TWIS # 15 Milestone

TWIS #15
           This week in science we did the marshmallow challenge. This time my group had a different approach. We build a base with 4 noodles and taped them to the table real good. Then we taped the brown bag it came with to the middle. Then we went up from there. We put another base on top of the bag and used the last noodles to connect the marshmallow to the bag. The next day we did blog post for our 10th grade year.

         

         This week in science I learned how good at communicating me and my friends really are. We had to communicate silently while doing the marshmallow challenge and we communicated very well. I learned that the first way we built or tower was more affective. The tower we first built was more stronger. It was able to hold up the marshmallow in the end. Even though we didn't build it very high. And the reason for that is because we used the standard structure to build an actual building in real life.

 

This Year in Science - 10th Grade Intro Video

TWIS #12

          This week in science my group and i designed a habitat for my cellar spider. We went to the park, gathered some leaves and sticks and put them into the habitat. I then searched up what cellar spiders eat. Then i witnessed a cellar spider wrap up a fruit fly plenty of times and then take a bite out of it. Then i made an observation log where i put things about my spider.
          This week in science i learned that cellar spiders have spots. I didn't realize it until my third day with the spider. I learned that cellar spiders dont touch the ground much. Every time i see my spider it is on its webs in the same corner. They are lazy. This week i learned about energy pyramids. I had no idea how important animals like polar bears were to humans. If one species dies, it affects all species.

This week in science #11

          This week in science me, marayo, essence, and maria made a spider habitat for a cellar spider. First we made a sketch of what we want it to look like. Next we went to the park, collected some things for the habitat like wood, leaves, and some dirt. When we finished that we drew a sketch of what it looked like. It looked nothing like what the first sketch looked like. We then answered some questions that david gave us. This is what i did in sciende.
          This week in science I learned that Cellar spiders look alot like the daddy long legs spider but it has 8 legs insted of 6. I learned that the spider bounces around before a fight to warn the opponent. I think its funny because it reminds me of Mc Hammer. I also learned that it can spin alot of webs around its opponent within a minute. Cellar spiders bite humans. When the cellar spiders bite their venom leaves a tingling sensation. Thats what I learned this week in science.

Human Impact Ad Campaign

         The design I chose was a basic lettered design. I Put the word Waste in yellow meaning its bad and put Place in green meaning its good to put waste where it belongs.

This week in science #9

                                                   This is a picture of the frog cut open         

          

          This week in science I dissected a frog for the fist time. I actually liked it. I didn't think I would like it. Me and my partner Morayo took and drew pictures of the frogs. I took out every organ and took the arms off. The only thing that was left was the head, spine, and legs. For some reason I decided to pop the eyes. Weird.

          

          This week in science I learned that frogs eyes are actually blue. I learned that frogs have strong bodies from all the hopping they do. They have six packs. Which is also weird. I thought only humans could get that. I learned that a frog pretty much has the same organs we do but their organs are placed differently. I also learned that I love to dissect things and I want to do more. PLEASE DAVID GIVE US BETTER ANIMALS TO DISSECT !!
          The 2 organisms dissected at my table were the mouse and the frog. One part of the frog that the mouse had was the heart. They were both located around the neck of the organism. Another part was the stomach. They were both located in the middle area of the organism. The last part that im gonna talk about is the lungs. Both were located on the sides of the organism. The differences were the skin tone, size, shape, and other features. In other words the dont look alike at all.

This week in science #8

                                                                       Bottom View

                                                                         Dorsal View

                                                                         ventral View

 

                                                                        Side View

                                                                      Side View

           This week in science I dissected a Crayfish. Me and my partner Kendry split the Crayfish in half. But before we did that, we took pictures of it at different angles. After we cut it in half we moved some of the organs around inside each half. I don't know why I did it but I decided to pop its eye on the half that I had. The dorsal view of the fish basically shows the shell, eyes, and antenules. The antenules are proximal to the eyes. The fish needs these features to survive in its environment. The ventral view of the fish shows the eyes, antenules, and claws. Adaptation would be impossible without its claws because that's what it uses to fight off predators. The claws are long there for distal from the eyes. The crayfish lives in a watered environment. The crayfish have their claws that help them survive.
           I still wonder what the crayfishes brain looks like because I couldn't find it. I learned that Crayfish are like miniature lobsters. I learned that I like dissecting organisms with friends. My aha moment was when I witnessed Morayo and Melanies giant grass hopper squirt when she cut into it. The crayfish kind of reminds me of the plant investigation because if we didnt have patience on either projects, we would have messed up.

This Week (MONTH) in Science#7

         
          This month in science I made a Mimic Decapus. It is a recreation of the Mimic Octopus in the new climate. I made some slides in my project: Zoology of the future. I put a video of the Arctic ocean in the present. Then i drew a picture of the Arctic ocean 100k years in the future. It turned into a rain forest. So that's why I transformed the Mimic Octopus to survive in the new climate. I had to do a screen cast with face time. I didn't like it but i had to deal with it to get a good grade. I also didn't like the fact that only 2 members were present for most of the project.

          This month in science I learned how to make a screen cast. I never knew that it was possible to record your screen within your screen. I learned that it is easier to work with one partner. The reason i say this is because my group was supposed to have work from 4 members. Instead we only had work for 2 members because the members weren't present. I am still unsure about what grade my group deserves but i hope we get judged individually. I had a aha moment when we did the face time screen cast because i was nervous and my shape-up was crazy.

Cricket investigation

Kingdom : Animalia (the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals.)

Phylum: Chordata (the phylum comprising the chordates.
Class: Aves (
Order:  Galliformes (pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins.)
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Gallus
 

Background research: Crickets eat fruits, seeds, small insects, some leaves, and they eat organic materials. They can't live without habitat, they usually live under rocks and logs. They need warm weather and soil to lay there eggs. Depending on the crickets, some crickets don't like light but other crickets do. Female crickets die after laying there eggs. Some male crickets like to have chirping competitions with other male crickets. Crickets need to have a good diet or else they would start feeding on each other, also they need a good supply of water. Female crickets are larger. They communicate by seeing, smelling, and touching.

Cricket investigation

Background Research:   My group and I closely observed crickets in containers. Their was an wet napkin and a dry napkin on each side of the container. We watched the crickets for about 10 minutes. We noticed that they like the wet side better.

Question: Do crickets like wet or dry places?
 
Hypothesis: Crickets like wet areas better than dry places

This Week in Science #6

          This week in science listing things i cant live without was the first thing I did. Then I listed the things a cricket cant live without. Then we started something with jelly beans. We had to make a dichotomous key determining the difference between the beans. For every yes or no we had to make up a question for it.
          This week in science i learned that crickets prefer the dark because that's when they start to chirp. I learned that crickets cant live without air, a nest, food, water, and a partner. This week in science i learned that crickets prefer wet places because we had followed a crickets movements for 2 minutes 3-4 times over a wet napkin and a dry napkin to see whether they like wet or dry places better.

This week in Science #5

          This week in science we experimented with Grass hoppers. I helped create shelters for them. I helped put 3 in each case, a slice of an apple, and a crumbled up piece of paper. I had witnessed a live tarantula for the first time in my life. It had purple on the top and it was very hairy.
          I learned that Grass hoppers die extremely easily. They grow slow and they make the chirping sound when they flap their wings. I learned that crickets dont bite humans. I also noticed that they rarely eat. Grass hoppers dont really do much but walk around and make annoying noises.  This is an example of an insect, that i really want, doing cool things

This Week in Science #4

          This week in science I did a second science investigation on a plant called Brassica Rapa.  I had one plant under sunlight, one under artificial light and one with no light.  I put 10 pipets full of water in the cups.  The hardest part was trying to measure the length of the plants because some of the plant was already under the dirt. I just want to know why is artificial light better than natural sunlight. The funny part was when we tried to measure one of the plants and half of it broke off.

          By the end of the investigation I learned that artificial light is better for the Brassica Rapa. I learned that the plant starts sprouting within 2 days. I learned that the more they grow the more purple it turns. I also learned that the Brassica Rapa needs more water than you may think.

This Week In Science #3

          This week in science, my team mates and I have started a plant investigation. We are using Brassica Rapa beans. We put about 8 to 10 pip-ets full of water in each cup. We put one cup in the sunlight, one under a light bulb and one with no light at all. So far they have all been growing around the same length. They are about .5 centimeters apart from each other.
          This week in science I learned how to write a testable question so that it would be easy to be answered. I learned how to write a proper procedure that anyone can understand. Even an English speaking alien. I learned about a plant called Brassica Rapa and how it can grow within two weeks. I found out that it satrs sprouting within 2 days.  I wasn't expecting this but I learned that they can turn purple. I am still unsure of how it turned that color.

This week in Science #2

         This week in science we played with some poppers. After we played with the poppers, we came up with some questions about them. Then we came up with dependent and independent variables about the poppers. After we did that, we wrote testable questions about the poppers.The next day we continued our plant investigations. We wrote some facts that we learned and wrote somethings that we were wondering about plants. Then we started to write testable questions for our plant investigation. After that we had to draw an experimental setup so that we could put our questions to the test.
         This week in science we learned that there is a plant that can grow within 2 weeks. The same plant that grows within 2 weeks starts sprouting within 2 days. The plant has different type s of vitamins that are healthy for us. I also learned how to write a testable question so that i can attempt to answer it.