Geocaching 11/16/10

1. Introduction to geocaching (be sure to include the website we've used)

www.geocaching.com

Geocaching is were people put prizes in boxes and hide them all over the world. Then they put the coordinates on the website so people know were to look for them.

2.What you learned during the unit
I have learned how to use a GPS a little bit I still don't know how to put in the waypoints. Before this unit I had no idea that there was such a thing about geocaches.

3.Results of your geocache hunts
In my group only 4 out of the 9 toal people worked and help to find the geocaches. We found a total of 1 geocache.
 

Termite Reflection 10/14/10

1.Description of the initial jar set up.
When the class set up the jar we had  one lab jar, 120 termites, one pecice of douglas fir, 19ml of water and 120 grams of sand.



2.Descriptions of changes in the substrate (sand), the wood piece, the moisture content, and the activity level of the termites.

The pecie of wood that was in the jar has holes. In the begining of the lab we had a lot of activity level from the termites and then when we got to the end of the lab we had to activity. The moisture content seamed that it was super wet. There was still the same amount of sand.

3.What did the termites do to everything in the jar?

The termites ate most of the wood that was in the jar. They also made tunnles in the sand.

4.How did human interaction impact the jar? How did the termites react to this impact?

It runied the tunnles got all caved in and runied. The pecie of wood got moved to the bottom of the jar.
5.What did you think of the termite unit? Did you enjoy it? Was it interesting to you? What was your favorite part? What was your least favorite part?

I liked how I learned a lot of new information about termites.  Yes I did injoy the unit. When we got to see the termites gut and when we did the flow the leader lab. When we did the websites of the termites.

Termite Feeding

1.The Pictuers are not from my group we took them from another group. 

2.Define symbiosis as it relates to organisms.

3.Describe the symbiotic relationship between termites and their gut protozoa.
The protoza recieves a home living in the gut and that is how new termites are made.
4.Describe the procedure of our lab. How did we study the protozoa?
We studyed the protozoa by pulling it out of the termite and looking at it under the scope.
5.Include a personal reflection of your experience with the lab.

• Place a drop of saline solution on a microscope slide.
• Gently grab the termite’s head and thorax with a forcep.
• Locate the tip of the abdomen and the end of the termite’s gut.
• With the second forcep, grab and pull out the termite’s gut.
• Place the gut in the saline solution on the microscope slide.
• Slowly lower a cover slip on to the sample and press down gently.
• If there is extra saline solution on the microscope slide, use a paper towel to wipe the slide clean.
• Observe the gut sample under the microscope and complete the laboratory worksheets.

I think that this lab was ok but the one thing that I did not like was my group did not want to work together, insted they jumped right in with out reading the directions.

Chemical soil compstion

Soil Testing

The tools that I used where a pipet,spoon, testplate and test paper. These items where used to collected dirt and see if the dirt has iron in it.
•A super sweet numbered list of how to use the tool (This should be commited to memory by now, or at the very least, either in your journal or typed up somewhere).

1. Lay iron test paper on test tray
2. Iron test paper to see if there is any
3. Use pipet and drop one drop on test paper.

•A super sweet picture of the research tool you've taken or one borrowed from the internet (be sure to cite the source).