Today each students set up a MicroAquarium. This is a small glass box that can be viewed under a microscope. Each of the students chose a water source, and then filled the MicroAquarium with water from this source. We took a sample of the water from the bottom, middle, and surface layers of the source, and included some soil/sediment from the original source. This left a layer of soil at the bottom of each MicroAquarium. Next, we added pieces of plant A and plant B to the MicroAquarium. This will provide oxygen to the organisms that will be residing inside.
Here's a picture and description of my water source:
6. Spring Creek off Woodson Dr running
through Dean's Woods Road frontage.,
Knox Co. Tennessee. Partial shade exposure
Tennessee River water Shed N35 55.274
W083 56.888 848 ft 10/10/2010
After setting up the MicroAquariums, we put them under the microscope and observed. I noticed a single moving organism, about half the diameter of a leaf of Plant A, who was moving up and down the leaf margin of Plant A.
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