Wednesday, October 2

We switched up our morning work today.  In partners, we read and discussed an article from the Calgary Herald and answered some questions individually.

What do you think this article was written?  Why do you think this?
What were the 3 most important pieces of information for you?  Why?
What vocabulary words were you unsure of?

In Science, we looked at the nutrient cycle and the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers.  We created our own nutrient cycle with definitions for the different roles in our Creative Journals.

We checked on our celery experiment that we started yesterday.  We recorded our observations, what we thought and what we wonder.

Observations:
the leaves with the blue water are very blue
on the outside of the celery curve, you can see lines of color like the water
The red water celery has gone pale and it is turning red
The purple water has not changed as much.  It has speckles of blue and has become a bit darker
There are tiny dots on the blue leaves
Some leaves on top of the red celery are green and dried out
The blue jar has the least water now 
The blue celery looks a brighter green than before we put it in the coloured water

We think…
blue color was more dominant in the purple water and that is why the leaves are a dark blue and aren’t changing as much
the leaves on the red celery were dead or dying before we put them in the water so the coloured water didn’t travel to them

We wonder…
- if we changed back to regular water, if the normal celery color will come back
- what would happen if we changed the celery to a different color of water
- what the inside of the celery looks like
- how they leaf would look now
-  if we put a new piece of celery in the purple water if it would turn purple
- why the purple celery really isn’t purple

- what would happen if we put tree leaves in coloured water

We then looked at the leaves and cross sections of the celery under the microscope.  We found that it was easier to see some of the internal parts of the leaf such as the veins.  These are the best pictures we could get through the microscope.

We decided to switch one of the blue and red celery stalks to see what will happen and will then put them into normal water tomorrow.

We finished the day with Ugly.

Reminders:
- We are still waiting for a couple Friday Journals to be returned
- Bring in leaves to add to our pile for composting

- Sell ADmazing coupon books! $10.50 from each book sold by individual students will go towards reducing your cost of Outdoor School in the spring