Ecocolumns

Science and Ecocolumns

 

 

 

In science we made ecoclumns. An ecocolumn has a Terrarium on the top and an Aquarium on the bottom. We and are partner has to measure the pH levels on the Terrarium and the Aquarium. The Best level for most animals is the level 7. We learned that the higher the pH level is and the lower the pH level is, is bad for most animals. There are three groups. The Road Salt group, Acid Rain group, and Fertilizer group. My group is the Road Salt group. The pH levels are around the same. The levels in my group are 5 and 4.

 

Making the ecocolumns in the first place was really fun. I hope that you learned something by reading this. I know that I did. I really like doing things like this in class.

 

 

 

Have you ever made an ecocolumn before?

 

Have you ever measured a pH level before?

 

What We Are Doing in Science

   Science and Ecocolumns

In science we made “Ecocolumn” with our partner. Now we are adding different kinds of pollution. For example, Fertilizer, Acid rain, and Road salt, my group is polluting the ecocolumn with Road salt. Each group is now taking notes and polluting their ecocolumn. We are also measuring the ecocolumns using pH levels. My group’s pH level is around 5 and 4. Some group’s pH levels are really low just like mine.

After a while of polluting the ecocolumns we started to notice some changes. For example, plants and animals started dying and is affecting the ecocolumns. I leaned that when plants die and animals die it affects the whole ecocolumn. I also learned that most things inside an ecocolumns die when the pH levels are too high or too low.

An ecosystem is a place where animals live. For example, a forest, pond, lake and other things like that. Making the ecocolumns made me understand more about ecosystems. I learned that if one thing dies the other will fallow. For example, if a fish dies then the plant will die because the fish gets Co from the plant and the plant gets Co2 from the fish. So each thing relies on each other. In my group’s ecocolumn we saw that the things inside the ecocolumn died when we did not even pollute it.

Have you ever measured the pH level of something?

Have you ever made an ecocolumn before?