TWIS #11

What I Did

 We drew a picture of what we wanted our tank to look like and what we wanted to put in the tank.
This week we went on a little field trip to the park to look for things that we can put in our tank. We found sticks so the spider can climb, a few leaves,some rocks,worms,and we made a little pond.We then researched spiders and I learned a lot about that.

What I Learned

What I learned from drawing the picture is that you need to make the spider feel as if it were at home.What I learned from the park was that there isn't a lot of things that you need for the tank.Also that its good to have other living organisms in the tank like worms. And from the research I learned that when the grow bigger they have to shed their exoskeleton until they are full sized.Also when they try to attract a mate they will pluck their web like a harp.My team mates learned that you have to dig deep for worms and other bugs,spiders have 6-8 eyes,and they have 8 legs.

'This MONTH In Science' #10

What We DID
       This month we have been doing stuff regarding human impact.We were actually working with the Human Impacts Institute.We were the water group.We first went around the neighborhood and asked people to take the questions we had on a survey that we made about how much water they use.Then we studied our data.then we experimented with 3 types of water,brooklyn tap water,fish tank water,and school water.then we tested the hardness,chlorine and feces.then we started working on designs for T-shirts.We first looked at a bunch of pictures and criticized them.Then we started drawing them and we finished them.And the whole week we were taking other groups surveys.


What We LEARNED
       We learned that people didn't really care much about how much water they used form our surveys.Also that people choose cars more than any other sort of transportation.We found that there was feces in the fish tank water and the school water which was surprising.And its pretty hard to make a T-shirt design and the different stages you have to go through to make a design,and when you are making a design people dont like a lot of words but do like pictures.And from the surveys from the other groups i learned that i dont use up a lot of things.

Human Impact Ad Campaign

This is the picture that I want to use for the campaign,so its a fish tank with a water fountain on the top.the pipe is connecting the 2 showing that the fish are losing water.

This Week in Science #9

What I DID
This week we researched about skates,perches,frogs,and mice.Then we picked which animals we wanted to dissect and we observed its external anatomy.The next day was dissection day and we picked a skate.It smelled really bad so we had masks.I found a liver,intestine,and stomach.

What I LEARNED
I learned that a skates skin is tough to cut through and when you cut a skate you make an I shape under the gills.Also that you cant find a skates heart easily.I never found it.And that a skate has spiky skin.

Structures And Functions
So the other people at our table were doing a frog.There weren't any similarities that I know of.They were too different.However the mouths of the animals were very different.The frog had no teeth with an extra long tongue and the skate had a rough mouth,still no teeth but it felt rough.

This Week In Science #8

Picture #1

Picture #2

What I DID

       So this week we did dissections and we got a giant grasshopper.The first picture is in Ventral View and the second picture is in Dorsal View.In each picture you can see that I have pointed out one of it's Features the head capsule for you.In picture one you get a clear view of the Anterior (which is the head),the Distal (which is the parts far away from the body, in this case the tarsal claws),and Proximal(which are the parts close to the body in this case the trochanter or shoulders).In picture two you can get a clear view of the grasshoppers Posterior(the ends of the body in this case the abdomen or butt).

What I LEARNED

       I guess you can say that one of my AHA moments was when I found out that the grass hopper wasn't all just goo inside like a bug.It was like a real animal with organs and stuff inside.The organs where pretty hard to see but they were there.This animal reminded me of when I studied that spider.Just because I think if I was dissecting a spider it would be like the giant grasshopper.

"This MONTH in Science #7"

            Its been a while since I wrote one of these but Ive been busy.Almost this whole month we have been working on a BIG project that took about 3 weeks!This project was about biomes.We had to pick a biome (ours was the arctic tundra)and then research and learn about it.For example,whats the climate?,where are these places located?,etc.Then we researched the kinds of animals that live there and we learned about them too.Then BOOM,the climate changed, and so do the animals, and we got to choose what the animals looked like, and how they changed to fit their climate.

           This project was pretty cool,fun and exciting,I had a good time.There were a few bumps on the road to finishing it though, but it all worked out in the end.Now we have made a video of our project and explained the whole thing.ENJOY THE VIDEO!!!

Kingdom:Animalia(means that they are all animals)
Phylum:Arthropoda(means that they are all insects)
 Class:Arachnida(4 pairs of walking legs and no wings)
Order:Araneae(spiders)
Family:Theridiidae(comb-footed spiders)
Genus:Latrodectus(venomous)
          This animals are found in Arizona.It eats other insects,wood lice,diplopods,chilopods and its oun kind.To get its food it first grabs its prey,bites it,takes it back to its home,then eats it.