Transcript The Jason Project Field Assignment

The Jason Project Field
Assignment
By
Liandra
Guerrera
Insect Watch
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The water at the Mounties creek is not clean because rubbish was found.
Also weeds almost covered half the creek.
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Our Task was to use a tub to scoop water from the creek and to observe
what insects were scooped with the water.
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The insects found in they creek are able to tolerate polluted and dirty water.
They include:
Tadpoles
Leeches
Water snails
Dragonflies
Ducks
Land Survey
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Our task was to visit 4 quadrants to observe and test what wee saw or did.
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In the 1st and 2nd quadrants we observed the plant life at the creek.
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The plants found were mostly weeds and they are also very tolerant and do
not need much care.
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The weeds were different to each other in size and shape. They were all
pretty tall plants.
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In quadrant 1, around 5 plants were observed and in quadrant 2 there were
around 3 plants were observed.
Land Survey (continued)
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In the 3rd quadrant we observed the temperature of the grass around the
creek.
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I found that the temperature was around 18 degrees. The area was cool
and windy.
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At the 4th and final quadrant we were asked to dig out some of the dirt and
see if you could mould it into a donut.
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The results were clear the soil had high clay content because I could easily
mould it into a donut.
Land Survey
Facts:
• Plants in clay are nourished while as plants in less clay grow tall.
• No flowers can survive in areas with high clay content and they need
a lot more care then weed type plants.
Water Survey
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Our task was to collect information on
Water movement, Water temperature,
Ph testing and Turbidity.
Results
Method
Water
movement
Our leaf
didn’t
make it.
Dropped a leaf from one
side of the bridge and
counted how long before it
reached the other end.
Water
Temperature
Around 20
degrees
Lowered a thermometer into
the water, left it for a minute
then pulled it back out and
checked the temperature.
Ph
Ph7.4
Alkaline
Attached a tin to some string
and lowered it into the
creek, scooped up some
water then tested it.
Turbidity
The disk
went
yellow.
We lowered a secchi disk
into the water and observed
what effects the water had
until the disk touched the
bottom.
Nature walk and Discussion
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For this activity we walked along the creek and made many observations.
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Animals seen around the creek include:
Butterflies
Birds
Ants
Bees
Ducks and others.
Site Observations
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This task was to complete a observation sheet. Here are my results.
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Does the water flow at your site? Yes
It is a manmade wetland known as a creek.
What is the colour of the creek water? Brownish-Green
It is a mixed murky colour.
Does it have scum on the surface? Yes
It is called algae and it is Greenish.
It’s like seaweed and it is broken up.
Is there an odor? Yes
The organic smells are earthy and musty.
While the inorganic smells are hard to identify.
What litter surrounds the dam?
Its filled with wrappers and leaves.