Pond+Ecosystem+-BlackAndYellow

= = __** Welcome to my **__ = __** Black's Nook Pond Wiki! **__ =

Hi! I’m a 6th grader at the [|Amigos School] in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I am going to talk about my experience and about my trip to the pond.

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__Abiotic __

My classmates and I visited the pond ecosystem. We traveled by school bus. We measured the water, and air temperature. For pH we used a tube and a chart to see the color of the pH. We measured the pH, the turbidity, and the dissolved oxygen using the World Wide Monitoring. We used a tide pool net to collect plankton.

= **__Biotic __**=

When we went to the pond we saw 3 producers lily pad, smartweed, and moss. We also saw 3 decomposers fungi,bacteria, and worms and we also saw 3 consumers. Primary consumers: chipmunks, zooplankton, and shrimp. Secondary consumers: zooplankton, dragonfly, and daphnia. Tertiary consumers: zooplankton, water scorpion, and great blue heron. The energy pyramid works by showing how energy moves through all the organisms. It all starts with the sun. The sun gives its energy to the producers. The producers give their energy to the primary consumers that pass it to the secondary consumers that give some of their energy to the tertiary consumers that give their energy to the decomposers. See my web here.

= Conclusion  = While my classmates and I were at the pond ecosystem we learned how to collect plankton with a plankton net, we learned how to measure the pH with a test tube and a chart to see what color the pH was, We also learned how to measure the dissolved oxygen. The field trip was a great adventure for us.

See my energy pyramid here.