Project Introduction
Last year, class of 2018 started this project and working with Rising Tide Conservation to learn about conserving ornamental marine fish (OMS) and conserving them, by breeding them in captivity. To read more about this you can read all about Rising Tide and what they do below. We have also created out class to be one of their science labs! We have tanks set up all around and we take care of them and are ven conducting our own experiments on them that you can read all about here as well. The importantance of this project is learning about ethics within marine biology to better understand whats happeining in our local ecosystem.
The Science
Nitrogen Cycle:
The nitrogen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle which nitrogen is processed through the earth icluding the atmosphere, marine ecosystems and, on land ecosystems. For Nitrogen to be used by different forms of life, it has to chang states multiple times.
Ammonia Cycle:
The ammonia cycle is the biogechemical cycle inwhich an animal or a plant passes away, and fungi and bacteria turn the nitrogen in the dead animals into ammonia.
Carbon Cycle:
The carbon cycle consists of plant feeding off of the suns heat to create energy so that they can grow. It's the equvilent to us eating fruits or vegetables. In this process the also take in Carbon Dioxide. Bigger areas of these photosysnthesis using plants like a forest will remove carbon dioxide and release Oxygen. We breathe in the Oxygen and breathe the Carbon Dioxide back out for the trees.
The nitrogen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle which nitrogen is processed through the earth icluding the atmosphere, marine ecosystems and, on land ecosystems. For Nitrogen to be used by different forms of life, it has to chang states multiple times.
Ammonia Cycle:
The ammonia cycle is the biogechemical cycle inwhich an animal or a plant passes away, and fungi and bacteria turn the nitrogen in the dead animals into ammonia.
Carbon Cycle:
The carbon cycle consists of plant feeding off of the suns heat to create energy so that they can grow. It's the equvilent to us eating fruits or vegetables. In this process the also take in Carbon Dioxide. Bigger areas of these photosysnthesis using plants like a forest will remove carbon dioxide and release Oxygen. We breathe in the Oxygen and breathe the Carbon Dioxide back out for the trees.
Field Trips
Our class has placed a value on field trips. We realize that a lot our learning should not just be in class, sitting down but outside the class, getting involved and hearing from people all over! Because of this, we've been able to go on so many cool field trips as a class for this project.
Sea World
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Sea world was one of our most informational trips because we learned how they take care of the fish tanks but in a much larger scale. We went behind the scenes and got to see all of the filters and pumps and chlorine systems, and we also got to take a look behind the scenes of the stingray exhibit and withnessed how they were fed.
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Sea World School Visit
Sea world came to our school with some artifacts from their park and showed them to us. They talked about taking care of the tanks and what each fish needs to live in captivity. They talked to us about water quality how some fish require different water types to live in. They also talked to us about mating the fish and making the tank perfect for the fish to feel comfortable enough to mate and to spawn. Sea World brought us White Bamboo Shark eggs that we now keep in a tank in our second period room. They will hatch soon.
Birch Aquarium
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The Birch aquarium was a great experience too because we got to dissect common market squids . We were able to learn a lot about gills and the fishes overall anatomy. We also had guess speakers from NOAA that discussed their work as animal researchers. |
Birch Aquarium School Visit
Birch aquarium representatives came to our school with a powerpoint presentation to show to our after school crash program of ichthyology.