Fun Friday Class!

 Dandelions

 Plantains

Clover

Set up of lab 58 above

Friday September 17th,2010

In class: We were given the grading rubric for the alien species project and we were able to ask any questions we had about the project. Mrs. Stein had the sheet out so students could sign up for the differnt species. Only two people per species are allowed, so sign up as soon as you can.

After everyone was done asking questions, we went outside to start on Lab 58. In this lab, we learned about the different density populations by counting the number of different plants in each square-meter. Density population is the number of species in a certain area. (plants/m2) The three weeds that we were looking for in our area were Dandelions, Plantains, and Clover. We placed popsicle sticks in the ground, one meter apart at the corners of the square. Then, we divided our area into smaller areas to count the number of different weeds in each section. Many people were confused on what each plant looked like so i included a picture of each above. In the lab, we made a drawing of what our area looked like and then we made a table of the number of plants in each of the sections. After fnishing the lab, we went inside and put the group's data together to make a class data table. To find the population density, we added the numbers and then divided by the area of the quadrants.

Mrs.Stein added a link on the blog about the different times and more imformation on the Grove extra credit.

The next scribe is Melissa

MEET IN IMC MONDAY TO WORK ON YOUR OIL SPILL PROJECT OR YOUR ALIEN POSTER!!

Homework:

Oil Spill Project due-9/21

Finish Lab 58-due Monday

Cornell notes section 6.3-due Monday

Alien Poster-due 9/27

Extra Credit-due 9/25