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Hisser -- 06-06-12

2012-06-06T11:11:33-05:00

The Madagascar hissing cockroach is also known as the hisser. It is one of the largest species of cockroaches, it ranges from 5 to 7 centimeters. They don't have wings which is odd for a cockroach. It is an excellent climber though and can scale glass. GLASS! That's pretty cool. They can make a hissing noise by pushing out air through their abdomen. That's where the name Madagascar hissing cockroach came from, it's native to Madagascar. The female has a smooth shell while the males shell has bumps or ridges on the first part.

Cockroaches -- 06-05-12

2012-06-05T11:18:57-05:00

What do I know about cockroaches? I know that they can survive for SIX weeks without their heads! That's so disturbing. I also know they don't need to eat everyday. They can survive incredible amounts of radiation. It's crazy what cockroaches have survived. I want to know what they like to eat more, do they like fruit? Vegtables? Or do they eat meat? Can they survive in the cold harsh environment in Washington? Im not sure.

Snails(: -- 05-10-12

2012-05-10T11:03:12-05:00

I did an experiment to see what food snails prefer. Peanut butter, or cheese. I thought that the snails would prefer the peanut butter over the cheese. On the first day, both of our snails chose the peanut butter over the cheese. We had a box with a divider for each snail. On each side we put a slice of cheese and a glob of peanut butter. They both went towards the cheese the turned around and ate the peanut butter. On day two, the snails also preferred the peanut butter, they went straight towards it. On day three, the last day we collected evidence, snail 1 ate some cheese but left and ate peanut butter, our other snail, snail 2 ate only peanut butter. This shows that overall, the snails prefer peanut butter over the cheese. We did have some inaccuracies, the peanut butter that we used was 2 months expired, but, hey, I didn't know.. We did use the same snails every time. At first, we used grass as bedding for the snails, but they ate that, so we had to take that out. In conclusion, snails like peanut butter WAY better than cheese.

Volcanic Ash vs Soil -- 04-17-12

2012-04-17T11:19:24-05:00

Did you know that volcanic ash helps plants grow? I learned that! I did an expirement to compare the growth between radishes when grow in soil and soil with volcanic ash. Ash has a lot of nutrience in it and it also holds water. When lava destroys plants, or when the ash sufficates it, it takes up all the nutrience. I did an expirement to see hoe volcanic ash effects the growth of raddishes. I studied the plant growth for one week. The end result was with only soilm the plant only grew to be ten centimeters. With volcanic ash I found out that it grew better. The raddishes grew to be 12.5 centimeters. That's a difference. All in all, I learned that volcanic ash does help plant growth, but, if there is too much ash, over 4 inches, it can poison the plant and anyone who eats it.

Works Cited
"Effect of Volcanoes." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation. Web. 20 Mar. 2012. http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00886/index_files/Page307.htm.
"Effect of Volcanoes." ThinkQuest. Oracle Foundation. Web. 24 Apr. 2012. http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00886/index_files/Page307.htm.
"Volcanic Ash�centsEffects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies." Volcanic Ash�centsEffects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies. 3 Feb. 2009. Web. 24 Mar. 2012. http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ash/agric/index.html.

That's my Lunch! -- 03-22-12

2012-03-22T11:18:28-05:00

I made a pretend lunch. My lunch had lays potato chips, Milk, Bell Peppers, Whole Wheat Bread, Hamburger Meat, and Apples. All of these came fro different places in the U.S, I'm organic so I picks things grown in Washington, it took 1,628 miles to get from different place in Washington to our grocery stor for my lunch. When we convert that to carbon dioxide, it was 6,028.6 ponds of co2!! One pound of co2 can fill a whole classroom. That's one pound. We converted our carbon dioxide to elephants, for those of you who can't picture 6,000 classrooms full of co2, we created .6 carbon elephants with our lunch. To get this, find out where your lunch came from, find the miles, multiply the miles by 3.7 to get the co2 and then divide the co2 by 10,000 to get how many carbon elephants your lunch cost you!! How many carbon elephants did you create?

Genetics. -- 03-02-12

2012-03-02T12:23:48-05:00

We learned about genetics. You get do inang and ressesive traits from eithere of your parents. If you had two blonde and blue eyes parents they would come out like the picture in the link below. (:

http://educatoral.com/rm604/images/per3/g10/jonnas.jpg

Mitosis and Meiosis. -- 02-10-12

2012-02-10T12:05:08-05:00

Bacteria -- 02-10-12

2012-02-10T12:02:50-05:00

We did an expirement. We had to swab different surfaces, we swabbed the gym door, the toilet seat, the toilet flusher and the gum under the table. We put it in a petri dish to grow the bacteria, here's what we found!

The gym door handle has the most bacteria out of the toilet seat, flusher, and gum under the table. The toilet seat had absolutely no colonies of bacteria growing on the agar. The toilet flusher had one large colony. The gum underneath our table grew three colonies of bacteria. The gym doors had over 20 colonies and two gigantic colonies. Most of the colonies were the size of a “.” some were the size of a “o” and the largest one was about twice the size of an “O”. One of our inaccuracies was contamination. In our gum under the table, there is bacteria growing away from where we swabbed, it was a contamination. In conclusion, if you go to Chimacum schools, I suggest that you was your hands after touching the doors.

Our Paramecium!! -- 12-08-11

2011-12-08T12:47:45-05:00

These are our parameciums. They swam around and ate yeast(: Check it ou!

Our Amoeba!! -- 12-08-11

2011-12-08T12:29:48-05:00

This is a hilarious video of our amoeba!! Bear with me and watch it, its starts slow but is really cool(:

Our amoeba look like seagull poo. I time lapsed the video, it took me almost an hour. By speeding up the video, you can see what we noramlly cant. If you stare at the amoeba, it seems like you cannot relize they are moving, but, they do!!

Orbeez. -- 12-08-11

2011-12-08T12:11:55-05:00

Heidi and I finished our orbeez expierment!! Heres the graph!!

The Blue is our first observations, the Pink is our second!

Microscopes!! -- 12-07-11

2011-12-07T13:08:06-05:00

Earlier this week, we were able to look through the microscopes. In the non-digital microscopes, you would see things inverted. They were upside down. We looked at feathers, ribbons, and magazines through the microscopes.

If you wanted it go up, you'd move down. If you want to go left, you would move right. The magnafication of the microscopes was really cool. We could not take pictures of thi microscope because it was not digital like our other ones.

Orbeez!! -- 11-09-11

2011-11-09T12:05:05-05:00

Heidi and I were wondering what different liquids effect the growth of polyacrylate crystals, also known as orbeez.
We put three orbeez in five different vials. Each vial contained a different liquid. Orange Juice, Yeast Water. Sugar Water, Salt Water and Fizzy Water. We learned that the Orbeez grew largest in sugar water. It grew smallest in the orange juice because in orderr to grow, it needs water. At first, we had an experiment to see what Brine Shrimp grow in better but our expirement was knocked over by an unnamed person (Olivia)(:. We learned that orbeez are not living even though they seem as if they are due to the fact that they grow. It takes more then one characteristic of living things to prove that something is living. I wonder if the amount of light effected how our orbeez grew.

Polyacrylate Crystals Experiment -- 11-02-11

2011-11-02T12:32:07-05:00

Heidi and I created an experiment with polyacrylate crystals, known as Orbies. We wanted to see which liquid they would grow biggest in. We chose to put polyacrylate crystals in orange juice, salt water, carbonated water, sugar water and yeast water. We predicted that the orbits would grow very large in every liquid but the orange juice. We will check for results every day.

Environments, Organisms, Ten Teams and Many Results. -- 10-20-11

2011-10-20T12:25:37-05:00

Ten teams. The same organisms. Different environments. Different results. We had three different liquids. Liquid 1 was salt water. Liquid 2 was sugar water. Liquid 3 was just water. We also had 5 materials. A was red sand. B was Yeast. C was Polyacrylate (Also known as Orbies.) D was Raddish and E was Brine Shrimp. (Also known as Sea Monkeys!) Nothing grew in the salt water. The Raddish and Shrimp grew in the sugar water and water. The Sea Monkeys should of grown in the salt water seeing as how that is their naturaul environment. We saw no evidence of life in the Yeast, Red Sand or Polyacrylate. Different environments affect organisms vastly. They can only adapt if they need to. Some of the living organisms like Yeast may have appeared to be non-living because we were not able to tell if it was moving or breathing. It just looked liked bubbles. There should of been a lot of activity in the Yeast in the sugar water because it eats water. Many things require certain environments. Some things are almost in a state of hibernation. Once they are in the right environments with the right materials. They come to life. :)

Substance E -- 10-14-11

2011-10-14T12:27:18-05:00

You see that picture below? What do you think it is? Do you think it's living? I do. For one, it's smells nasty. It also comes out of the black eggs. My partner Heidi and I watched them hatch. They look like minature shrimp. I just found out that they were Sea Monkeys! At first, we had absolutly no idea what they were. We wern't even able to tell that they were living. After we saw them under the microscope, e found that they were alive. We were able to watch them hatch. It turns out there are many ways to tell if they're living. If they can hatch, they are definatly living. We were able to hatch them in sugar water and yeast. Odd right? They wern't supposed to hatch, but, they did. Odd creatures Sea Monkeys are.

Living, or not? -- 10-07-11

2011-10-07T12:30:08-05:00

Living things. So many of them. There are many different characteristics of living things. Living things breath, move, reproduce, grow, eat food and have cells. I'm living. Did you know a rocking horse was once living because it was made from a tree? I know! Weird right!? Living things. So many many things are living. Today we also debated whether a seed is living. It is, it's kind of like a bear in hibernation.

Global Warming -- 09-30-11

2011-09-30T12:19:46-05:00

I think that people can fix Global Warming, although the damage we've done is irreversable, we can still stop from doing any more damage to the Earth, if we stop cutting down the rainforests, we can get rid of a lot of Co2 if we keep the trees. Trees absorb Co2 and exhale oxegyn. I think we should start helping the Earth now so we don't have to deal with any worse consequences then neccesary. But, that's just what I think.

The Marine Biome -- 09-28-11

2011-09-28T12:30:04-05:00

The Marine Biome!! Learn All About It!!

educatoral.com/rm604/videos/per3/g10/Heidi%20Jonna%20Biomes.mov

7 Things you really didn't need to know. -- 09-28-11

2011-09-28T12:21:07-05:00

1. I Music. I helped pass a bill in Washington State to get more music funding to every school.

2. I have a 4.0.

3. I reading.

4. My favorite Holiday is Halloween

5. My favorite color is Pink.

6. I play Volleyball, Soccer, and I'm going to take Karate and Fencing.

7. I've got 2 little sisters and 1 older brother :P

8. I'm only supposed to post 7 things but, I almost forgot. My name is Jonna!! Prononcued (John~Nuh)

My Glog -- 05-23-10

2010-05-23T18:10:07-05:00

Margarine vs. Butter -- 05-23-10

2010-05-23T17:52:58-05:00

A while ago I did an expirement. I read an e-mail saying that margarine can't grow bacteria. I thought I would put it to the test. I took a stick of margarine and put it on two different foil pans. I spit on them both to put bacteria on it. I put bacteria growth on one of them and let the other one be. I put them in an incubator to grow the bacteria. After one week, I looked at both samples under a microscope. I found absolutley no signs that the bacteria had grown on either sample. My conclusion is that margarine cannot grow bacteria! I did some research and it turns out it was used to fatten turkeys before thanksgiving. If you want to test this at home, take a stick of butter and margarine, put them both in your garage and watch them. Flies will go up to the butter but will avoid the margarine. I found this expirement very interesting so I figured I would share it

Elastic Force of a Stretchy Rubberband -- 05-05-10

2010-05-05T15:46:28-05:00

Did you know that elastic force of a rubber band doesn't follow patterns? I did. My class and I did an expirment to measure the elastic force of a rubber band. We measured it in Newtons! If a rubberband is stretched 2 cm, it has the elastic force of 1 Newton. If you pull a rubberband back it can pull a certain amount of elastic force (measured in Newtons of cource) If you accidently let go of the rubberband, it will snap forward because the elastic force is being forced to be pulled back. If you pull to hard, the rubberband can break because the length the band is pulled can be too much to handle. In some cases it makes the rubberband extremely weak because it was stretched too much.

Batteries and there Energy -- 04-23-10

2010-04-23T15:53:56-05:00

How does energy change from one form to another? Well, I'll tell you how. It all starts when the battery stores the chemical energy. You can use it for almost anything, but, when the music stops, the watch dies or the flashlight goes out, that means the battery is out of chemical energy. Most batteries nowadays are rechargeable. You just plug them in to a charger and the electrical energy goes from the plug in the wall to the portable battery! Just like that. A while after, you can once again crank up the tunes, play with the flashlight or tell time. Batteries are an amazing thing but, I think that car batteries should be smaller. To do that, all that we have to do is make the battery smaller by using less materials. I think that there should be a car battery charger. So that way, if there's an outlet, you will never again have to wait in the parking lot to come across one nice person who will give your car a jump.

My Glog!! -- 03-23-10

2010-03-23T16:17:39-05:00

My Wiki! -- 03-17-10

2010-03-17T15:55:52-05:00

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The Grange -- 11-23-09

2009-11-23T00:00:00-05:00

Last week I went to the grange in my 6th period science class.We pulled black berry bushes. First and third period took out the roots. My class had to take all the bushes and drag it into a trailer. There were alot of blackberry bushes. I had to use gloves so i wouldn't get thorns on me. I also got to see the creek. To me, the creek looked deep. I took my gloves off to see how cold it was and it was COLD! We had to put all the bushes on a tarp and drag them to the trailer. After that, we loaded up the trailer with the bushes so Ky and Sarah could haul it away. Because we did so good, we got three doughnuts each. I really enjoyed the grange. We pulled the weeds so the trees (that the seventh graders planted last year) wouldn't die. I really enjoy science and I enjoy helping the enviorment with the fun outdoor things we do =)

Jonnas Fresh Water Pollution Pamphlet -- 10-28-09

2009-10-28T15:51:04-05:00

WATER POLLUTION

First off what is water pollution?? Water Pollution is when careless people dump oil, gas, pesticides, fertilizers, garbage, and other harmful things into the water to cause animals to die and gross drinking water.

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WHAT WATER POLLUTION CAN DO

The consequences of water pollution are lower reproduction rates and increased stress on fish, so they are less healthy.andnbsp; Also Bacteria in the water can form. Another consequence is that it decreases oxygen and increases disease. Also some more effects are poisonous drinking water, poisonous food animals. And there are unbalanced river and lake ecosystems that can no longer support full biological diversity. Another is deforestation from acid rain!!! Also there are many other effects but if we told you them all you would eventually get bored.

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NITRATES

Nitrates are a primary form of dissolved nitrogen in the natural water. It is a natural compound present in all ecosystems. Nitrates are one of the chemicals essential to plant life, but too much can be a problem for plants, animals, and the environment.

High nitrates can affect people in a lot of ways including, blue baby syndrome. The blue baby syndrome is when an infant or baby in the womb turns blue. They turn blue from drinking high nitrates. Pregnant women and Babies are most affected by high nitrates.

The safe amount of nitrates in drinking water is 10 milligrams per liter.

When there are high nitrates in the water you should, CALL YOUR WATER AGENCY or Do Not Drink It if you have any suspicions about it.

To prevent nitrates from getting into the water you should, reduce the amount of fertilizer being applied to fields. And you could place tile drainage systems deeper into the soil. And you could use a stronger soil for above your septic tank. Also you could REDUCE SEWAGE. Little steps can be a big help to you and animals!andnbsp;

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NO MORE WATER POLLUTION!

To prevent water pollution you should, minimize the resource consumption and dispose of waste properly. Also an easy way to prevent it is to RECYCLE. Also, you can keep harmful substances from entering the environment. For example, keep chemicals from going down the drain. And if you finish a soda throw it in the garbage!

To improve water quality you can use high pressure or cold-water treatment. Which is when people spray with fire hoses and then the oil would go down the shore and then you could use mechanical clean up like backhoes and other heavy equipment.

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Fun Fact: Non point sources of water pollution are when you donandrsquo;t know where the pollution is coming from. Point source pollution is when you do know where the pollution is coming from.

Q: Which do oil spills hurt more, animals or the ocean?

A: Oil spills mostly affect marine life rather than the ocean water itself.

Q: How is plastic harmful to the ocean?

A: As far as plastics in the ocean are concerned, they are inert substances. They pollute the worldandrsquo;s waterways in physical instead of chemical ways.

WATER POLLUTION IS BAD!

By: Audrey Jonna and Vanessa

3 sixth grade students.

7 no need to know things about me -- 10-14-09

2009-10-14T23:31:26-05:00

1. I LOVE my cat BOXER

2. I have an xbox live account ( add me Sh0ck eN Aw3 )

3. I love CANDY!

4. I like Pretty Colors!

5. I have an annoying brother.

6. I LoVe SOCCER

7. I have awewsome friends

Cispus -- 09-30-09

2009-09-30T22:08:46-05:00

I Cispus!!!!

I LOVED the challenge course! I had lots of fun being with my friends. I missed MY bed though. Plastic beds hurt. I liked getting beads ( I got 17!!!! ) . It was a blast. The food was AWESOME! Cispus was a gr8 outdoor experience and i can't wait for ODDESY!!!!!!!!! If it's like Cispus, lets go NOW!!!!!!

Volcanos and Lava -- 09-30-09

2009-09-30T21:27:49-05:00

Lava

I learned that high silica makes lava flow slower. Low silica makes lava flow faster. High water and high silica makes a huge blast. Lava can get really hot. I saw that it can get up to 500 degrees and hotter. Sometimes when lava oozes from a volcano to the ocean it gets hard and turns black. Steam rises from the water.

Volcano

Mt. St. Helens is a composite volcano. There are three main types of volcanos. Cinder volcanos, shield volcanos, and composite volcano. The shield volcano can be 200 ft. wide!!!!! Some volcanos can be hundreds of feet wide but thousands of feet tall! Thats pretty cool!