Kingdom:Animalia (Animals)
Phlymu:Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class :Actinopterygii (Fish).
Order:Cypriniformes ( Minnows / Suckers)
Family:Cyprinidae(Minnows )
Genus:Notropis(second largest genus of freshwater fish on the continent.)
Species:N.atherinoides(Emerald Shiner)

 Emerald Shiner Live in the Gulf of Mexico.Largely of zooplankton and small aquatic insects; but some algae and dead insects.They grow 2-4 inches.The back
is silvery with an emerald green or steel blue hue.The emerald shiner is a fish of big waters. Population numbers fluctuate and they are extremely abundant in some years, scarce in others.The emerald shiner spawns in the late spring or early summer, sometimes as late as mid-August.Around 75 F and the eggs hatch in 24 to 32 hours.

Cricket Investigation

 Background Research : In the wild usually eat dead insects,young plants,fungi.The male cricket usually chirp.Male crickets chirp to attract a female mate.Crickets eats with there antennas.Crickets die by too much wind.They live under rocks and log in a meadow.Crickets can tell weather.They chirp by rubbing there legs together.Crickets drink raindrops.They could even eat each other.

  Question: Do crickets like fruits or vegetable?  

  Hypothesis: If we give the crickets a chose of apples and celery Then, I think the cricket well like apples better Because, according to the data we saw they prefer apples.

 Digital picture:

-In this picture shows the apples and celery and the two crickets.

 Data Table:

  -In this picture it shows in how much time the crickets ate apple and vegetable.

   I used method 4 because i found it more easy and clearly to understand.Method 4 is seeing the feeding of the crickets in secs and minutes.I recorded my data by putting fruit and vegetable and then put 30secs,1min,1min 30sec,2mins.

 Mini Conclusion: In this investigation we gathered data to have our results.We did which crickets like better fruits or vegetable.While we were seeing there behavior we saw a piece of celery in the apple side and one of the crickets was eating it.We branged the celery closer to the apples then we saw the crickets got closer and started to eat the celery.We found this very interesting. 

This week in science #6

   This week in science we did this mission. And we had to try different trial to see which one is better for us. We choose method 1 dichotomous key. We found this method easy and very clear to understand. We did another dichotomous key with jelly beans. We did that to find which jelly bean flavor it is just like we did it with shoes.

   What I learned this week was how to make a dichotomous key. We watched what the crickets do for 30sec, 1min, 1mins 30sec, 2mins. And then, record what they did for those minutes. I learned how to do a dichotomous key with jelly beans. I learned 2 different methods and how to record my observations. I learned the word classify. I learned that the dichotomous key helps you find they flavor of they jelly beans and other things too.

This week in science #5

    This week in science we went into groups.We did a super rocket with all data from other groups.We watched some videos about animals and there behaviors.Then we got crickets and saw what were some behaviors of them.We wrote down the things I observed and the tings I wondered.After that we drew a sketch of the front,sideways,and front of the cricket.

    What I learned this week was how to build a rocket.We launched a rocket.We learned some behaviors of animals.I learned some of the crickets behaviors and how they look like.We watched videos of animal behavior to have a start of seeing different animals way of life. Some questions I had was why these animals have this kind of behavior? My thoughts about the animal behavior was funny, and kind of strange because I don't see animals do this regularly. I Learned lots of things about crickets, like that the males chirp to get a female cricket attention etc.

This Week in science #4

                                 

   This week in science we have been doing our plant investigation 2.We did missions in one day with chart and write all of our results in the chart.We had a short gallery walk to see our other mission.We had to make our own group write-up checklist.Then the last 2 days of our check list we looked at our plants and draw it .


     What i learned this week in science was how to do our own check list for plant investigation. I and my team members also learned how to do our mission .Learned hoe to make our own checklist.Learned how to make my plan investigation better.

This week in science #3

      This week in science we are doing our plant investigation and seeing how the plants grow.We been watering them everyday.We measure the how big the plant grew so far then.After that we draw a sketch of the plant and how it looks now.On Thrusday we did a got a mission to see whats the most common number of siblings? and we went around the classroom and asked every person how many siblings they had.Then, we gathered our data and made a bar graph on a chart.

What I learned in science was how my plants are growing and seeing how its becoming and trying to answer my testable question.I learned that the plants we are working on grow more faster then the other plant investigation.We did a investigation on what is the most common siblings?and we had to do a graph. We learned how to finish the mission in a whole period.