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Cactus Blog -- 05-02-12

2012-05-02T11:27:16-05:00

Our experiment involved cacti. We wanted to know what environment would be best for cactus growth. We had a cactus in the incubator about 93 degrees F with paper over the incubator door window we also put one in a mini fridge 45 F no light either then we had a cactus in the closet for room temperature 76F. Our controlled variables were light exposure and the amount of water we gave the cactus which was two squirts from a spray bottle every three days. Inaccuracies the cactus in the closet was exposed to more sunlight because other teams had their experiment in the closet so it was opened often. The fridge was opened for food often as well. Another problem was that the temperature in the incubator was too hot for the cactus at 93f when a cactus is better in 85f degrees. Our cactus was a Cardon or false saguaro is native to Mexico and Baja California. It grows to 30 feet in height and 3 feet in diameter. Also its lifespan is 100+ years. Here is a movie made by my teammate of my cactus being cut open.

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to watch it.

Snails -- 05-02-12

2012-05-02T10:36:28-05:00

I know that the largest snail was 2pounds and 15 inches
They grow out of their shells when they get to big they excrete a calcium protien that harden into the shells.
They are realated to slugs are both genders.
I want to know how long they can live how much weight can a snail pull? Why salt hurts them? Why are there aquatic snails?

Food miles -- 03-22-12

2012-03-22T11:14:45-05:00

It took 11,538 miles to get a cheese burger,banana,jam,yogurt,sourdough bread,orange juice. To port hadlock Washington .the carbon out put was 43,267.5 pounds .

Diversity -- 03-01-12

2012-03-01T12:27:08-05:00

Sexual reproduction gives more variety because each parent has a differnt geno type so the baby will be differrent than thier parent. Asexual reproduction is miotosis the split of into two organisms of the same geneo.

Baby -- 03-01-12

2012-03-01T12:14:15-05:00

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This child has a fifty fifty chance of free ear lobes ,dark hair and dark eyes.

Bacteria -- 02-03-12

2012-02-03T12:15:20-05:00

We learned that even in school bacteria can grow with the right conditions. Millions of bacteria grow every where in the sink,in the water fountain,in the urnial, and the hall way ceiling. The urnial had the most bacteria in it with the auager the bacteria florished the food the water and heat were the right conditions the colonies were a ivory kind of color. All of the colonies were that color, imagine the amount of bacteria wich are every were live on us and most things we touch.

enviroment -- 10-20-11

2011-10-20T12:25:23-05:00

enviroments effect organisms by the food sources, predetors, repreductions, hacthing and habitat.

the organisms appeared non living because the enviroment was not sutible for the type of organisms in the lab test we did but that depends on the type of a liquid. The test we did was we took three different liquid sugar water, salt water, and regular water. My team used salt water and we put brine shrimp in the salt water and they didn't hatch then we put polyacrylate crystals they are exorbitant they hardly did any thing they expanded a little but not much. Then we put radish seeds an a cotton ball with some salt water in it but it didn't grow. Next yeast was put in the salt water and it hardly did anything it sank and thats it. Last we put red sand the water and nothing happened.

Global warming. -- 10-10-11

2011-10-10T11:48:45-05:00

There is not much humans can do to stop global warming we can try to slow it down but unless we some how got a gaint co2 transfer device and remove some of the co2 out of the atmosphere which is highly unlikely we can't stop it even we did it would just come back, but we can try to slow it down. We need to try to help the envoirment but not waste our money and go over board.

7random facts of Zach -- 09-30-11

2011-09-30T12:15:38-05:00

1. my mom is from England.

2. I want to apply for dual citizenship with England and the United States.

3. I have many multi racial freinds like korean, Thai, Phillopino, Mexican, african american, and american.

4.I have a dog and a cat.

5.I have a younger sister.

6. I play the baritone.

7. I live out side of my school district.

the first law -- 05-26-10

2010-05-26T12:26:40-05:00

I'm here to tell about newtons first law . The law of inertia. If a object is at rest it will not move unless acted upon by a outside force.Like a ball on top of a hill it will not move unless a outside force like the wind comes and blows it away

the within the force -- 04-23-10

2010-04-23T12:20:50-05:00

when you charge a battery electrical energy gos in to the battery then it becomes stored chemical energy. Then when you put the battery in a electrical device and turn that stored chemical energy becomes electrical energy. It can also become mechanical energy. Alessandro Volta the first battery

golden glog -- 03-25-10

2010-03-25T12:00:40-05:00

our wiki -- 03-17-10

2010-03-17T11:58:43-05:00

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our wiki -- 03-17-10

2010-03-17T11:58:39-05:00

click here to see what we did

Weeds -- 11-26-09

2009-11-26T14:40:59-05:00

I pulled weeds near Chimicum Grange,Washington. The weeds were
black berrie bushes they were growing every were. I could feel
the thorns through the working gloves it hurt. We pulled weeds
as service to n.o.s.c. My favorite part was when I saw a salmon
swimming up stream it was close to its end of its life. There
was a huge root that was dug up it was bigger than my head.
Iwanted to feel how cold the water was it looked cold.

volcanoes -- 11-15-09

2009-11-15T14:51:58-05:00

There are five different types of volcanoes. Composite, cindercone, shield, caldera,and fissure volcanoes.

Lets start with composite volcanoes. A composite volcano is made up of solid lava in layers like a cake. It becomes taller with every layer. Some composite volcanoes include Vesuvius, Krackatoa, Fujiyama,and Mount st. Helens. They have fairly steep sides and they are ten thousand feet tall or more.

Next are the cinder cone volcanoes. A cinder cone volcanoes are almost entirely made of loose grains of cinders. They are small for a volcano but I'm not saying that they are small compared to us. Cinder cone volcanoes only get up to one tousand feet tall.

Now we are going to talk about shield volcanoes. Shield volcanoes can be hundreds of miles across. Shield volcanoes are made from frozen lava. Most of the time they have large craters at the top. Another type of volcano is "Giant" or caldera. The caldera volcano is a huge crater it can be many tens of miles across.These craters are on other volcanoes. They form by collapse.

The last type of volcanoes. Fissure volcanoes are cracks in the earth that spew out lava.The lava then pools and becomes solid and most of the time covers the crack.

7 super stuff of me -- 11-03-09

2009-11-03T21:51:27-05:00

1.My dad was born in Louisiana.
2.I have a little sister.
3.My dog's name is Tripper.
4.I have a step dad.
5.I live near a bay.
6.I ride bus 102.
7.I'm half British my mom is British.

Cipus -- 11-02-09

2009-11-02T19:14:34-05:00

I loved Camp Cispus even if I didn't sleep well. I didn't sleep well because I was in one of the only beds that the streetlight shone on,I could see the light through my sleeping bag.
Apart from the sleeping part from my time was great. The food was fantastic,the hikes were easy for me atleast,the challenge course was
interesting,and the the bead ceremonies were odd.
I think that my favorite part was the callenge course.
My least favorite part was the bus rides they were really long.
That is the end of my conclusion.