Friday, September 25, 2009

Finished Eco-Jars!





The planning is over and the eco-jars were completed! They were soaking up the afternoon sun (the source of energy for most ecosyetems) and were all looking good! We will journal about their status over the next few weeks and discuss changes that occur and try and figure out whether the producer, consumers, decomposers and abiotic factors (the four main components of an ecosystem) are in balance. We will discover if our in puts lead to the right processes which lead to the appropriate outputs! :-)

I had fun creating these but I will admit it was a tad chaotic at times and a bit dirtier at the end of the day than usual! The classes did a great job!! :-)

What did you think about the activity? Share your story of the creation! :-)

Mr. F :-)
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10 comments:

  1. ozzieSeptember 28, 2009 at 9:34 AM

    hi Mr.Forde the Eco jars look great. i had lots of fun building it.

    from Ozzie

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  2. ozzieSeptember 28, 2009 at 9:35 AM

    hi Mr.Forde the Eco jars look great. i had lots of fun building it.

    from Ozzie

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  3. Jim FordeSeptember 28, 2009 at 9:53 AM

    Hey Ozzie!

    I think your eco jar is really interesting. How did you guys deal with the extra water issue? Dd we soak it up with soil?

    I am sorry that we didn't do the aquatic one you wanted to try. That is still a cool idea, but hard to do with al kids.

    Mr. Forde :-)

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 28, 2009 at 5:04 PM

    speaking of aquatic, there are fish that live in a sealed glass globe with only water a couple small plants+rocks+shrimp...They are called ecosphere and they are REALLY cool.it's completely enclosed and only needs sunlight :)

    here's a link to a picture of one...
    http://img.pte.at/photo_db/hi_res/hires11265.jpg


    ~isabel

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2009 at 5:06 PM

    I remember tbe Eco-Jar experiment! I had lots of fun making it!

    ---Lurking 8th Grader (Guess my name! =])

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  6. Jim FordeSeptember 29, 2009 at 7:42 PM

    Hi Isabel!

    That link is cool. I have seen them before in museum shops. They use shrimp and algae and ae really cool looking!


    Mr. F :-)

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  7. AndreaSeptember 29, 2009 at 8:37 PM

    hi mr. fore the eco jars are so cool in my group our flowers are actually growing!!!!!!!! I am so excited to see what will happen after a couple months. :-)

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  8. Jim FordeOctober 1, 2009 at 6:50 AM

    HI Andrea..It will definitely be interesting to see what happens! :-) We'll keep observing and taking detailed notes and journal what occurs! :-)

    Mr. F :-)

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  9. AnonymousOctober 1, 2009 at 5:53 PM

    hey mr forde the ecojar experiment was great looking forward to see what they look like later in the year

    From, Zach

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