EcoTower Observation #1 March 25, 2011

3/25/11

We got our ecotowers and saw that: the bean plants are growing out the soil, but they are not growing straight up, but leaning kind of. We had a total of 12 worms and they all died except for one, one of our worms has started to decompose and has already started to turn a blueish green color. All of the guppies(5) were floating belly up, their eyes have turned white, and their bodies are breaking apart. The crickets(5) turned dark brown and they were on their backs. The water has become a little cloudy, bits and pieces of the fish are floating upside down at the surface of the water. All of our algae(5) has broken loose from the pebbles and has floated to the top and all of the tiny parts of the fish floating in the water seem to be very static.

EcoTower Sealing Day

 EcoTower

Why did we do this project?

We did this project to see the different cycles work together and see the cycles collaborate together to keep everything in balance and also see the cycle keep the abiotic and biotic in perspective.

Group members?

In my group it was Riley Lee Evens, Conner Atkinson, Brandon Harris, and me Marcus Henson

Group Members brought in?

Marcus (me)-Pebbles, Algae

Riley- Two 2-liter bottles, Algae

Conner- Duct tape, Soil, Worms, Algae

Brandon- Worms, Electric Tape, Algae

Borrowed the fish, snails, and crickets

 The Cycles?

In our ecotower, we worked with the Carbon, Nitrogen, and Water cycle

Plants and Animals?

In the ecotower, the animals we had were crickets, worms, five or more guppies, the plants we had were Algae, Grass, and beans

I Snuck a peek and saw?:(:(:(

That the others crickets we had put in their had died, so all together a total of seven crickets have died in our tower but in good news the fish were still living

Taken By Conner

Succession and Abiotic Factors

Communities change everyday, so does the factors (Abiotic) in that ecosystem. Abiotic factors include light, temperature, and moisture, they influence the amount and types of organisms that are able to survive and thrive in the succession stage. Biotic and Abiotic factors change everyday. The relationship between succession site and temperature is that shade, grass, or mud can affect temperature. The biotic factors that influence the surface temperature at the sites are different because it depends one the site. Like the black top had none because of the factor their is no abiotic or biotic factors. So depending on the site, depends on the abiotic or biotic factors their.

Site 1: Black Top

Site 2: Baseball Field

Site 3: Grass

Site 4: Plant

Site 5: Tree

 

Abiotic Factors of LCHS

Signs of Spring

Sign 1- Edge of field



Taken By Riley

See- I saw plants growing, logs, trees, pipes, pebbles, pine cones, leaves, clumps of dirt, tree buds, tree leaves, dirt

Hear- Crows crowing, trees rustling

Feel- Crisp breeze blowing

Picture- Leaf on a twig



Taken By Riley



Taken By Riley



Sign 2- By the pond

See- I saw waves in the pond, cattails, twigs, leaves (brown), trees, pine trees, grass, pine cones, insect home, algae, thorns, Alder Catkins

Hear- I heard crows crowing, leaves rustling, and the waves hitting the bank/dock of the pond

Feel- I felt cool, sunlight on my face and clothes, wind-breeze, pain from the thorns hitting my leg

Picture- Buds on a tree, Alder Catkins



Taken By Emily



Sign 3- In the wood



Taken By Emily



See- I saw a Butterfly, red branches because of signs of new spring growth, pine trees, pine cones, an acorn that partially eaten, trees swaying, green moss, leaves, green tree bush

Hear- I heard frogs stating their dominance to other frogs

Feel- Small breeze, cool enough to block out the heat, sunlight

Picture- Red branches, woods




Taken By Emily

 

Sign 4- Front of School



Taken By Riley



See- I saw grass, dirt, roots (tree roots), trees, acorns, rocks, red buds on trees, tree branches swaying

Hear- I heard leaves rustling, tree branches swaying

Feel- I felt cool because of the cool breeze hitting me from all sides, warm because of the heat from the sun shining on me

Picture- Buds on a tree




Taken By Riley