time The Human Impact Institute came we stared to draw, draw about the idea that the group picked together. And finally The Human Impact Institute came with others to also help to come up the best picture.

   
       I learned that the worms you need for a compost is red wrigglers. Red wrigglers are like vegans. You need a certain amount of soil, water, and food. My school water has chlorine added to it. Learned how to test water in different ways. And the fish tank in my science class has bacteria in it. We check how much energy things take up. Learned that watts measure energy. That's how we get our energy bills. I learned the difference between action and awareness campaigns. Going out to the community was fun. But there was people who didn't speak English so we couldn't ask them questions. Also people didn't have time to stop or they just kept walking.

Human Impact ad Campaign

    This picture shows food items. Food items like a gallon of milk, large container of water , veggie, and even fish. So whats going on is that all of these food items have something wrong with them. They are all contaminated with something.

On Our Radar: Alien Plants in Antaratica

       This article is about how the plants in Antaratica are coming about and what researchers think is going on. The main point is that as the climate warms the alien plants and tiny animals in Aantaratica are likely to spread. This article has no picture to look at but it does has statistics. In the article you will read that there's a group, a agency, Scientists and Researchers, and even Bloomberg Businessweek talking. I think that is that some people have an idea why is happing.
         I think that this article should be read because if is going to be spreading people should know what is spreading. I also read that the clothes and boots of scientists and tourists visiting the continent, they found that most were carrying nonnative plant seeds. That right there make me ask a lot questions. But what am wondering is why the tourists are carrying plant seeds.

"alien plant" not the one spoken about

       
       

Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All -- And Fast

         The article I picked and read is important, and I feel that this is the type of article people should read more. This article is about how the toxic chemicals are harmful to the animals and the people of course. I think that the main thing is that some plastics actually decompose rapidly in the ocean. And, the researchers say, that's not a good thing. This article uses some statistics but also have opinions from scientists, researchers, journal, and magazine. The author argued that, I think  people should stop making trash ending up in the ocean because animals and peoples health are at ricks.

plastic mixed with sand

Dead bird with all types of plastic in side

          I think that this article is good beause one it talks about the toxic chemical bisphenol A which is in hard plastic. Which about 44% of all seabirds are eating  plastic and 267 marine species are affected by garbage, and and animals are known to swallow plastic bages. I liked this article because I think this is the information more and more people should read about. And maybe it will make a impact.

This week in science #9

    This week in science, first I had to do some background research on all four of the animals. I did it on the Perch, Skate, Frog, Mouse out of those my group pick the Mouse and the frog. After this part I named some parts of its body. The side view, The Dorsal view, the Ventral view, anything external. Then I had to learn how to do the frog dissection, it was a guide I read from to do the dissection.

This week in science I learned a little about each animal. Again me and my partners dissection animal was the frog. The first time I look at it I found out that it's a male. Learn some of the body parts and labeled them. Also at the end the frog was dissected and had pictures took. I learned that you can't do nothing with leaning something first.

     Compare and Contrast, My other two group members had to dissect a mouse and me and my partner did a frog. As you can see two different organisms. I know that the mouse lives on land and the frog can live in both water and land. Both of them has stomachs, livers, hearts, intestines, naming some. The frog has a greenish skin with spots to blend in it's environment. The mouse has hair and the frog doesn't. And the frog back legs are long and the mouse back legs are not.

this week in science #8

 

 

 

 

 

side view

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorsal view

      This week in science I did a work sheet that had different words, science words. With the words I use them to find it on the cricket. The Dorsal view is the picture above this. The Ventral view is the bottom part of the cricket, you can see a little of it on the side view picture. The Anterior is the head of the cricket and is called the vertex. The Distal on the cricket is its tarsal claws because is the furthest away and its Proximal is the hind leg cause is closer to the body. The female Acheta Posterior is the ovipositor of the cricket. The cricket is found in and around houses, other buildings, and in garbage dumps.
     This week in science I learned words like Ventral, Proximal, Distal, Anterior, and Posterior. I hope that I can remember them for a long time. I had a aha moment when I heard the word Dorsal because I know that a sharks Dorsal fin is on its back so that gave me a clue to what Dorsal mean.  

This week in science #7

 

      This week in science I did some parts of this project like the tittle page. The things I did are the tittle slide, the location slide, the animal slide I did is the Keel-Billed Toucan, that's my slide also, the fantasy animal I did is called the Sharp-speedo, and that's my slide also. I think that is very good but the group voices need to improve. I worded very hard on or the whole group worked very hard on it. and am proud of it.

      This week in science I learned a lot. I learned different things like making a presentation. I also learned how to use a wed site to record our voices for the presentation.   

  

 

 

Classification Challenge

This is a Squalus Acutirostris

                Kingdom: Animalia(means it's an animal)
                Phylum: Chordata( means it has a backbone)
               Class: Chondrichthyes(means are jawed fish with paired fins)
               Order:Squaliformes(is an order of sharks that includes about 97 species in seven families)
               Family:Squalidae(means the family of dogfish sharks)
              Genus:Squalus(means is a large genus of dogfish sharks)
              Species:Acutirostris(is a dogfish shark of the family squalidae) 




     A dogfish or a Squalus Actirostris are harmless. They are found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. Also from tropical equatorial climates to the Arctic and antarctic. They are small to medium sized sharks (48 centimeters 19in) to 16 meters or (5.2 ft) in adult body length. They have 2 dorsal fins with smooth spines. They have no anal fins. They have or possess venom and it coats the dorsal spines but is mildly toxic to humans. They are carnivores and prey upon organisms smaller than themselves.    

                    

cricket investigation

Question: Do crickets prefer light or dark environments?

Hypothesis: If I put a dark area in the tank. Then I think the cricket will be in that area. Because that's where they like to be the most.
   

Background Research: Crickets can live in different places. Some habitats are like meadows, trees, forests, lawns, and houses. Crickets are important in the ecosystem. Because they can breakdown plant material. Things they eat is grass, fruits, seedling plants, fungi, and meat. I also found out that male crickets make the sound. I also found out that small owls, spiders, birds, mice, shrews, snakes, frogs, and opossums can eat crickets.

The cricket is on top of the tube which the inside is dark.

 

This is the Data picture.

 The data picture mostly shows that the cricket is on top of the tube and again inside is dark.

What I did: First I had to pick one question from I think four questions as a group. And then with that question I had to a hypothesis with the if, then, and because format. With the research I did about crickets and recorded in my notebook I just had to put it in a paragraph. I took a picture of the cricket in the tank with the dark area in it. i also took a picture of how I collected data and that's it.

What I learned: Doing this I learned that somethings can easy and some can be hard to do. Because you not make the cricket do something you want them to do. I saw that the cricket liked to be on top of the tube which inside is dark. The cricket was in the dark area but not for a long time. Not a long time to convince me they like the dark. And that show that my hypothesis is wrong I was wrong because I said that it will be or stay in the dark area.

This Week In Science #6

   This week in science I did some research on crickets. It was based on what are there needs. Like what kind of food they eat,how do they live thing like that. And then I made testable questions or you could of pick one that the class made. Finally I did Dichotomous keys one of them was a list style and the other one is flow chart style. Based on jelly belly I think because they were different color one and some of them had spots.

These are jelly belly's and as you can see they come in different colors and some with spots.

  This week in science I learned that there's different kinds of crickets. And that some of them have different things on them like one has wings and another don't have wings. Also I learned more about Dichotomous keys. Because last year in the 8th grade I did something like the list style.So that's why I got fast. And it was with different animals I did it with last year.

This week in science #5

  This week in science,the first thing I did was finish my Rocket conclusion. Then I went in a group to finish my conclusion. I skip a page for a cover page for the new unit. Then the best part is observing crickets and some of them were dead and with one leg missing. Also I look at different videos about animals and there behavior. And I took notes of the animals and there behavior.
  This week in science I learned that observing animals could be a bad and a good thing. Because they may do something funny or something horrible. And I learned that drawing about what you are observing could be a good thing in the future. Also I want to know why the crickets make the nose they make.


annotate
    The cat is on the sofa playing around. Putting its paw in the sides and is really funny and that's why I put it up.

This Week In Science #4

  This week in science we as a class started to pick who was going to do what job in the plant investigation. And when was the job going to be done like in block 1 or in block 2. My job was the results and i had to to make a date table and a graph showing the growth of the plant based on the amount of soil i put in each cup. Also I was not done the first day or in block 1 so in block 2 I showed what I had done to David the he fixed it up.
  This week in science i learned important things like making data tables and graphing things faster and easier. Also i learned that is important to keep in mind what as been teached. One them is like the hypothisis. And i learned that in order to get a job done every boby in the group have to get a job because if not is never going to be done.

This Week in Science #3

   This week in science I did half a page about what we need to know about the the plant investigation. I did a hypothesis work sheet tape in. I did a procedure about how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Had to it twice because the first time i notice that it didn't turn out right and did the other one in more detail. And write a procedure for gathering data. Finally i had a mission to do and had to do a graph.
    This week in science i learned what  is a independent and a dependent variable. And i learned how to write a hypothesis. Also with a question or testable question i can turn it into a hypothesis using the if...,then..., and because... format. I can turn a hypothesis in to a question. And that when you going to write a procedure it's very important to write it in detail. Because you want some one else to do what you did.

    
    

this week in science #2

    This week I started out by writing my own testable question and that means a question that can be answered using observation.I was introduce to poppers and of course they make a pop sound.I had to write about a plant called BrassicaRapa based on the plant i did a t chart and wrote facts i learned and
what am wondering and do a summary.Then after that we planted the brassica rapa based on the testable question we picked as a group.
     What I learned this week is what was a testable question is. The poppers come in different color,sizes, some go higher than others. I learned about variables(what you an change) and dependent variables(things you can measure. I learned that the brassica rapa does his life cycle in 14 days.