Classification challenge

• Animalia Kingdom (means its an animal)
• Arthopoda Phylum ( means it has an exoskeleton and jointed feet.) 
• Insecta Class (group of insects that have a 3 part body)
• Hymenoptera Order ( means heavy wings)
• Family Vespidae
• genus Microstigmus
• Species hymenopteran

Cricket Investigation

          We want to know if the crickets would prefer to eat fruit or vegetable. My hypothesis is that the crickets would prefer the fruit because its sweeter.Crickets ears are located on the knees of their front legs. Crickets can see different directions at the same time. Also crickets in the wild have a life san of less than a year. Female crickets do not chirp. Male crickets cause the chirping sound by rubbing his left wing against the upper edge of his right wing. 

experiment setup 

experimental data

     I set up the tank by placing cut up apple on one corner of the tank and  cut up celery in the opposite corner. Then we placed the cricket in the middle and saw were it went. 
     In the data part i followed were the cricket was going in the tank. 
     I can infer that my hypothesis was right because even though the cricket didn't stay on apples it was there longest. It would go to the celery but just come back to the apple so I can see that it prefers the apple more that the celery.                 

TWIS #6

            This week in science we worked on a dichotomous keys. On the 7th we did two different ways of asking dichotomous questions. We were trying yo figure out what flavor jelly belly's we had. The two different ways were the flow chart style and the list style. Also on monday we worked on a project to see if crickets like damp or dry surface by watching and timing what they did.


To the left is a picture of a dichotomous key example.

            I learned this week how to do a dichotomous key the list style. I always thought it would be complicated and I have seen it done before but i never actually tried it. Also i learned that crickets seem to becalm insects and don't really move much unless they feel danger. I had an aha moment when we did the flow chart because i realized how easy it really was.

TWIS #5

            This week in science we made a small rocket for a warm up and then started towards the bigger project. We finished the rocket challenge experiment. I didn't really think they would fly as far as they did. My IV was if the shape of the wings would change the distance and it did. The one with the thin long fins flew further and the one with the fat wings didn't go as far. Also we re-did the marshmallow challenge and even though we had already done it we still didn't finish it good. After that we studied crickets and made sketches of them.

            I learned this week that crickets can eat each other. Im still curious about how big crickets can actually grow but I am not convinced that the picture there can be real.

TWIS #4

This week in science we picked out parts for the plant investigation #2. Then we all did our parts and if we finished we helped wit other parts. Then after that we completed it on google docs. We also added a picture of what the plants look like now. After the first day of the plant investigation write up , Jamie sent each of us some responses and we tried to correct everything she put dow.

This weeks AHA!!!!!!!!!! moment was when we saw the plants last and the ones left in the dark were completely gone. Well not exactly disappear but they shrunk and shriveled up. Im still a little confused on why the dark plants grew taller even though they got less light. But then again they did die before the one that we left in actual light.

TWIS 3

this week in science we watched our plants grow. we drew pictures of the brassica rapas and we labeled how tall they were. we also made hypothesis's and testable questions. also we did a work sheet on variables and what they are. toward the end of the week we made a project on what people wear.

i learned this week that the brassica rapa grows extremely fast.but the ones we put in the dark grew taller. they didn't look as healthy though. they were dull tipped over and translucent. there leaves were yellow but the one we left in light had green leaves.

TWIS #2

This week in science we learned about the Brassica rapa. We researched the plant and found out interesting things. we also started our second plant investigation and then drew what the experiment looked like. We planted the seeds of the brassica rapa and our groups experiment is that, will it make a difference if we put them in the closet.

i learned that the brassica rapa can fully be grown in two weeks.It can also be cooked and eaten or made into medicine.It is naturalized in the wild and not native to california. Also i learned about poppers. They are these colorful half sphere pieces of rubber. i learned that when you put them inside out after a few seconds they pop up in the air.