TWIS #12

This week in science we did many things.  One of the things we did was make spider observation logs, these logs helped us record what our cellar spiders did everyday or every other day.  We didn't just write anything, we wrote things according to specific activity directions we got.  We got to decorate the cover how ever we wanted to, then we had to number all the pages and begin to fill the that very same day.  We Also watched a number of Brain Pop and other videos about energy pyramids, symbiotic relationships, and food chains.  After all the videos and also diagrams, we took little quizzes and did different worksheets.  When learning about food chains we played an online game linked to David's blog that made us set up food chains properly and they can be tricky.  They also tested us on our knowledge of  mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, which happens during symbiotic relationships.

This week in science we learned many things.  I remember a lot of things from last year and most of this stuff was a good refresher on living environment and other stuff.  I learned that ecosystems can be controlled easily, especially just like my spider habitat, and that everyday something new would be happening in the tank.  Even though I was absent on this day, but I learned about mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism.  It sounded familiar and I had an idea of what they meant and their meaning actually were interesting and happens a lot in ecosystems during symbiotic relationships.  I also learned that food chains can start from the smallest things and also be a cycle and go back to producers after the consumers.