On Monday, students finished their "Where Does Bacteria Grow?" experiment by observing the growth on their Petri dishes. The dishes were FULL of bacteria and fungal colonies from all over the school (and many samples were provided by teachers themselves)! Students had to record their findings and create a conclusion to their experiment.
On Tuesday, we discussed the general characteristics of the protist kingdom and its three major divisions. We did our protist lab on Wednesday and Thursday. Students had the opportunity to view prepared slides of three common protists: amoeba, euglena, and paramecium. After viewing the prepared slides, students had the chance to do live observations of these same protists. Some lucky students found the elusive amoeba, and earned extra credit points. A special thanks goes out to Ammar, who set up my scopecam. Since I could hook up my microscope to the TV, everybody had the chance to see a live amoeba moving (which is a very cool sight)!
On Friday we discussed the general characteristics of the Fungi kingdom and its four major groups. We will do a "Fungi" lab next week where we will observe two types of fungi in more detail: yeast and mushrooms. We will wrap up this chapter next week and be ready for another quest next Friday!
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