Thursday, December 15, 2011
Behind the School December, 8th 2011
It was VERY cold and rainy! We normally use a G.P.S, but instead someone lead us to the study sites. We had someone pound in the stakes. Our data collection was easier because we did not have to collect all the data. We return to the school sites every other a week. We couldn’t get the depth of snow because there was only a little bit. A lot of the non-woody plants were alive but some of them were all ready dead.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
What Makes A Good Scientific Question?
These are our new and improved questions. A couple weeks ago we went through and made our yearlong study questions more specific. Now we can understand our questions better. We are not done with question #4 yet. What do you think?
New Questions
1. What do non- woody plants do in the Winter? Do they die brown or stay alive green?
2. What soil contains more nutrients? disturbed soil or non-disturbed soil?
3. What types of different soil are in conifer, marshes, and meadows?
4. Do some plants need disturbed soil or non-disturbed soil?
New Questions
1. What do non- woody plants do in the Winter? Do they die brown or stay alive green?
2. What soil contains more nutrients? disturbed soil or non-disturbed soil?
3. What types of different soil are in conifer, marshes, and meadows?
4. Do some plants need disturbed soil or non-disturbed soil?
Monday, December 12, 2011
Srawberry Field Dec.1, 2011
On December 1,2011,we went to the strawberry field to collect data. We learned the soil wasn’t frozen. We had to dig out our study site. Jack found a gummyworm in the dirt! Then we walked to Miss. Jessie’s old garden. We put up stakes for strawberries.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
November 17 Behind the School
This was our first field trip with snow! The snow was crunchy, and it was sunny and cold. Brr! People were really cold! We learned that the ground was not frozen because the soil sampler was able to easily collect a soil sample. Our sample was really wet. After testing our soil for potassium, ph, phosphorus and nitrogen we compared it to our soil sample from Bartlett Cove. They were very similar. The only difference was that there was a little more phosphorus in Bartlett Cove. After looking at our results we decided to take another soil sample test from Bartlett Cove and behind the school.
One of us learned how to use the GPS and led us to all of our study sites behind the school. We all learned how to use compasses. We were told the directions by a classmate and we used our compasses to see if he was right. We tried to break a trail so that next time it would be easier to get to our sites.
One of us learned how to use the GPS and led us to all of our study sites behind the school. We all learned how to use compasses. We were told the directions by a classmate and we used our compasses to see if he was right. We tried to break a trail so that next time it would be easier to get to our sites.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
November 3rd Behind School
On November 3rd, the 3rd-5th grade went behind the school and collected data for the first time since we created our questions. We found our study sites and took pictures and pin-pointed it on our GPS. In one of our study sites we had an alive tree and a dead tree, but in the other site we only had a dead tree.The biggest cottonwood tree that we saw had the circumference of 246cm.We wrote about the cottonwood tree and drew pictures to follow. Most of the deciduous trees didn’t have their leaves.
When we took our soil sample the soil was really clayish and we had a hard time getting a good sample.The ground was very crunchy and it was on a very cold sunny day.
We had a lot of fun on our first data collection field trip.
Please give comments and questions.
When we took our soil sample the soil was really clayish and we had a hard time getting a good sample.The ground was very crunchy and it was on a very cold sunny day.
We had a lot of fun on our first data collection field trip.
Please give comments and questions.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Year Long Study Questions
These are our year long study questions. It took us along time to agree on them.
1. What types of soil are in Gustavus?
2. What types of soil do certain plants need in Gustavus?
3. What needs to be in the soil for certain types of plants to grow?
4. What do plants do in the winter?
5. How many invasive species are at our study sites?
6. How many species of native plants are at our study sites?
1. What types of soil are in Gustavus?
2. What types of soil do certain plants need in Gustavus?
3. What needs to be in the soil for certain types of plants to grow?
4. What do
5. How many invasive species are at our study sites?
6. How many species of native plants are at our study sites?
Friday, November 4, 2011
October 13th Outdoor Art
On October 13th, the 3-5 grade class rode our bikes to Kimber’s house, Brian Waverly’s barn, and the Sunnyside Market. We were looking for ideas for beautifying the back of the school. In between the spots we took soil samples and we collected native plant seeds for our native plant garden behind the school. We will be working with Steve Schaller from Glacier Bay National Park to design and plant a garden behind the school.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Behind the School October 6th, 2011
On October 6, 2011, we went on a field behind the school to collect soil. It was a cold wet day. We were all having so much fun being out in the woods! Kimber and Lori came with us. We were collecting seeds and soil. We dug holes to get the soil. The holes were almost one foot deep. The soil was sandy and clayish. Both groups at least dug one hole. We are collecting seeds for a native plant garden for The First Bloom Project. Do You know what kind of soil we have other than clay and sand? What soil does a Sitka spruce prefer to live in?
September 29th Behind The School
On September 29th, the 3-5 grade class went behind the school for a field trip. We completed The Circle Of Life, which is where you put a piece of string around some plants and tally up all of the plants you see.The different groups tallied up all of the different kinds of plants we saw. The reason we did it was so that we can learn more about plants, since it is one of our topics for our year long project. We learned that the most popular plant behind the school is strawberry plants.
One of the groups found metal tags on most of the willows behind the school. After the field trip we wondered why there were tags on the willows. So at the Open House at the school, Ms. Jessie asked Tania Lewis who we could contact and she said Kevin White. He is a scientist for the Department of Fish and Game. A few days later we got an email from him saying that the tags were used to mark individual willow plants. They used the tags to document how moose browsing affects their growth patterns and production.
Please give comments and questions, because we love to answer them.
One of the groups found metal tags on most of the willows behind the school. After the field trip we wondered why there were tags on the willows. So at the Open House at the school, Ms. Jessie asked Tania Lewis who we could contact and she said Kevin White. He is a scientist for the Department of Fish and Game. A few days later we got an email from him saying that the tags were used to mark individual willow plants. They used the tags to document how moose browsing affects their growth patterns and production.
Please give comments and questions, because we love to answer them.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
2011-12 Year-Long Study
The 3rd-5th grade class is updating our blog with our new year-long study. It was a long process, so we are going to just show you the steps.
Step 1: Brainstormed 79 topics
Step 2: Narrowed it down, and created wordles to show what was most popular
Step 3: Narrowed it down to 12 topics
Step 4: Narrowed it down to 5 topics
Step 5: Voted for our topics and chose two
Based on our voting the two topics are rocks/minerals and plants!
Everyone is exited about what we are going to study. We hope that everyone will comment on our blog so we can see what you think. We will be updating our blog everytime we go on a field trip to tell you how we are doing.
Step 1: Brainstormed 79 topics
Step 2: Narrowed it down, and created wordles to show what was most popular
Step 3: Narrowed it down to 12 topics
Step 4: Narrowed it down to 5 topics
Step 5: Voted for our topics and chose two
Based on our voting the two topics are rocks/minerals and plants!
Everyone is exited about what we are going to study. We hope that everyone will comment on our blog so we can see what you think. We will be updating our blog everytime we go on a field trip to tell you how we are doing.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Battlet Cove April 19, 2011
On April 19, 2011, we went to Bartlett Cove. It was a -4.5 low tide!It was spectacular day! We learned a lot about the things we saw. Here are the things we enjoyed on the trip...
“I think seeing the little octopus and finding all of the living things and having lunch out on the beach was fun.” ~Sammy
“I think the octopus was most the amazing we saw on the trip!”`~Jacob
“I think the incredible thing on the trip was I got to see my first octopus.”~Mathew
“I think the best part of my day was when we saw the octopus he was really cute.”~ Desire
“I really liked seeing the Bennie's! They were so wiggly everyone was trying to catch them.”~ Bethany
“I think the amazing part of my day April 19 was eating lunch with my mom it was fun because I don’t do that much.”~Kailey
“My favorite thing was seeing the baby sculpin.” ~Faith
“I think my favorite part was seeing the octopus because i never saw on in person.”~Zoe
“My favorite part of the day yesterday was getting to see the baby octopus”~Alyssa
“I think seeing the baby octopus was spectacular looking and seeing everyone happy!”~Mani
“The wonderful part of the day was seeing the octopus and squirting sea squirts at Jacob..~Sesylia
It was the best trip of the year so far because we saw things that we have never seen. In fact, Steve Schaller even saw some new and incredible creatures. (Acorn worm, Octopus, Nudibranches, Moon snail Egg case.. ) It was an amazing and interesting
“I think seeing the little octopus and finding all of the living things and having lunch out on the beach was fun.” ~Sammy
“I think the octopus was most the amazing we saw on the trip!”`~Jacob
“I think the incredible thing on the trip was I got to see my first octopus.”~Mathew
“I think the best part of my day was when we saw the octopus he was really cute.”~ Desire
“I really liked seeing the Bennie's! They were so wiggly everyone was trying to catch them.”~ Bethany
“I think the amazing part of my day April 19 was eating lunch with my mom it was fun because I don’t do that much.”~Kailey
“My favorite thing was seeing the baby sculpin.” ~Faith
“I think my favorite part was seeing the octopus because i never saw on in person.”~Zoe
“My favorite part of the day yesterday was getting to see the baby octopus”~Alyssa
“I think seeing the baby octopus was spectacular looking and seeing everyone happy!”~Mani
“The wonderful part of the day was seeing the octopus and squirting sea squirts at Jacob..~Sesylia
It was the best trip of the year so far because we saw things that we have never seen. In fact, Steve Schaller even saw some new and incredible creatures. (Acorn worm, Octopus, Nudibranches, Moon snail Egg case.. ) It was an amazing and interesting
Gustavus Beach 4/8/11
On April 8, 2011, the 3rd-5th grade class went to the Gustavus beach on their bikes. It was 10:14a.m. when we got there. It was cold and windy. At the beach we found 3 sea stars, 20 sea anemones, a pile worm, and a sea cucumber. We found 55 pieces of plastic. WOW! We heard ravens, wind, waves, and a crane tearing down the old dock.
We would like to thank Greg for fixing our bikes.
We would like to thank Greg for fixing our bikes.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Field Report for 3/23/11
On March 23, we went to the Gustavus Beach at 10:41am because the tide was a -2.4 . If the old dock was still there we probably would have been able to walk out to it. We could walk out to the rock island and we climbed up and down it. We found tons of organisms such as; sea anemones, blennies, clams,seastars and a bunch more. It was probably more than we ever have seen!
We probably found more because the tide was so low and a lot of animals live in the lower intertidal. Before we left we made a list of the things we thought we might see and we did see a few of them such as: blennies, seastars and clams. We had so much fun and can’t wait till our next trip!
The 3rd-5th Grade Class
We probably found more because the tide was so low and a lot of animals live in the lower intertidal. Before we left we made a list of the things we thought we might see and we did see a few of them such as: blennies, seastars and clams. We had so much fun and can’t wait till our next trip!
The 3rd-5th Grade Class
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Field Report From March 10, 2011
On March 10, 2011, we went to Bartlett Cove. We saw ducks and a type of crab, and we are not sure what it is called. We will post a picture, so maybe you will know what it is called. We only found four pieces of plastic. We also got really cold. It was 29.1۫ Fahrenheit but the wind chill was 0۫ Fahrenheit. COLD!!!. Everyone rushed to the cars because they were so FREEZING! Thanks for looking at our blog and check out our next field report for our trip to Gustavus Beach.
Gustavus 3-5 grade class
Gustavus 3-5 grade class
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Gustavus Dock 3-4-11
Hello from the 3rd- 5th grade class. On March 4th we went to the Gustavus Dock. Did you know that it was our 11th trip and we only have four more field trips left? It was a beautiful day. There was a low tide although it was coming in. We only found two pieces of plastic! We didn’t find as many living things but did see a great blue heron. We can’t wait to write more.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Antarctica!
The 3-5 grade class learned a lot about Antarctica in January. We followed a blog from a scientific cruise. And we got to talk to people in Antarctica by video-conferencing and we got to see penguins! Follow this link to the blog: http://pal.lternet.edu/outreach/blogs/cruise201101/
Field Report from 2/3/11
The 3rd-5th grade went to Bartlett Cove on February 3rd, 2011. We found eggs, and we are not sure if they are fish eggs. We posted a photo. This was the first trip we took a ruler and used it in our photos. It was Kimber’s idea—thank you Kimber!
We also saw pink, slimy gooey stuff that we weren’t sure was a plant or an animal. There is a photo posted and we would like to know what it is!
During our sound-map we heard goldeneye ducks. They made a noise like a whistle while they were flying. We don’t know why they make that noise and neither does Steve.
We didn’t find any plastic there for the second time!
We also saw pink, slimy gooey stuff that we weren’t sure was a plant or an animal. There is a photo posted and we would like to know what it is!
During our sound-map we heard goldeneye ducks. They made a noise like a whistle while they were flying. We don’t know why they make that noise and neither does Steve.
We didn’t find any plastic there for the second time!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Field Report January 21, 2011
The 3rd - 5th grade class went to Gustavus dock on January 21, 2011. The weather was cold, cloudy, and rainy. We where there for an hour. We got some plastic (not too much). There was yellow plastic, black plastic, white plastic, a piece of a shot gun shell, plastic rope, and four pieces of Styrofoam. There was also a soda can, 2 pieces of rubber, packing from ramen noodles, a paper Cabela’s tag, fishing lure. We saw a lot of living things such as; sculpins, cockles, isopods, arthropod, and 2 sea anemones.
We have a question that we haven’t found an answer to. Is rubber plastic?
Monday, January 10, 2011
Field Report 1-7-11
Breaking News! We didn't find any plastic on our last trip! We went to Bartlett Cove beach on January 7th, 2011. It was our first field trip in 2011 and the first time we didn't find plastic. Wow! Do you think we will find any on our trip next week to the Gustavus Dock beach?
Marieke brought a traffic cone-thing to look at things in the intertidal zone. It was like a mini aquarium. The weather was cold and windy, but not rainy. It was sunny, but on the beach we were on, the sun didn't shine. We were sad!
Marieke brought a traffic cone-thing to look at things in the intertidal zone. It was like a mini aquarium. The weather was cold and windy, but not rainy. It was sunny, but on the beach we were on, the sun didn't shine. We were sad!
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