We have started to analyse with magnifying lenses and under the microscope the growth of organisms on the CDs obtained from the Aquarium.
What did we find?
Filamentous algaes, leaf algaes, hydroids, bristle worms and some barnacles!
So great!
Cd disks from the Barcelona Aquarium!
Our school is collaborating with the Barcelona Aquarium in an International School Project called The Virtue Project.
Last Monday, two divers from the Aquarium took out a CD rack that had been placed in seawater for seven months in order to give us some CD disks to study organisms that had grown on them.
Ms. Coral Hispano, the head of the laboratory showed us around and explained to us backstage of the centre.
The Aquarium of Barcelona is the most important marine leisure and education centre in the world concerning the Mediterranean.
A series of 35 tanks, 11,000 animals and 450 different species, an underwater tunnel 80 meters long, six million litres of water and an immense Oceanarium, the only one in Europe make this centre a unique reference!
THE VIRTUE PROJECT:FIRST CD RACK PLACED IN SEA WATER!
Thanks to one of our K5 students we’ve got our very first CD rack placed in sea water today!
Here are the pictures!
WHAT IS GOING TO GROW ON THE DISK
Today we have drawn our guesses what might grow on our virtue disks. We have constructed our very first scientific hypothesis! Have a look at the outcome.
OBSERVING INSECTS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
This month we’ve been working with magnifying lenses and also with the microscope to observe different types of insects.
BUILDING A CD RACK!
Today in K5 we have mounted a number of CDs on a rack. We are going to place the racks in different underwater environments to analyse the growth of organisms on the discs and to learn about sealife under the water surface.
This forms part of an international school project called the VIRTUE PROJECT promoted by the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
LOOKING THROUGH A MICROSCOPE
POLAR BEARS ARE COOL
Today in our Science class we have studied that Polar bears live in the Arctic, in the circumpolar north and in areas where they can hunt seals. Penguins live on the opposite pole. Penguins and polar bears are destined never to meet!
A SCIENCE CLASS WITH MR.BONEY
We were wondering about bones the other day and we wanted to know how many we had. We tried to count them, but then we realized they’ re all under our skin!
So today in our Science class Mr Boney has been teaching us some of the names of our bones and we’ve been colouring out a skeleton too!
Good morning and how’s the weather?
Two weeks of learning, dancing and having fun! In our Science class we’ve been learning a “Good Morning chant” and a “How’s the Weather song”.
Moms & Dads: We are doing great. Look at the pictures!
