Journal Entry 3

Our final biocube lab took place in the Integrated Science Building. It unfortunately was not on the farm, but it still was just as important. We collected a box full of samples from our swamp ecosystem that included mud, water, bugs, plants, and much more. The first thing I did was take out all of the big plants and bugs we found. Then I sifted through all of the mud. The smell was not the best in the word, but i found many more insects and detritus mixed in with the swamp mud. We also were able to look at a few of our organisms with a dissecting microscope. It was initially challenging to focus the camera to take a picture, so we just looked at the microscope with our eyes. We looked at a small bug that resembled a maggot shape and size. It was a bright yellow color. However, most of my time was actually used to make the biocube video. It was quite difficult because I had to make the video on my phone and I ended up losing all my footage that I took at the farm. I had to restore my phone to factory settings and then resave all of the files through a zip file on my computer. It was a huge process, but I finished editing the video in the lab which highlighted our experience at the swamp and everything we learned during the final lab.

Posted on May 5, 2019 09:05 PM by ecarleton ecarleton

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