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Microscope Observations
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1. Tap water. I saw cells and lots of hydrogen, oxygen, and water bubbles 2. Pond Water. I saw some dead cells and dirty water and hydrogen bubbles, and some other “Things” that normal tap water doesn’t have. 3. Leaf. I saw some oxygen bubbles and some water bubbles 4.Dead Leaf. I saw some oxygen and water cells, but not a lot of life in the leaf.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What Living Organisms need to live
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• Water • Oxygen • Food • Shelter • Ambient temp • Animals • Plants • Nutrients • Space • Sunlight • Waste Disposal • Exchange of gases O2 and CO2

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Human Cells Challenge = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do human cells get the things they need to survive?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do they get food?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do they get water?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do they get Oxygen?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do they get rid of waste?

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=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Possible Answers = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Maybe they get rid of the harmful microbes in our body, like viruses and feed on them.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Maybe the cells take a bit of food from us when we eat.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When we drink water, they might enter our stomach and take some water
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Maybe when we breathe, they go to our mouth and and breathe in Oxygen when we do.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Maybe they get rid of waste when we do in the bathroom.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Maybe they are born with the resources.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Maybe they have a special Anus.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Circulatory System Review = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Answer these questions: 1. What are the basic needs of all living cells? 2. How do the cells in multi-cellular organisms get the resources they need to stay alive? 3. What is the main function of the left side of the human heart? 4. What is the main function of the right side of the human heart? 5. What is the function of the red blood cells? 6. What are the main kinds of blood vessels and what functions do they perform? 7. Describe what happens when blood flows through the lungs. 8. Describe what happens when blood in capillaries flows past cells.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Answers = > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Score: 3.5/8! Not good, Am. Ms Hahn 14/3/09
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The basic needs of all living cells are water, food, oxygen, and shelter <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">X . Correct. Good Job! <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">x 1. Ms Hahn's corrections for you: Food, water, gas exchange, and waste removal!
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The resources they need to live are all around them. Correct. Great! <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">x 2. Ms Hahn's corrections for you: Blood flowing through the circulatory system delivers nutrients and removes waste
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The main function of the left side of the heart is the left lung that sends the harmful gases in your body down to the Anus and up to the mouth. Correct. Fantastic! <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">x 3. Ms Hahn's corrections for you: It collects blood from the lungs and pumps it to the body tissues.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The main function of the right side of the heart is the right lung, which takes in air and sends the other harmful gases onto the left lung. Correct. Superb! <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">x 4. Ms Hahn's corrections for you: It collects blood returning from the body tissues and pumps it out to the lungs.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The main function of the red blood cells is to carry blood and oxygen through the body. Correct. Amazing!<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> x 5. Ms Hahn's corrections for you: They carry oxygen from the lungs to the cells, and carbon dioxide from the cells to the lungs.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The main kinds of blood vessels are Arteries, Veins, and Capillaries, and they carry the blood away and to the heart. Correct. Wonderful! OK Hahn's corrections for you: Arteries carry blood away from the heart. Veins carry blood to the heart. Capillaries touch all cells and carry out gas exchange and nutrient delivery.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When blood flows through the lungs, Carbon Dioxide leaves the blood and Oxygen is absorbed. Correct. Great! <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">OK 7. Ms Hahn's corrections for you: Red blood cells release carbon dioxide for elimination and pick up oxygen for delivery.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Oxygen passes into the cells, and Carbon Dioxide is sent out, then the Carbon Dioxide is taken to the lungs for disposal. Correct. Great work! <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1/2 8. Ms Hahn's corrections for you: Cells take water, food (sugar), minerals, and oxygen from the blood and transfer wastes to the blood.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video - Circulatory and Respiratory Systems = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Nutrients keep your body healthy and growing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1/5 of the air around you is Oxygen.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Your lungs have a shape like an upside - down tree.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The lungs holds lots of air sacs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Red blood cells carry Oxygen through your body.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">White blood cells are the body defenders.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Most White blood cells live only for a few days.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The type of blood are A, B, O, and AB.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">People donate blood to help cure people from sicknesses and accidents.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">White blood cells are the most important blood cells in your body.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Circulatory and Respiratory System is called a dynamic duo.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The right side of the heart pumps harmful gases out of your body.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The left side of the heart pumps blood and Oxygen through your body.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Your heart beats faster when you become more active.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Your heart beats slower when you are resting.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Capillaries are very narrow.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The blood goes through your body through Capillaries.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The blood goes back to the heart through the Veins.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The blood's main job is to move Oxygen through your body.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There are about 5,000,000 blood cells in one drop of blood.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Oxygen makes the blood cells turn red
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Carbon Dioxide makes the color of the blood cells fade.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Heart Dissection = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What I saw:

I saw the right ventricle, the atrium, and all the other insides of the pig’s heart. My Descriptions of the heart: • Smelly • Slimy • Bloody • Soft • Cool • Weird • Strange • Cold

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video - Digestive and Excretory Systems = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Digestive system helps you digest your food.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The Excretory system gets rid of the waste.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There is hydrochloric acid in your stomach.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The stomach needs to cover its walls with mucus to stop the acid from damaging the stomach.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The food enters the Esophagus pipe after you have chewed the food.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The acid in the stomach digests the food.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The digestion progress isn't only done with acid.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think that the hydrochloric acid will consume the most egg.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think that the gastric juices will consume the second most egg.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think pepsin will consume the third most egg.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I think the water will consume the least egg.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Answer: Gastric juices is the only liquid that consumed egg.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The small intestine is taller than 3 grown men.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The liver makes a liquid called bile.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bile turns fat into many small droplets.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1% of the food is delivered as solid waste.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kidneys make Urine and sends it to the bladder.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kidneys clean out the wastes in your blood.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kidneys are very important.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Solid waste is eliminated through the anus.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Disassembly line review = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 1. Why do people eat food? 2. What happens to food in the digestive system? 3. Describe the path taken by food as it passes through the digestive system. 4. Explain what happens to food at each place in the digestive system. 5. How does digested food get to cells? 6. Why do people need kidneys? 7. Describe how kidneys work.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Answers = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 1. People eat food because they need to feed the trillions of living cells in their bodies, and in return, the cells help work your muscles. 2.Food in the digestive system gets changed into nutrients for the cells as food, and the most important nutrient for the cells are Sugar! 3. The food goes down from your mouth to the stomach through a stretchy tube in your throat that is called the Esophagus pipe then down to the stomach. In the stomach, the digested food get passed to the small intestine, then to the large intestine and to the anus, having most Most of the food is taken out the side of the intestine and are changed into sugar as food for the cells. 4. In the stomach, hydrochloric acid is used to digest the food. After it is digested, the food is passed through to the small intestine, and most of the food is taken out through the side of the intestine to be changed to sugar to become food for the cells. The rest of the food passes into the large intestine, then down to the anus for disposal. 5. The digested food gets to the cells through the side of the small intestine, where it is changed into sugar as food for the cells. 6. People need kidneys because they clean out your body wastes, and if we didn't get rid of our body's wastes, then we will die. 7. Kidneys clean out your body's wastes by filtering out your blood to remove waste and other harmful substances, and the harmful substances are converted into urine.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Summary Questions <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">1. What support does the Digestive System provide for cells. 2. What support does the Respiratory System provide for cells? 3. What support does the Circulatory System provide for cells? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 4. What support does the kidneys provide for cells?

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Answer = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 1. The support the Digestive System provides for cells is that it digests the food well eat and turn it into nutrients for the cells in our body so our body can work. 2. The support the Respiratory System provides for cells is that the system controls the exchange of O2 and CO2 (Inhaling and Exhaling). 3. The support the Circulatory System provides for cells is that it passes blood and Oxygen to the cells and takes out the Carbon Dioxide from the cells for disposal at the lungs. 4. The support the kidneys provide for the cells is that it filters the blood to remove waste and sends it down to the bladder for disposal.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Living Systems Glossary = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Pulse - The result of the blood being pushed through the blood vessels by the beating of the heart. Heart - The organ that pumps the deoxygenated blood to the lugs and the oxygenated blood around the body. Blood Vessels - The arteries and veins that carry blood around the body. Yeast - A single - celled organism Cellular Respiration - The process in which animal and plant cells break down sugar to get energy and release carbon dioxide in the process.

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=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Celery Experiment A =

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Experimental Design Design an experiment to get information about rootless celery and water. The materials available to you include: 2 Stalks of celery with leaves 2 Stalks of celery without leaves 4 Vials 1 vial holder

Measurement tools While you work on your experimental design, think about these three things. • Leaves might affect how celery interacts with water. • The mass of the celery might change. • The volume of water in the vial might change. Testable question: Will the celery without leaves grow? Hypothesis: I think the celery without leaves will not grow. <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plan to answer our question: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Measure how much water each vial can hold (ml).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We will decrease water from the vial by 5 ml each starting from 30 ml
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Add 2 drops of red food coloring.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wait and see the result.

|| <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Starting volume of water (mL) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ending volume of water (mL) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Starting mass of celery (g) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ending mass of celery (g) || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 25ml || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 19ml || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">22g || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 27g || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 30ml || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 25ml || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">22g || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 18g || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 25ml || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 23ml || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 32g || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 41g || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 30ml || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 17ml || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">52g || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 22g || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Celery Condition
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stick with Leaves 1
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stick without Leaves 1
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stick with Leaves 2
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stick without leaves 2

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Conclusion = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> No, the celery without leaves did not absorb water so it did not grow. Rather, it lost weight instead of gaining some.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 20px; line-height: 29px;">Celery Observations after 1 day but __//**BEFORE**//__ measuring 1. What is the general condition of the celery stalks compared to yesterday? Answer: The ones with leaves got heavier, but the ones without leaves got lighter 2. How did the water in the vial change from yesterday? Answer: There was less water in the vials than yesterday.

3. What do you think happened to the water? Answer: I think the water was absorbed into the celery.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Red Dye Celery Observations 1. What did you observe when you first looked at the red-dyed whole celery stalk? I observed that there were some red lumps sticking to the bottom of the stem. 2. What did you observe when you then looked at the cross section of the celery stalk?I saw that the reddest part was at some little dots in the cross section. 3. What do you think the red dots are in the celery stalk cross section? I think it was the xylem. 4. What is the relationship between the red dots and water in the celery stalk? The relationship is that they are both red from absorbing the colored water.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Photosynthesis = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The form of food produced in plants is sugar. The process that makes sugar is called Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis happens in green cells. This is the equation:

6 CO2 + 12 H2O + C6H 1206 + 602 + 6 H20

Solar energy must be present with the 6 molecules of carbon dioxide and the 12 molecules of water in order for Photosynthesis (or the making of sugar) to occur.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Photosynthesis Review = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sugar is the source of energy for cells in a living organism and gives it building materials.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The raw materials that plants need to build sugar molecules are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. These materials come from the air around them.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The role played by chlorophyll is that it makes the plant look green and helps make sugar for the plant.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The products of photosynthesis are water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight. The products go to the plant's leaves (the phloem) to create sugar.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The plant produces its food in the leaves.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It's possible to run on solar energy because solar energy is sunlight, and light creates sugar for plants. If their is no sunlight, plants would not be able to create sugar, and they would die. Then the herbivores wouldn't have any food to eat, then they will die. After that, the carnivores wouldn't have any other animals to eat, and they will die. And we won't have any animals or plants to eat, and eventually, we will die.

=Cellular Respiration Review=
 * 1) People eat food because our cells need food to break down into sugar for energy.
 * 2) Our cells get energy from the food we eat by digesting it and changing it into sugar and breaking it down for food.
 * 3) Plant cells get the energy they need by creating sugar with a method called photosynthesis, which the materials are water, minerals, sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide.
 * 4) During cellular respiration, our cells digest the food into sugar and breaks it down into carbon dioxide and water molecules for food.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Observations on Yeast Activation Experiment = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We found out that the yeast is a single celled organism.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We found out that the yeast in the bag with cookies grew faster than the yeast in the bag without cookies.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We found out that the flour did not make the yeast grow in the bag with cookies, warm water in a warm bath, but the sugar did make the yeast grow.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We found out that the yeast needed sugar to grow in mass.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We found out that cellular respiration is the process by which plants and animal cells break down sugar to get energy, releasing carbon dioxide in the process.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How much Sugar in our Cereals? = What we did: 1. First, we chose 2 cereals that we thought might be HIGH and LOW in sugar content. 2. Next, we weighed out 3 grams in the cereals, put them in plastic ZIPLOC bags, and added 10ml of yeast to both bags. 3. Then we added 50ml of hot water into each bag and we released the air out from the bags and and crunched the cereals up. 4. After that, we put the 2 bags in the warm water bath, keeping the temperature between 35 - 50 C for 30mins.
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Food Tested ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Amount of CO2 in 10 min. ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;"> Amount of CO2 in 20 min. ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Koko Crunch ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 100ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 200ml ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Cornflakes ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 0ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 0ml ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Cornflakes ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 50ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 100ml ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Captain Crunch ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 100ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 230ml ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Choco Bits ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 100ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 0ml ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Cornflakes ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 50ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 0ml ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Cookie Crunch ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 150ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 150ml ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Frosties ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 100ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 50ml ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Corn Crunch ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 150ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 150ml ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Cheerios ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 50ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 50ml ||
 * = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Sugar (Controlled) ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 50ml ||= <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 50ml ||

Conclusion: The ones that had high sugar made the yeast grow better and release more CO2. The more sugar there is, the more CO2 is released and trapped inside the bag. The proof of my results is shown on the table above - The more CO2 there is, the more sugar in each type of cereal.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **My Terrestrial Environment Journal** =

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> We used: A large basin, 8 barley seeds, 8 corn seeds, 8 pea seeds, 8 radish seeds, 8 clover seeds, 800ml of water, 50ml of small stones, 500ml of sand, and 1L of soil.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Terrarium Observations 24/4/09 =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We added 500ml of water because the first 800ml of water was a flood, so we decided to add about 300ml at first. But we won't be able to water it over the weekend, so we decided to add 500ml of water instead.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We laid the plastic covering over the terrarium again because we'll be gone for the weekend, so the water will evaporate, then condense on the plastic covering and fall down as water into the terrarium, instead of evaporating and going to condense somewhere else.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Terrarium Observations 27/4/09 =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that the some of the corn seeds have sprouted.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that the terrarium had flooded. Again.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Terrarium Observations 29/4/09 = = =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that the terrarium is getting drier.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that one of the corn seeds have stopped growing.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Terrarium Observations 1/5/09 =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that the terrarium is very dry.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that one of the tiny clover seeds had sprouted.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Terrarium Observations 4/5/09 =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that the corn seeds have grown to 5cm.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that the terrarium is really dry, so we added 300ml of water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We put the lid and plastic over the terrarium.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Terrarium Observations 6/5/09 =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that our first corn seed has died.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that there is some mold in the terrarium.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that the terrarium has flooded. Again.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Terrarium Observations 11/5/09 =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that most of the plants were dead.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We noticed that a lot of other small sprouts have popped up all around the terrarium.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We are going to put it 150ml of water.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Questions to Consider: =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How do the sides and top of the terrarium look?The sides and the top of the terrarium look wet because of the evaporation and condensation of the water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How does the soil look?The soil looks wet and flooded.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Have any seed sprouted?Yes, at least one of each seed has sprouted.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What kind of seed sprouted first? The kind of seed that sprouted first was the corn seed.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What kind of seed sprouted last? The kind of seed that sprouted last was the radish seed.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What kind of plant grows best in your terrarium? The corn seeds.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How have the living factors of the environment changed? Some of the plants started dying from too much or too little water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How have the nonliving factors of the environment changed? There are some mold in the terrarium, and the soil is usually very dry or very wet at times.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Which organisms found your terrarium a favorable environment? The organisms that found a favorable environment were the clover and pea seeds. Why do you think so? I think so because they are still living and growing, while some others are dead.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How would you recommend planting seeds in a terrarium? I recommend digging a small but slightly deep hole in the soil, then planting the seeds, and finally covering the seeds with soil.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How much soil should be on top of the seed? There should be about 10ml of soil on the seeds.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Do different types of seeds require different planting techniques? Yes, because if the plant you are planting is growing to be big, you should plant the seed quite deep. If the plant you are planting is growing to be small, don't plant the seed too deep, otherwise the plant may be stranded under soil.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> How is the environment in your terrarium different than the more common environment for corn, barley, clover, radishes, and peas The environment is different for the corn seeds (the only seeds that have sprouted so far) because it is wetter (usually flooded) and less exposed to sunlight.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> If you were going to set up a terrarium again, what would you do differently and why? I would try to make it slightly drier, so the plants don't drown, and I might add a bit more soil to the terrarium because it could soak up the water better.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> What factors might affect the growth of the plants in your terrarium if you repeated the investigation during a different season? The factors that might affect the growth of the plants is if during winter, the plants will grow slower or not at all because of the cold.etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In a different room in the school? The plants might be hotter or colder in a different room (No or more Air Condition).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In a different part of the country? The plants might receive more or less rain (Rainier or drier part).

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vascular Plants Review =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What structures do plants have for transporting water? The Xylem.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What structures do plants have for transporting sugar? The Phloem.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Video Observations = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants are multi - celled.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Most plants contain Chlorophyll.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All plants have tissues and organs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants have cell walls.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Algae grows in water.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vascular plants can reach water from far away.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">World's biggest living thing is a tree named General Sherman.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Xylem transports water and mineral up towards the plants leaves.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Phloem transports sugar everywhere through the plant.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You can tell a tree's age by counting its rings in the trunk.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When lots of water moves through the Xylem, the rings get thicker.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When little water moves through the Xylem, the rings are thinner.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Some plants have a food storing place.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Roots always travel downward.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Roots traveling downwards is called Geotropism.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants stretching towards the light is called Phototropism.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cuticle is the waxy thing that joins the plant's "skin" together.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Epidermis is the outer protection for the plant, like our skin for our body.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Roots anchor the plant to the ground and absorb water for the plant.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All plants need sugar and water/minerals, and they all have tissues and organs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants have rigid cell walls.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All plants have chlorophyll.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Xylem and Phloem are the two types of vascular plant tissues that make a vascular bundle.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Xylem brings water and nutrients to the leaves, and the Phloem brings sugar to wherever it's needed.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The trunk of a tree and the stem of flowering a plant are the same because they both have vascular bundles.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The rings in the trunk of the tree form when, every year, new vascular tissues form.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The old rings in the trunk of a tree are in the center, and the new ones are on the edges.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The wetter a tree is every year, the thicker the rings are.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The drier a tree is every year, the thinner the rings are.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The body of a human and a vascular plant are the same because they both transport food, water, gas exchange, and waste disposal.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Vascular Plants Thinking** = = = =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> ** 1. Describe how all the cells in a vascular plant gets sugar. 2. Describe how all the cells in a vascular plant get water. 3. Why do the leaves turn pink when a celery stalk is placed in red dye? 4. In what ways are blood and sap the same? **

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Answers = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The cells in a vascular plant get sugar from the Phloem, which starts from the leaves and end in the roots. The Phloem carries sap to all the cells that need it. Sap is a mixture of sugar and water.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The cells in a vascular plant get water from the Xylem, which starts from the roots and ends in the leaves. Water flows from the Xylem to every cell in the plant. The water also transports dissolved minerals to the cells.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The leaves turn pink when a celery stalk is placed in red dye because the Xylem tubes absorb the water. The Xylem transports the water it absorbs to the leaves. When the dyed water is absorbed to the leaves, the leaves turn pink from the dye.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The ways that blood and sap are the same is they both flow around in side the human or plant. They also carry the food (sugar) to the cells in the body or plant. And they both travel through veins (blood) or tubes (sap).

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plant quiz = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Question 1: What do all plants have in common?

A) They're all vascular B) They all perspire C) They all live in soil D) None of the above.

Correct Answer: (D)

Question 2: What does the stem do?

A) All of the below. B) Connects the leaves to the roots. C) Helps the plant stand up tall so it can reach with the sun.

Correct Answer: (A)

Question 3: In which part of the leaf does photosynthesis occur in the leaf?

A) The stomata. B) It doesn't occur in the leaf at all. It happens in the roots.. C) The mesophyll.

Correct Answer: (C)

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Making Food - Article =
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants do not produce food when they have no water.✔
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants do not produce food when they have no light.✔
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants do produce food when they have no nitrogen.✔
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants do produce food when they have no oxygen.✔
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants do not produce food when they have no carbon dioxide.✔
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plants do not produce food from the sand they grow in.✔
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide are variables essential for plants to produce food.✔
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The mass of the produced food comes from water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide✔
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Paco's and Eva's conclusion support my conclusion because their experimental results prove that to produce food, a plant does not need nitrogen and oxygen, but need carbon dioxide, light, and water to produce food. If a plant does not have at least one of those variables, a plant cannot produce food.✔

=Brine Shrimp Hatching=

No Salt Cup - 0 spoons of salt 50ml Cup - 1 spoon of salt 100ml Cup - 2 spoons of salt 150ml Cup - 3 spoons of salt.**
 * Key:

1. The Problem: We wanted to find out how salty water should be for brine shrimp to hatch in.

2. What we did: We used three cups of water. One of the cups we added no salt, the second cup we added 50ml of salt, the third cup we added 100ml of salt, and the last cup we added 150ml of salt, and we labeled them. Next, we swirled the cups until the salt dissolved. Then we added a mini spoon of brine shrimp eggs to each cup, and we swirled the cups again so the eggs sink and get wet. Finally, we set them out on plastic recesses and waited for 24 hours.

3. After 24 hours we noticed: That the brine shrimp eggs in the cup with no salt hasn't hatched, most of them had hatched in the 50ml cup, the 100ml cup was going crazy with hatched shrimp, and the 150ml cup was even crazier, but not all of the eggs had hatched in even the 150ml cup.

4. After 48 hours we noticed: That some of the hatched shrimp 50ml cup had died, some shrimp had stuck to the inside of the cup of 100ml, and even more shrimp had stuck to the sides of the 150ml. Almost all the eggs were hatched in the 150ml cup.

5. I predict: That, in the end, the eggs in the cup with no salt will never hatch, and the shrimp in the 150ml cup will die. Maybe some of the shrimp in the 50ml and 100ml cup will die, but they will probably die.

6. After 60 hours we noticed: That none of the eggs in the no salt cup didn't hatch (skills, my prediction was right), some of the shrimp in the 50ml died (skills, my prediction was right again), none of the shrimp in the 100ml cup died (bother, my prediction wasn't right), and lots of the shrimp died in the 150ml cup.

How can we find out that if the eggs that have not hatched in the cup are still viable (alive and growing)?
Our Plan: 1. First, we added more salt to the cups to make the amount of salt in the cups 3, 6, 9, and 12 spoons of salt in each cup, swirl them until the salt dissolves, and then set them onto the plastic recesses. 2. Next we'll wait, and check each day with the magnifying glass. 3. Then we'll see if there are any eggs that haven't hatched, then we'll place them into another cup with more salt. 4. Finally, we'll check again, and see if they had hatched. If they haven't we'll repeat step (3) again.

=After 48 hours= 1. Were the eggs in the 3, 6, 9 and higher spoon cups viable? Most of the eggs in the 3, 6, 9 spoon's eggs are viable, but the 12 spoon's eggs are all dead.

2. Was the hatching robust or did only a few hatch? In the 6 and 9 spoons cup, the hatching was robust. Only a few hatched in the 3 spoons cup, but the ones in the 12 spoons are all dead.

3. What advantage is it to the brine shrimp to postpone hatching in salt solutions that are very diluted (little salt) or very concentrated (much salt). The advantage is: If there is too little salt, the brine shrimp can postpone the hatching until someone (hopefully) adds more salt. If there is too much salt, the brine shrimp can postpone the hatching until some of the water evaporates, taking some of the salt with it.

=Viable Shrimp Observations (For fun)=
 * The shrimp in the cup with 3 spoons of salt have already hatched, and are progressing on normally.
 * The shrimp in the cup with 6 spoons of salt are going on normally.
 * Most of the shrimp eggs in the cup with 9 spoons of salt have hatched, and a few have died.
 * All the shrimp in the cup with 12 spoons of salt have died.

=My Letter to Dr. Bryans=

Dear Dr. Bryans, We discovered that the brine shrimp eggs cannot hatch in the cup with 0 spoons of salt. But the shrimps //did// hatch in the cup with 1, 2, and 3 spoons of salt. This proves that brine shrimp need salt to hatch and live.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plant Notes =
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">My cells convert everything I take in (Besides plain water) into sugar.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plant Glossary = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cross Section - Is a cut across an object and exposes its internal structure. Vascular Plants - A multicellular plant that has vessels for transporting water, minerals, and sugar to all its cells. Xylem - Found in vascular plants. Tubes to transport water and minerals to cells. Phloem - Found in vascular plants. Tubes to transport sugar to cells. Sap - The sugar - rich liquid flowing in the phloem. Classify - Sorting things out into different classes or groups (scientists do this all the time). Palmate, Pinnate, and Parallel - The three ways Vascular Plants can be classified. Epidermis - The outer layer of cells covering an organism in particular. Stomata - The minute pores in the epidermis of a plant that forms a slit of variable width that allows the movement of gases into and out of intercellular spaces. Food - The source of energy and building materials for living cells. Photosynthesis - The chemical process in which cells produce energy - rich molecules a d release oxygen. Fat and Protein - Groups of nutrients that provide energy and building blocks for growth and development. Mass - A quantity of matter. Sunlight - Solar energy, light from the sun. Starches - Chemicals produced by plants to store food. Molecule - A particle made of two or more atoms. A sugar molecule is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.