Friday, September 25, 2009

What it looks and sounds like to be respectful, trustworthy and thougtful student

What does it look and sound like to be a respectful, trustworthy and thoughtful student? A thoughtful student looks like they are helping a friend up when they fall, and does not laugh. A thoughtful student offers to help. A respectful student has eye to eye contact when they are speaking because then you know they are actually listenting. A respectful students says "excuse me" when they want to interrupt and doesn't speak when you are speaking. To be trustworthy, you will not be heard spreading secrets about someone. When the teacher leaves, a trustworthy student looks like they keep doing their assignment, not playing around. When I don't talk when my teacher leaves the classroom, I feel trustworthy. When I haven't talked when my teacher was talking, I was being respectful.

Why are plants and algae important in an aquarium

I'm wrote that title because I like to ask things. Well to ancer my qusten,its important to have
plants in an aquarium because if you have living things in the aquarium they need some way to
eat well thats all for now.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Ecostyms day 3

Our criketes died that is a bumer. Our fish are still alive that's grate! The duckwed and lodae are
mostly alive thats kind of good.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Ecosystems - How We Depend On Each Other

Yesterday we learned that we all depend on each other to live. Let me explain. We made a aquariums and terrariums. We put mosquito fish in our aquariums and two aquatic snails. The snails were icky and gooey. I didn't really like them as much as the fish but they were still cool. We put grass in our terrarium and seeds and rolly pollies. I picked the baby one. We made connectors out of 2 liter soda bottles and we connected the aquarium and the terrarium. The terrarium went on top and the aquarium went on the bottom. We made everything out of soda bottles so we had to do something with the openings of the bottles. The water that accumulates in the terrarium drips into the aquarium. We watered the soil in the terrarium to make the water drip. We water the soil every day. The water does not evaporate from the aquarium. Let me give you a few pointers on how to make the terrarium/aquarium, which is also called an ecosystem. First, you have to pick which animals you would like. Nothing too big, nothing too small, something just right. Second, you have to choose whether you want underwater or overwater like we did in the classroom. Third, you will have to make sure you know what they need to survive. Next, if you choose underwater then you need to know what they need to survive. You have to choose containers for them to live in. If the animals are small, you have to make the habitat just their size. If they are big you have to make their habitat bigger than a small habitat. The size of the habitat has to be appropriate for the size of the animals. Finally, you need to make sure you have everything that they need and just start building. I hope you have a fun time! Bye.