Biome Project Blog

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Summary:During this project we got selected a biome and it was the desert. we choose to be more specific and choose the Sonoran desert. My group and I got to learn about all the materials and organisms we would need to survive. We learned about animals and plants and how we can use them. We learned about ways to find water and make fire. We got to learn lots of cool techniques on how to survive. For example, we learned different techniques other than  the friction technique for making a fire. I also got to work on animals and learn lots of cool information about them. That is just a bit of what we have done this week.


Backward Looking: Before I started this a knew a few techniques on how to survive in the desert.
Then after I really got started I realized that there is a lot more to survival than I would have imagined. There is a lot to worry about when surviving,It seems like everything is a threat when you are trying to survive. At first all I really knew was that you could eat the inside of a cactus and that you could use animals for lots of resources but other than that I knew nothing. Looking back I don't think I would have ever been prepared to survive in this biome.

Inward Looking: There where a few things during this project that was frustrating. It was annoying having to always check my resource. I wanted to make sure that the animals where really in this habitat so I checked it every single time to make sure it was.This lead to my part taking longer. Another thing that was frustrating was when a website was misleading and did not help with my research. This is always an annoying thing when you read a website and can't take anything out of it. Those was just a few of what was annoying but the project did go really well in my opinion. I think it could have been a lot more frustrating if I did not have such a great team.
 
Outward Looking: I think that we worked differently compared to the other groups. We mostly did all of the preparations for our poster and diagram in class like everyone. Then we did something different, we actually brought it home and just pt all the pieces together there. All the other groups worked on it all in class but we just worked on the preparation. we got all the papers ready so it was not very hard, all we had to do was glue it on. we just got one member to do the gluing at there house and it was all set. We did things a little differently than others but it was still an effective tactic.

Forward Looking: I think that we could have done a some thing better. I believe that we could have made it so we were all doing something all the time, but it did end up fine anyway. Sometimes my team members got distracted but over all they did still get there work done so I can't complain.  i think overall are work ethic was great and we got everything done. I know we did a good job and that all that matters. I am proud of our work.

Biome Project Part 1

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This week we have been working on our biome projects.We had launched them last week and we got the desert. My group had picked the sonoran desert. We have been doing research on the supplies we will need to survive and how we will get it. We will need food, water, animals, shelter, fire, plants,  and hazardous animals. These are things we need to know about if we were to go in this desert so we are researching it. This week has been all research and it is going well.

This week we have explained and designed solutions. We did this by using the research we had done to make a guide of some sort. we have used the data to help people understand what to do and how to do it. We also have explained mostly for plants and animals what they are and what they do. We have used the information obtained to give good explanation on how to survive.

Patterns: We have have seen a few patterns during this research. For example if something is poisonous in the desert that usually makes its one of your biggest threats. I can see this though lost of my research and it makes we see a pattern. also I can see a pattern in the uses of items like for example every time we found an animal with a hid or fur them we would try and use it in shelter because it protect you. I can see a pattern in that because every time you have the fur it makes you think of protection. These are just a few pattern I saw this week.

This week I was a wanderer

Message in a Bottle - The Great Bottle Trip

The people of the Galapagos Island was a small island and all the people on the island  had  grow up there never left. That all changed though one fine day. One day a plastic bottle floated near the island at the coast. The place it went was the Cline Family's Home. They where scientist that tracked the ocean around them. They mostly tracked the currents. So Mrs. Cline was taking her morning walk and she saw a strange cylinder shaped thing in the water. She went and looked at it a little closer and saw some words on it. It said " Great Bay Water Bottles" but the coolest thing about it was it floated on the water. In the future they would discover this was an example of density. Density is the ratio of mass to volume. She was so interested in this she went home to show her husband. When she got home she saw her husband bent over a work bench. " I can't figure it out I need do do something to test on my theories." "Hello guess what I found." Mrs Cline said. " Fruit" guessed Mr Cline. " No I found this floating bottle." she said. He jumped up from his work. " What a floating device this is what I need!" he said. He started to pace around the room in excitement. " Here" she said. Then for months they started to build. they made a giant bottle like a boat. In the Summer they set of on a great expedition to learn more about the sea and currents. They set of and a few weeks in they started one of there first tests. " We should research the water in the ocean." said Mr. Cline. " They may have something to do with the currents." Then they put a contraption meant for collecting water and they lowered it as far down as they could go. Then one they got that water they got some water from the surface of the water. Mr. Cline tested both of the waters and found out two things about each waters. The water from the bottom of the ocean's results  were it was cold and it was very salty. Then the water on the surface it was warm and was less salty. In the future they would figure out this is because of salinity. Salinity is the amount of salt int the water and in the ocean there are different levels of salinity. Mr. Cline tracked his theory of the currents though the 3 year journey. He was right he had figured all the currents and was the first person in the world to do so! Once the trip was over in the Santa Barbra Islands he got a hold of some really famous scientists. They had a huge board meeting about what he had learned. He talked about density, sanity and the currents. The scientist where fascinated with this and all his proof was solid. Mr. Cline and his wife became famous for what they had discovered. In the future they ever helped name the currents. the currents they rode on that great bottle Journey where the S. Equatorial Current, E. Counter Current, N. Equatorial Current, Subtropical Gyre, and California C.

Ocean and Wind Currents

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This week we have been learning about ocean currents. We have been learning about their patterns and how they connect to wind currents. We have learned that wind currents help power ocean currents so we are seeing the connection between the two. We have even been conducting experiments. These experiments can help us prove our thinking on the connection between wind currents and ocean current. This week has been great getting to learn all about how are ocean currents work.

This week we used models. we used models by learning from pictures of ocean currents and wind currents. We also used are experiments that modeled the world for us so we could see how everything moves. We used these models to determine lots of factors this week. For example,we did an experiment where we blew out of straw s and we got to see from that how the northern hemisphere turns and why and the  same for the southern hemisphere. This week we have used our models to learn.

This week we learned about cause and effect in ocean and wind currents. we learned that wind currents effect and help great ocean currents. We also learned that ocean currents can cause items to move along with the current. We have seen how win effect the direction of a current. We have also seen the influence that winds can have on that water. This week we have learned a lot about how these can cause and effect things to happen in our world.

I was a Creator Student this week

Globe Work

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Summary: This week for a few days we have been studying the globe. We have been working on a paper and determining  information about trips across the world's oceans and land. We have been making up our own routes and seeing how long it would take,some struggles you would encounter, etc. We have been review the topic of longitude and latitude lines and have been using them alot. This week we have been exploring the globe.

This week we have been using models. We have been using blow up balls that look like the earth. We drew with dry eraser marker on them to trace some routes. We have been making some inferences too. We had to guess some struggles we may have because none of us have been to these places. We also had to use estimates on are pencils by using them to indicate days. This week we have been working with both math, inferences, and models.

This week we worked with cause and effect. When we were mapping out are routes across the ocean and continents we had to use cause and effect. we used it because none of us had been to these places but we did know some knowledge about them. First of all we went through egypt and we know egypt is hot. So I can conclude you  would struggle with heat because of the sun in egypt. That's not all we did a lot of this thinking this week to solve these problems.

This week I was a initiator learner.

Environmental Detective WAC Results for Mysterious Fish Kill

Dear Editor,

I am a detective for the Case of the Dying Fish in Gray Bay. For the past 3 weeks I have been researching different suspects for the fish kill. I have done a lot of studying to see which suspect does what effect to the environment. I have seen how these effect change the fish. I have finally concluded the true culprit. The culprit is Avery Wun, is guilty of the death of the fish

First of all Avery Wun if polluting the air with gas from her cars. This gas causes acid rain.From my studies I have learned that acid rain is very dangerous, for the fish and very few fish survive from it. The Acid Rain Files say " If the water becomes too acidic, some fish survive but many others die. even if the adult fish live, they may not be able to have babies." Avery Wun's cars are polluting the Gray Bay area with the gas from the cars that turn into acid rain. I have also learned that  The Rafta river is full of acid but I have an explanation. The gas from the cars that are in the city travels into the air and get turned into acid rain but while that happens the clouds move up near the Rafta and then it rains the deadly acid rain.

Second of all Avery Wun is also is adding oil to the water. As we all know oil is very deadly to animals. The results from the Oil Chromatography Test said that the oil in the water where a matter of fact from cars. These results mean nothing if you can't interpret them but luckily I have learned a little about oil. She even said herself that the oil is dangerous. At the meeting Avery Wun stated, " And FISH. I've read that oil can coat water animals and kill them. It's also poisonous if eaten. Some oil sinks to the bottom and harms the creatures that live there. It also affects the food chain. If one animal population dies from the oil, other animals that eat them will have less food to eat." These are solid facts that I know from prier knowledge they are true.Think of all the other cases, many fish kills are due to oil in the water. The oil has killed 14 fish but that is not the majority. I have an explanation though.

Acid rain also has another effect.The acid rain files have told us that acid rain can take away oxygen from the water. The way that it does this is because is it kills the algae and the algae is a main source of oxygen in the water. Think of algae as the waters trees if they die the fish will die along with it. Algae is also there food source so they will die either way. I learned this information from the acid rain files as well from this line " Most lakes are a little bit acidic, but the lakes with the most life in them are a little basic. Water plants can make more oxygen in lakes that are slightly basic. Water life needs oxygen in the water to breathe." This caught my eye because it proves that acidic rain can kill maybe not the fish directly but it will eventually. Without your food and water you can't survive. In the results for the Autopsy it said that 21 fish suffocated from lack of O2. So this just proves that she is guilty of the fish kill.

One thing you could say is the person killing the fish is Sandy Trapps because she was causing the algae bloom. She is over fertilizing her land to keep the grass green. An algae bloom can easily kill the fish. The reason why is because since there is so much algae the fish can't possible eat it all so they start to rot. The only place with this algae is James Pond. I learned the fact about the bacteria and algae from this statement that was in the algae bloom files." Too many water plant. If there are lots of dying water plants, the bacteria eating them that bacteria also eats up the O2 in the water.I do agree that there would have been a algae bloom but I some evidence that could prove differently. We are all familiar with the water cycle right? Well in the water cycle the clouds don't always move one way. I am saying that the acid rain coming for the city will go to James pond especially since it is only to the left of it. So eventually I move left and put acid rain in the pond. This acid rain will kill the algae making it so the algae bloom is not severe.So it would not be the thing killing the fish.

In conclusion Avery Wun is guilty. She is the true culprit of this fish kill. Avery Wun must change her ways. She must stop what she is doing or she should be punished.She has been hurting the environment and killing the ecosystem.Avery Wun is the one killing fish,the others have been unrightfully been blamed for killing the fish. I have found you true fish killing culprit. the only way to stop this is to change the way she runs her perorations . She need to stop polluting the air and poring oil in the water. After she does this things will go back to normal and the fish kill can stop.

Sincerely,
Sienna

Environmental Detective Part 2

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 Summary:This week we have been doing more research to find out who is the true culprit of the fish kill. We have been investigatin by using scientific tools to determine what area is doing what effect. We have researched things like water life, bird, phosphates, algal, and so much more. We have been looking into the environmental state of this ecosystem. We have been trying to find out what would kill the fish the most.

This week we have been doing some Analyzing of Data. We have been using information we learn from test and connecting dots. we have been tracking thing made by humans and animals. we have been using scientific tools to find out information like how acidic the water is or how many phosphates do these places add? We been using this data to connect  the water to info. For example we have been using bio indicators such as duck and King fishers to find out about the algal bloom in the water.  This week we have been working on how to put our data with our info.

This week we have talked about Stability and Change. So from the beginning the problem has been that this environment is changing in a bad way and we need to figure out who has done it. The ecosystem is changing already. Without all the fish the kingfisher are dying and probably more animal will are are dying. We need to find out what is making this change happen and stop it before this food chain completely collapses.

This week I was a Wanderer Learner