LIFE SCIENCE PROJECT STARTING SEPTEMBER 12
STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO WATER NEAR HOME ( PREFERABLY STAGNANT WATER SOURCE) ARE ASKED TO BRING IN A POND WATER SAMPLE OF WATER COLLECTED NEAR THE BOTTOM OF A POND OR QUIET PART OF LAKE. A PLASTIC CONTAINER SUCH AS A PEANUT BUTTER JAR WITH A TOP LID IS PERFECT FOR THIS PROJECT. COLLECT THE WATER JUST OFF THE BOTTOM WITHOUT GETTING A LOT OF DIRT AND THEN ADDING SOME GREEN
PLANT MATERIAL FROM THE POND TO ALSO LOOK A PLANT CELLS AS WELL AS ANIMALS CELLS. LIDS SHOULD HAVE JUST A FEW HOLES PUNCHED IN THEM TO LET AIR INTO THE SAMPLE. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT POND LIFE WITH OUR MICROSCOPES FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER STUDENTS HAVE
COLLECTED ENOUGH SAMPLES TO MAKE A GOOD LAB EXPERIENCE. STUDENTS THAT BRING IN SAMPLES WILL BE GIVEN EXTRA CREDIT.
PROJECT COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 15.
LIFE SCIENCE PROJECT STARTING OCTOBER 1, 2011
EACH STUDENT IS ASKED TO MAKE A COLLECTION OF ,AT LEAST, 25 DIFFERENT TREE LEAVES OF MINNESOTA AND UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WILL BE COLLECTED IN OCTOBER FOR LATER COMPILING INTO A THREE RING NOTEBOOK WITH ACETATE PAGES FOR THE LEAVES OR AN OLD PHOTO ALBUM. LEAVES SHOULD BE STORED IN AN OLD PHONE BOOK OR SIMILAR HEAVY BOOK FOR FLATTENING AND DRYING OUT.NO WAX PAPER. WE WILL NOT BE COMPLETING THE BOOKS UNTIL CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS OR RIGHT AFTER SO FOR RIGHT NOW THE COLLECTING IS MOST IMPORTANT BEFORE LEAF FALL AND SNOW FLIES. LEAVES SHOULD NOT BE STORED IN PLASTIC BAGS AS THEY WILL QUICKLY MOLD AND BE RUINED. EXTRA LEAVES WILL GET EXTRA CREDIT. SCIENTIFIC NAMES ALONG WITH COMMON NAMES WILL EARN EXTRA CREDIT. THERE WILL BE LAB TIME PROVIDED FOR IDENTIFICATION AND PUTTING TOGETHER BOOK. IT IS BEST TO WAIT ON COLLECTING UNTIL SOME AUTUMN COLORS APPEAR TO MAKE A MORE ATTRACTIVE BOOK. THE COLLECTION SHOULD INCLUDE, AT LEAST,
EIGHT EVERGREEN LEAVES AND NO MORE THEN 5 FRUIT TREES.NOTEBOOKS WILL BE ASSEMBLED AFTER LEAF FALL USUALLY IN JANUARY. JUST
STORE LEAVES AT HOME UNTIL THEY ARE NEEDED FOR STUDY OF THE PLANT UNIT.
STUDENTS WITH ACCESS TO WATER NEAR HOME ( PREFERABLY STAGNANT WATER SOURCE) ARE ASKED TO BRING IN A POND WATER SAMPLE OF WATER COLLECTED NEAR THE BOTTOM OF A POND OR QUIET PART OF LAKE. A PLASTIC CONTAINER SUCH AS A PEANUT BUTTER JAR WITH A TOP LID IS PERFECT FOR THIS PROJECT. COLLECT THE WATER JUST OFF THE BOTTOM WITHOUT GETTING A LOT OF DIRT AND THEN ADDING SOME GREEN
PLANT MATERIAL FROM THE POND TO ALSO LOOK A PLANT CELLS AS WELL AS ANIMALS CELLS. LIDS SHOULD HAVE JUST A FEW HOLES PUNCHED IN THEM TO LET AIR INTO THE SAMPLE. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT POND LIFE WITH OUR MICROSCOPES FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER STUDENTS HAVE
COLLECTED ENOUGH SAMPLES TO MAKE A GOOD LAB EXPERIENCE. STUDENTS THAT BRING IN SAMPLES WILL BE GIVEN EXTRA CREDIT.
PROJECT COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 15.
LIFE SCIENCE PROJECT STARTING OCTOBER 1, 2011
EACH STUDENT IS ASKED TO MAKE A COLLECTION OF ,AT LEAST, 25 DIFFERENT TREE LEAVES OF MINNESOTA AND UPPER MIDWEST. THIS WILL BE COLLECTED IN OCTOBER FOR LATER COMPILING INTO A THREE RING NOTEBOOK WITH ACETATE PAGES FOR THE LEAVES OR AN OLD PHOTO ALBUM. LEAVES SHOULD BE STORED IN AN OLD PHONE BOOK OR SIMILAR HEAVY BOOK FOR FLATTENING AND DRYING OUT.NO WAX PAPER. WE WILL NOT BE COMPLETING THE BOOKS UNTIL CLOSE TO CHRISTMAS OR RIGHT AFTER SO FOR RIGHT NOW THE COLLECTING IS MOST IMPORTANT BEFORE LEAF FALL AND SNOW FLIES. LEAVES SHOULD NOT BE STORED IN PLASTIC BAGS AS THEY WILL QUICKLY MOLD AND BE RUINED. EXTRA LEAVES WILL GET EXTRA CREDIT. SCIENTIFIC NAMES ALONG WITH COMMON NAMES WILL EARN EXTRA CREDIT. THERE WILL BE LAB TIME PROVIDED FOR IDENTIFICATION AND PUTTING TOGETHER BOOK. IT IS BEST TO WAIT ON COLLECTING UNTIL SOME AUTUMN COLORS APPEAR TO MAKE A MORE ATTRACTIVE BOOK. THE COLLECTION SHOULD INCLUDE, AT LEAST,
EIGHT EVERGREEN LEAVES AND NO MORE THEN 5 FRUIT TREES.NOTEBOOKS WILL BE ASSEMBLED AFTER LEAF FALL USUALLY IN JANUARY. JUST
STORE LEAVES AT HOME UNTIL THEY ARE NEEDED FOR STUDY OF THE PLANT UNIT.
