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Group 6
Ms.Gomez 02.25.2017
Biology Period: 3
PURPOSE
The purpose of this project was to help us understand how organisms interact
with each other and how each column would affect the other. By making those
connections, it’ll help us get an idea of how real ecosystems work and how everything in
the ecosystem is important.
MATERIALS
1. 5 2-liter bottles
2. Scissors
3. Guppies
4. Dirt
5. Crickets
6. Snail
7. Filter paper
8. Tape
9. Elodea
10. Clover plant
11. Push pin
12. Apple core
PROCEDURE
1. Gather materials
2. Cut the bottles according to the instructions
3. Poke holes in the bottle caps according to the instructions
4. Put the fish, water, and Elodea in the aquatic chamber
5. Put the filter paper along the bottom of the decomposition chamber to filter out
the soil.
6. Put the soil, snail, dead leaves and apple core in the decomposition chamber
DATA
Week Terrestrial Chamber Decomposition Aquatic Chamber
Chamber
Week 1 Added water to plant for Fuzz grew on apple, Replaced fish second
three days, plant died possibly due to large day, all two fish
within the week. Three amount of water added. remained alive.
crickets died, one
remained alive.
Week 2 Plant dried up, water Apple began Both fish died after 2
not added once plant decomposing and fuzz weeks, their bodies
showed signs of dying disappeared. remained white and
(thought it was because water was clear.
of over watering).
RESULTS
Our eco-column was unsuccessful for the most part, and nearly all organisms died
within the 2nd week. The only successful chamber was the decomposition chamber, snail
remained alive and apple decomposed as it was supposed to. If we would have watered
the terrestrial chamber less perhaps the crickets and plants and maybe even the fish
would have survived.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, our fishes only survived for about two weeks. We continued to observe
our eco-column for the rest of the weeks. The only thing that survived was the snail,
other than that our fishes and crickets died. Our plant also didn't survive.
REFERENCES
1. Biology textbook
2. https://sites.google.com/site/theecoproj/ecocolumn