We went on the trip to the Tiger Den camping area. Ms. Humphries told us
that she had set up three areas for us to look for bugs. When we got off the
bus, we went to the short grass where all the skinny bugs are there. When we
finished the short grass area, we had a short break for lunch and got ready
for the next one. We went to the area with a lot of leaves. We had to get
on our hands and knees to search the area. We found many worms there.
After that we went to the tall grassy area. We found lots of spiders and ants
there. We also found what looked like a centipede.

Later we went to collect soil and take the soil temperature. The soil that
was in the sun and short grass had the highest temperature. Also we could
see pieces of dead plants in the soil. The soil from the short grass had a lot
of clay. We brought the soil back to school with us.

After that we left the Tiger Den. We are tired after the long day and tired
of grass and dirt but the trip was so fun. Also, we love our teachers
because the teachers took us on a short vacation!

At school we looked at the dirt. We used tweezers and a magnifying glass.
We felt the dirt, looked at it and smelled it. We see short grass soil had
less variety of plants in the soil. When we looked at the woodsy area soil we
see more leaves. We tested the soil for nitrogen and pH. We also tested it
for phosphorus. The liquid changed color to blue. We compared it to the
chart to tell us if it had high or low phosphorus. We did learn that the soil
from the woodsy area had a higher pH than the grassy area. We think that is
because the soil was darker and made of more plants.

JEB, DORIAN,AND MARIO

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Bug Collection Data Sheet

Date: _____MAY 4,2006____________

Weather: ___SUNNY LITTLE COOL WINDY_ ___________________________________________

Place 1.SHORTGRASS 2.LEAVE AREA 3.TALLGRASS 4. Notes
1.FLEA 5 1 1 bugs eat leave in leave area
2.BLACKANT 2 NONE 6 bugs eat plant in tall grass
3.EARTHWORMS 4 9 NONE
4.GREEN
PEACHESAPHID 1 NONE NONE
5.FLY 8 3 3
6.BEETLE 1 NONE NONE
7.BLACKSPIDER NONE 5 1
8.ROLLYPOLLY NONE 1 NONE
9.CENTIPEDE NONE 1 NONE
10.DADDY LONG
LEG SPIDERS NONE NONE 8
11.LADY BUG NONE NONE 1
12. WHITE SPIDER NONE NONE 2
13. GHANTS NONE NONE 5
14. BEE NONE NONE 1
15. SNAIL NONE NONE 1