FutureQuest Lesson 1

When you are respectful,you get a lot of compliments. You know how to be respectful without overdoing it. You are like butter on the toast,a little goes a long way. In order to be a successful student,you need to be obedient.Solve all promblems your teacher tells you, but in a peaceful manner, like not moaning or groaning when you are told to do something.That's the respectful way to do things.You also need to be honest when answering or asking a question to somebody,so it shows how trustworthy you are.When you are not honest,that isn't very thoughtful.The question you may be asking is,how will these help me get to college?Well,when it is your ultimate goal to go to college, you want to do it in the best manner you can.What,you think being mean will get you through college?Make sure you keep a good sense of humor,you know,like I do!!!

Why are plants and algae important in an aquarium?

The importance of plant and algae vary.When you first put in all these plants,you think it is JUST for decoration.But it is very important!The fish and snails are familiar with these types of plants.They eat the plants and gain their energy from it.The plants also give off useful oxygen.Without the oxygen,The fish would pretty much be dead.Another good purpose for the plants is one of the most important.The elodea and some other plants hold on to the dirt,so they pretty much filter the water,so when the fish and snails the plants,they are eating the gunk and dirt.It all gets put together when you really find the purpose of the plants in an aquarium.

Ecosystems-How we depend on eachother

Hello!!!!As you know,this is my first blog and I'm going to spend it babbling about my ecosystem and all the little critters inside it.When we first started the experiment,I thought we'd have to bring our own jars and do it the old-fashioned way by scooping dirt into the jars and gathering bugs from outside.I was WAAAAY off when I thought that.We got 2-liter bottles and cut the tops and bottoms off and stuck them together.The bottom was an aquarium with algae,elodea,duckweed,our 2 snails,Bonnie and Clyde,gravel,water,and our 2 fish,Small Fry and BigMac.The top was a terrarium with our 2 crickets,2 rolley-pollies,soil,dirt,mustard seeds (That's right,mustard comes from a plant!),grass seeds,alfalfa seeds,and grass,leaf,and twig matter.I'm most excited to see if BigMac (Girl fish)will have babies.I think that when ecosystems say that we depend on eachother,they really mean it!Lets say that there is a lion,a monkey,a gazelle,grass,and bugs.If the lions didn't eat the gazelles and the monkeys,there would be more of them and they would eat all the bugs,so the grass wouldn't be so healthy