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.

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?

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.

Animal Tracks

Soil Test