TWIS #12

What I Did:
This week, we had created a Spider Observation Log, to record the changes my group and I have noticed over the past days. We had to create our log cover and answer questions about why we are doing this type of experiment.

What I Learned:
 That the spider Cellar Spider sits and waits for it's prey to get up close. Then, it repeatedly forms a web at the prey. Make sure that the prey doesn't get away from it's attacker. It rarely moves around in  the tank at all. It either hangs out on it's web or hides under as leaf. Waiting for a meal to leave it's self open.

TWIS #11

   We had a very interesting subject of working with spiders. We had to go outside to a park and find resources in order to make a Spiders Ecosystem. We had a few sticks and the most interesting thing we did was that we collected bugs. We had collected a couple of sticks and leafs.

The sticks are for the spider to make it's web on. The leafs we collected were for shade and for the spider to have a easy spot to hide and wait for its prey. The bugs represent the main resource that the spider needs in order for it to survive.

TMIS #10

   This Month in Science, my group and I had made a survey in the neighborhood. Asking different people questions of the ways of Transportation, Energy, Waste, and also Water. After that, we had did a list of the information we received and writs three things about the similar and differences we collected from our data. The next day. We had two people that started the campaine for our different topics we are working on. We had to make a design-logo about our topic, that will be going on t-shirts, along with a slogan. It had to be something that will catch peoples attention. My group and I made a logo about how the Human Impact destroys the world. Theres  human hand. Which is holding earth in it's hand. A car is floating in the air with our slogan. "Would Your Future Self Approve"? So far, thats what we did this month and I'm curious of whats going to happen. The next time we see those campain girls again. :)

Human Impact Ad Campaign

 

The picture your looking at was suppose to represent the gas's effect on the environment. On the left side of the picture. Is the burning and dieing trees because of so many chemicals in the air from Human Impact. On the right side, there's a tree that the car hasn't past by yet. It shows the beauty of the tree before the impact of gas.

TWIS #9

   My group and I had four new different specimens. We had choices either to dissect a frog or mouse- or a skate(related to a stingray) or perch(a fish). Theres four people in my group, and we had to pair up in two. My partner and I had dissect a skate and the opposite part of our group had chose to work on the perch. When we stabbed the skate's stomach. All we saw was oil and water OOZING out of it's belly. We had found the liver, stomach which we thought was a heart, and the lungs.

   From this experience with aquatic animals. I learned that the skate smells extremely bad when you get all the way inside of the animal. It has a smooth belly but a hard surface on the Dorsal view. It has lots of liver and it's stomach looks similar to a huge heart. We also learned that if you squeeze the skate's stomach, Green slimy particles comes out (Ewwww).
 
The differences that my I noticed from the skate and the perch, is that it can be a little difficult to cut through the perch. But for the skate, its nice and smooth. They both obviously have different ways to tell of what gender they are. The skate has lots of liver and it looks discusting. But the perch doesn't look revalting at all when you cut in. The thing we also noticed, is that when you cut into the skate. Oil and water comes out. When you cut into the perch, nothing oily or watery pores out.

TWIS #7

For this project, My group and I did a clip about The Arctic Tundra. We had to give brief information about The Arctic Tundra's vegetation, climate, location, and landforms. Then, we had to pick up an animal from our subject. From this clip we did, I learned that Permafrost is the reason y the vegetation in The Arctic Tundra is growing at a slow pace.

Cricket Investigation

Do Crickets prefer Dark or Light environments?

  Hypothesis: In my perspective, I believe the crickets would prefer a light environment because when we had to test whether the crickets prefer wet or dry environments. The room was dark and the crickets didn't move at all. Then, when Jamie turned the lights on. The crickets started to hop and non-stop, walking around the tank.

Background Research: Things we observed about the crickets behavior was that certain crickets prefer Dark environments than Light. Certain crickets prefer Dark than Light because we had a paper towel and the cricket tried to go under it instead of eating it.

 For this Cricket Investigation, they chose Light than Dark.