This Week in Science #12

     This week in science I learned how to work in groups and decide how our spider might live and survive. We feed them genetic fruit flies, which the spider ate in one day because he must have been hungry. We learned more about what producers and consumers are and what are the place in the food chain. We learned about the effects and what would happen if the animals disappeared or if there was a growth and how it would affect us and the environment. For example if there was a growth in snakes, there would be a change in the mice also because if there are too many snakes they might eat all the mice. If that happens they're going to have to find something else to eat, other than mice. Also there would be a growth in whatever the mice eat because the mice aren't there to eat them. We learned how to use science words and how to describe our tank.

     This week in science we started to create our spider observation logs which is just a small book in which we record how our tank looks, or how our spider is doing. We also feed our spiders, and drew how our tank looked in our logs. We learned more about consumers, producers, carnivores and how they effect our environment. We learned about biotic and abiotic, and what it means. We mostly worked on packets all week and have practice quizzes which are going to help us in our regions next year. Lastly we learned more about how our environment affects us.