This quarter kept me really busy! The majority of the work we did this quarter was coloring worksheets and daily pop quizzes. These worksheets were not fun at all and were very time consuming, but I did become really good at coloring fish and other animals.. Now because of these worksheets I will be able to teach younger kids how to color. As i pursue my dream of being a elementary school teacher.
Other than the coloring worksheets that we did we also did a couple dissections. We dissected an earthworm, a clam, a squid, a crayfish and a starfish. The first dissection was the earthworm. It was kinda interesting i guess and the dissection with the least hands on. We sliced the top of it open so that we could see the majority of the insides of the worm. We observed the different parts of the digestive system as well as the anus. The next dissection was the clam. This dissection was disgusting. It was very difficult to open the shell especially since Mckenna decided she would try and ended up squirting juices everywhere. When we finally opened it there wasn't really much to observe except for the foot which was really tough. The third dissection was the squid. This dissection was actually really gross. This was the worst dissection we did this quarter. We cut it open and observed many things such as the ink sack, the intestines, the pin and the eyes. The fourth dissection was the craw fish. I didn't really know what to do for this dissection so Mckenna and I decided to just tear it apart. The final dissection was the starfish but i was absent and I decided not to do it but instead just go on the internet and fill out the worksheet.
Lastly we did an invertebrate book. We split up the different Phylums and I was assigned Mollusca and Annelida. Mollusca includes the classes Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Cephalopoda include squids and octopi. Bivalvia includes clams and razor clams. Annelida includes Polychaetes, Oligochaetes and Hirundinea. This project ended up taking a long time. This was because my group were a bunch of slackers.We finished off the quarter by going to the elementary school and reading our books to the 5th graders.
Thanks again for another great quarter. Its gonna really suck not doing coloring sheets with you next year. Love ya Ms. Green
Other than the coloring worksheets that we did we also did a couple dissections. We dissected an earthworm, a clam, a squid, a crayfish and a starfish. The first dissection was the earthworm. It was kinda interesting i guess and the dissection with the least hands on. We sliced the top of it open so that we could see the majority of the insides of the worm. We observed the different parts of the digestive system as well as the anus. The next dissection was the clam. This dissection was disgusting. It was very difficult to open the shell especially since Mckenna decided she would try and ended up squirting juices everywhere. When we finally opened it there wasn't really much to observe except for the foot which was really tough. The third dissection was the squid. This dissection was actually really gross. This was the worst dissection we did this quarter. We cut it open and observed many things such as the ink sack, the intestines, the pin and the eyes. The fourth dissection was the craw fish. I didn't really know what to do for this dissection so Mckenna and I decided to just tear it apart. The final dissection was the starfish but i was absent and I decided not to do it but instead just go on the internet and fill out the worksheet.
Lastly we did an invertebrate book. We split up the different Phylums and I was assigned Mollusca and Annelida. Mollusca includes the classes Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Cephalopoda include squids and octopi. Bivalvia includes clams and razor clams. Annelida includes Polychaetes, Oligochaetes and Hirundinea. This project ended up taking a long time. This was because my group were a bunch of slackers.We finished off the quarter by going to the elementary school and reading our books to the 5th graders.
Thanks again for another great quarter. Its gonna really suck not doing coloring sheets with you next year. Love ya Ms. Green