April+Science+Newsletter

=Science News:= Please Use Heading size 1 for your title. This will automatically make your title embed into our table of contents. please edit this page and add your science newsletter article to our class WIKI... Good luck and have fun. Dr. Walefftoc = my science News Letter = = By: Aislynn Deeter = = = In my 5th grade science class we are doing different environment things. 5th grade thinks it is so fun, and so do I. This module we are doing terrium groups. My group has me (Aislynn Deeter), Pearl Ross, Lindsey Burchfield and last but not least Ivie Cramer. On Thursday April 26 our group’s isopod had babies!! We also have plants: our plants are corn, radish, peas, barley, and clover. Most of the babies died L. Pearl brought in more isopods and other kinds of bugs in a container with wood, dirt, grass and outdoor things for the isopods. Our plants have grown lots! We have a new investigation now, it is brine shrimp hatchlings! We just started so we do not know much but they are transparent, white, pink or a little orange, move lightning speed and cant see when the first hatch! That is what we have been doing in our science so far! = = = = = = Environment’s Indoors = = //I Promised I’d be back, so here I am! This time in Science we are studying aquatic animals and environments. We have been working with fish, Isopods, and Darkling Beetles so far! And Isopods is like a roly poly and they are usually called potato bug. They like to hide under rocks and they are not harmful. At first we lost about 40 fish. Delta Education sent us 20 fish and they didn’t get food for 5 days, and they didn’t get clean water. All of the first fish died and they sent us 20 more and they were all ready dead. Our teacher didn’t want more to die, so she got some at Wal-mart. We also have terrariums in our classroom. A terrarium is a small garden and it is enclosed. Most of us don’t have terrariums anymore because the plants were hitting the roof so we had to take the lid off.// //We have done a lot with our science this month. Soon we are going to hatch baby shrimp eggs. Also, one of our isopods had babies but the mom died and so did most of the babies. Also, our fish have been getting black stuff on there skin and it looks like it is a disease. That is what I personally think, though! LL Well, so longe for now! Bye! J// = = =All about Our Science Class= By Keven Bennefield

In our class we are doing science about environments with dugs, fish and plants. In my essay I will be informing you about what I do in science class.

The first thing I will be telling you about is fish. Today we were testing water and talking about the aced that can be in a fish tank or in a fish’s water.

The next thing I will be telling you about will be bugs. We are testing beetles and icepods. The beetles we have can fly. The icepods can breathe under water.

The last thing we are doing in science in testing the plant groth. We planted barely, pea, corn and clover.

Well that is all hope you see plants and whet we are doing in science.

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Environment By: Ivie Cramer 4-24-12

In science we are doing a subject on environments. The first thing we started doing was taking care of the fish, and observing what they do. My groups name is AG, AG stands for all girls; we named our fish Oscar and Fred. Over night we left them in containers with plants to give them oxygen. The next day when we came back Fred was dead. Our next lesson we did was planting a terrarium. We planted corn, barley, clover, peas, and radish. Our group’s plants were the last group whose plants spouted. All of our plants sprouted. The lesson we are working on now is a runway, for isopods and beetles. One of our isopods had babies, there small and white. Before we got isopods we got beetles. We put wet, moist, and then dry soil in the runway and left spaces in between them. I predicted that our beetles would start under the wet and moist for the short run. For the long run I predicted they would be in dry. I found out my prediction was correct. Our Terrariums In science class we have been studying different environments for different organisms and what environments they prefer. I think it is mostly about responsibility how to take car of the organisms and things like that. The first lesson we did we made terrariums. In those terrariums we planted a lot of things such as peas, barley, corn, and radishes. Then we started a little with fish we drew them and did observations on them. That all we did with the fish because a lot died. So then we went to bugs we had isopods, and darling beetles. We saw what kind of environments they like to be in then we put them in our terrariums. Now we are back on fish. By Zachary Spencer

= =  Terrariums The fifth grade class has planted corn, radish, peas, clover, and barley in plastic contains. After a few days the class has some sprouts. One group went a few weeks without any sprouts but finally they got some sprouts. Some groups had to take the lid off their Terrariums so their plants will grow. Then they put Darkling Beetles or Isopods in their Terrariums. This science project encouraged me to go home and try it out for myself. I am planting sweet corn, sunflower seeds, carrots, cucumbers, and some lettuce. By: Derek Baker = = = Science Newsletter = In 5th grade science we are growing plants like corn, barley, clover, radishes, peas in our terrarium. Also we are messing around with bugs like Darkling beetles and Isopods.We are also using fish and snails in our aquatic environments.In our terrariums our plantsare growing really good.We had 2 fish in a container and we had to draw pictures of them.Most of the plants are growing good except 1 terrarium.Also I think we are putting our bugs in our terrariums.Only one of our fish died since we got the fish tank.We are also putting BTB in the water to see if there is any kind of acid.

Environment module My class and I are doing environments and right now we are doing Darkling Beetles and Isopods and also fish. Today we are seeing if the fish turn the water that their in turns green or yellow or stays blue. We put one fish in a cup for each group. I predict that the fish will turn the water green and I predict that the plant in the second cup will turn green also .In the last cup all we put in it was BTB and I predict that it will stay blue. Michael fitzgerald = = = SCIENCE NEWSLETTER =

Were learning about how to plant. We planted plants like red radishes,corn,peas,barley,and clovers. Also we put in darkling beetles in our terrariums with our plants. We are also learning about acid and how it can kill fish. We put a chemical named BTB. In conclusion we put a fish in one cup, a plant in another cup and nothing in the third.

By:Christian

= Learn about science = = = We have been doing some really cool stuff in science. The module that we are working on is environments. We have fish, bugs, and plants I am a fan of the fish. = = The first fish shipment we got about 20 fish in a bag in a box no bigger than a tissue box. The next day nine were dead. On Tuesday nine more died and the few that remained died at the teacher’s house = = Dr. Waleff was confused. Why did all the fish die? She thought the cramped delivery. She went to wal-mart to replace them and a filtered tank. So far only three died one died today. = = We really haven’t done much with them but observe them but I still enjoy the fish = = Jeremy Chatley 4/27/12

= Science Newsletter = Right now in science the fifth graders are working on an Environment Module. In Environments we have pet goldfish in a filtered tank in the classroom. Also we have Isopods. Isopods are sometimes called roly polys, pill bugs, or potato bugs. We are also grandparents to baby Isopods! They’re as tiny as the tip of a #2 pencil. We were so excited! We also have Darkling Beetles. Plus we have terrariums and in the terrariums we’ve planted barley, radishes, peas, corn, and clover, and they are growing rapidly. We have had so much fun in science. We’ve also loved science all this year working with everything. Keep Working Hard Each Day Fifth Grade! By:Lindsey Burchfield Grade 5 = =  Science Article I am going to be talking about what we have been doing in science lately. We have been working on our terrariums for a little while our plants are touching the roof. We planted lots of things like corn peas radish like that stuff .Yesterday we made three little dirt piles. We have isopods and we have come Darkling Beetles Then we looked over them and we deiced to but them in our Garden. Sincerely: Raven Brumbaugh Environments

Hi guys, I am back and this time I am talking about environments! The fifth grade gets to observe fish, bugs, and plants. My personal favorite is the fish and the bugs. We are in groups of four and we observe and experiment the fish and bugs. My group had isopods (potato bugs or roily pulleys) and one had a bunch of little isopod babies! My group and I are grandparents! At first we thought they were just its legs, but then the babies started to go EVERYWHERE! Also most of our fish made it through about two weeks so far but we think they have a disease that is making them black! Some fish with black on them have died recently. When we got the fish there was only one with black on it and it died recently, but now we have three or four with black on them! We are trying to find out if it is a disease or not but personally I think it is! L I will keep you updated and see you again soon! Pearl Ross

ENVIRONMENTS april 2012

Lately 5th grade has been working on environments which are plants, seeds, insects, and sea creatures. In the plant section they are growing and watering BARLEY, CLOVER, CORN, PEA, and RADISHES. These are there plants also they had the opinion to add isopods and darkling beetles. When they added the insects they also got the opinion the add things to make them happy such as potato peels, carrots, wood, rocks and so on. The are also experimenting with gold fish, recently we have had many gold fish die. 5th grade has also been taking notes and drawing pictures of everything they have done. They have had strong observations and they have had detailed pictures. Keep up the good work scientists.

savannah Bartel

= Science Newsletter = Our fifth grade class at Utica elementary is really having a blast in science! Currently 5th grade is working on their environmental science module. We are working with fish, darkling beetles, and isopods (potato bugs). One of the isopods was a mommy and had at least twenty babies. Congratulations fifth grade you are grandparents. Please don’t worry none of these animals will harm you. We are also working with terrariums. (mini gardens) They are really sprouting fast very high too. Well that’s all for now tune in next month to get more news articles.

J AliciaHawke J