My Last Day at B2

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Quail Attack at Desert Museum

The STEM teachers visited the Desert Museum and inside the Bird Imporium, this is what happened.  Watch the video.  Tell me what you think this quail was trying to communicate to me.

Pictures of the Biosphere

Below is a video of Biosphere pictures.  

In days to come, I will post pictures of each biome. 

Day of Engineering

Today, we built Popsicle stick bridges with partners.  It seemed fairly simple, but the challenge was that we had to make it to sustain 50 lb weights.  I would love to do this activity with students in my classroom.  Below are some pictures and a video of what happened.

Our Lucky Wishbone

Today, as a team, we designed a apparatus that will send a water ball straight up into the air to test its velocity and to see how high it would go.  Here are some pictures of what we designed.

The Lucky Wishbone won the contest.
It averaged the highest velocity.

Watch video below.  Once we finished testing, we used it to play silly games.

Critters with Distinction

Baby Rattler Snake came to B2 today!

Coiled, ready to strike!

This Gila Monster visited our casita yesterday.

Scorpion illuminated at night.

This critter, a Blue Belly lizard, was saved from a few pine needles that poked him in the belly when he fell from the tree.  After removing the needles, the lizard fell asleep in this person's hand when his belly was massaged. 

Biobottles: A Closed System



A Portable Biosphere

 Here is a closed system which consist of 3 levels with living animals in each one. 
The bottom layer has a Beta fish enclosed with carbon, gravel, live plants and  water.
The middle layer has soil from the B2 Savannah biome, compost soil and four earth worms.
The top layer has air and a marigold plant.  At the very top, is an orange lung to capture CO2.
I chose a young fish, so that it can live for a long time.  It will be on display in my classroom.  Come by to see it. 

What should we name the fish?

Marigold in top layer.