Today we finished assembling our ecocolumn. My one and only assignment last night was to bring a predator for our ecocolumn. I volunteered for this job because I have two 8 year old sons who love to catch bugs, frogs, spiders, etc. I instructed them on what to catch and helped for 5 minutes, but my goodness it was hot! I left the bug catching up to them. We ended up with two frogs and a cricket. By the time we ready to put them into the cage, we had somehow smushed the cricket - but I'm still good - I still have two frogs I thought. This morning when I awoke and checked on the frogs, they were both dead. My children insisted they were sleeping so we shook the cage. No movement was apparent. My cute little frogs had croaked! I'm a frog killer!!!
Anyway, we put our ecocolumn together without a predator. (I'm suppose to catch a spider tonight and add him tomorrow) Our ecocolumn is constructed out of five 2-liter plastic bottles. Our bottom level is a pond with a leech and a tadpole. The second level is a compost layer that consists of dead leaves, pine needles, and other things that have died on the forest floor. The third level is soil with plants. We will observe this ecocolumn over the next two weeks and document the changes that occur. Talk to you tomorrow!
Anyway, we put our ecocolumn together without a predator. (I'm suppose to catch a spider tonight and add him tomorrow) Our ecocolumn is constructed out of five 2-liter plastic bottles. Our bottom level is a pond with a leech and a tadpole. The second level is a compost layer that consists of dead leaves, pine needles, and other things that have died on the forest floor. The third level is soil with plants. We will observe this ecocolumn over the next two weeks and document the changes that occur. Talk to you tomorrow!
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