Post 7: This Week in Science (Ecosystems)

In the last two weeks in science we designed our habitats and drew what we though it would look like. We also took a trip to this garden and we gathered things for our terrarium like worms, beetles, centipedes, and millipedes. We also took a test and made our own corrections. We also researched one organism in our terrarium.

I learned the scientific name for a garden spider, I also learned that the worms fertilize the plants and soil by leaving behind castings as a natural compost type material. I also learned centipedes are poisonous and Garden Centipede have venom claws directly behind their heads. They use these claws to attack prey.

I'm not sure what the venom of a garden centipede would do a human. I also don't know what the centipedes reaction to the spider would be, maybe they's fight because they're both predators.

Post 10: This Week in Science (Fruit Fly DYO Part 1)

   This week in science we fed our spiders and added one more spider to our groups, we are also still trying to solve the fruit flies problem. We made a chart to help us solve the fly problem and graphs.


   This week I learned how a cellar spider wraps its prey up in webs and carries it around for later. We also learned that if two spiders are in the same tank they'll most likely fight if their both males.

This Week In Science (Fruit Flies Part 2) Post #9

   This week in science we tested the fruit fly problem to see if we had the right answers. After one day

there would be 40 eggs, on day 15 there would be 600 eggs, 3 adults 1M(male)/2F(female). At day 16 their 

would be 560 eggs because some eggs hatched leaving 43 adults. We charted our results.

   We learned the how to determine if a fruit fly is a male or a female. We also learned females have 20 

eggs each day. We learned the flies take two days to become mature adults. We learned the fruit flies have 

a life cycle of a total of 16 days and can live up to eight  weeks as adults.