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Week 5

June 3**

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PLANS We want to know why Betas are so sensitive to changes in temperature. This is what we came up with: They don't like their living enviornment to be changed too often or drastically because they can get sick from it. They don't react very well to change. Our goal for this project is to make a simple video on how to take care of Beta fish so that someone with no knowledge of fish will be able to take care of one. We are having difficulty on coming up with new information that we don't already have, we have learned a lot and we know a lot about Beta fish now.

REFLECTIONS We learned why betas are sensitive to changes in their enviornmet, see above. As far as our progress goes, we are doing very well with keeping up with our goals for this project. We have made about 6 useful videos. Including 2 how to take care of fish videos, we are makeing one more today. If we could do this project again we would... - Start our project a lot earlier - Find more things to do in the beginning - Research a lot more about taking care of the fish before we actually went and bought them. - Know more about their sicknesses and health issues

Here is our final Fish video part 2. media type="youtube" key="P2eZItJEeI4" height="344" width="425"
 * June 2**

Here is our final Fish video part 1. media type="youtube" key="jo4GkZv3eE8" height="344" width="425"
 * June 1**


 * Week 4

May 29** We encountered a major problem today; people in other classes are feeding our fish and another group's fish making the tanks dirty. The other group had it worse, their tank is very dirty, even after cleaning out the tank severall times. They were nice enough to hide our food so that other groups don't feed our fish too much food. Today, we added some more purified water to Beta's tank. The bubbles that we found on the top of Beta's fish bowl the other day seem to be slowly going away. We have been using paper cups to try to remove the bubbles. As for Beta's health, he is visibly doing better, he is healthy and doing good.

Today, we cleaned both fish tanks because of the long period. We got really scared when we walked in because the big tank with Beta (Aubrey's fish) had a lot of bubbles at the top so we cleaned it out right away. Once again, we learned that this was because of over purifying. So we won't make the same mistake again, we labeled the inside of the pitcher so we know how much water purifyer goes in the water. We also researched how many drops go in a specific amount of water: - 1 tsp. of purifier per 1 quart of temperature adjusted water
 * May 27**

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TEAMWORK Our team has worked really well together this quarter. We all share the workload really well and do each part on time. For the most part we have al been on task, and when we weren't, a member in the group would always get us back on task. We always switch off jobs, like documentator and cleaners of the tanks. We all participate and contribute equally to the group. Everyone's ideas and input on the project are accepted and encouraged. If there is any dispute (which happens rarely), we find a good way to compromise so that everyone is satisfied.

Elizabeth was absent today and we are pretty much done with our project
 * May 26**

PLANS We want to know why the smallest fish eats the most and this is what we came up with: - Each fish has different appetites and part of the reason is because the small fish is a female - Also, Aubrey's fish doesn't like to eat in front of people - Lisa's fish still eats alot, it just eats slower We think that our fish will survive for a long time because we are taking really good care of them and making sure we feed them and clean their tank. Our goals for our projects are: 1. To keep our fish alive 2. To have at least four good videos about our fish experiences 3. To be able to teach someone about fish We don't understand why a dirty tank can kill a fish and this is what we came up with: - The dirt can clog the gills, making it harder to breathe - The bacteria can cause infections and make them sick We are still having difficulty monitoring the feeding amounts and when we need to change the water because each fish has different eating habits and if we overfeed, the food will make the tank dirtier.

REFLECTIONS We learned why the blue fish (smaller fish) was eating the most (see above). We also learned that male beta fish have to be kept in seperate tanks or else they will fight. We learned that you shouldn't feed your fish everyday because they don't need it and it can cause your tanks to get dirtier faster. We learned how to clean the fish tank- deep into the rocks were all the food sinks into. Also what supplies we need to be able to clean it like a net, water purifier, and water that is at room temperature. We got further then we planned because we planned on being done with all of our ideas after this week, but we ended up finishing early and being able to do all of them.

No School
 * May 25**


 * Week 3

May 20**


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May 19** PLANS We don't understand why the male (Nemo) doesn't like the plants in his section of the tank. We also don't understand why Aubrey's fish (Beta) still acts sick after we cleaned his container. We researched these and this is what we came up with: We continue to have problems monitoring the feeding of the fish. It is very hard because each fish has different feeding habits and if we aren't careful, we can overfeed the fish and the tank becomes very dirty. Another problem we had is a result of overfeeding, which is keeping the tank clean. It is very hard to keep the tank clean because of all the un-eaten fish food.
 * Nemo doesn't like the plant because he doesn't have a lot of space.
 * Nemo also doesn't like the plant because it floats to the top and he can't easily go to the surface
 * Because of the chemicals in the purifier, Beta was exposed to too much chemicals which is why he became sick
 * Beta seems to be doing better so we expect full recovery by Friday.

REFLECTIONS We learned about overcrowding of the tanks. This is why Nemo doesn't like the plant in his fish bowl. He doesn't have any room to swim around and go to the surface if the plant is in there. We got further than we planned because we have done all but two of our experiments so far. We tested and video taped almost every experiment we came up with and you can view them in the videos below. We thought we were a bit behind because the peer evaluation was originally due at the end of this week, but Mr. McCloud said that he would move it to next week. Today, we took Fish and Nemo outside to see how they reacted to sunlight. You can view the video below media type="youtube" key="2gM5SwNv2XU" height="344" width="425"

Today, we did multiple things. We fed all of our fish and they all ate their food surprisingly. Aubrey's fish still looks a little sick, but appears to be doing better than last week. We also lifted up the glass slide seperating Nemo and Fish to see what would happen. Another thing we did was interview Will and Micah on Beta Fish. Look at the video below. media type="youtube" key="CzC-FgLVkVQ" height="344" width="425"
 * May 18**


 * Week 2

May 15** Today, Aubrey's fish (Beta), the one in the big tank, was not eating his food and he looked like he may be sick. We did a little research and the bubbles at the top of the tank were in fact a result of over purifying. When you over purify, there is a chance that the fish may become sick. Today, we changed the water and the fish appears to be doing better. We were looking in the PetCo packet and it listed the following as signs that your fish may be ill. We evaluated Beta for the symptoms: - Loss of appetite (doesn't appear to be eating anything) - Labored Breathing (appears to be breathing alot) - Frayed Fin (one fin looks a little bit frayed) - Spots or fungus on body or mouth (none) - Listlessness (not very alert, doesn't move much) - Staying at the bottom of the tank (Has not come up to the surface pretty much at all, moves very slow)

PLANS Our goal today was to clean the big tank because we over purifyed it and the fish (Beta) wasn't eating and looked sick. After we cleaned the tank, the water was kind of hot so we took it outside to cool down the water. We did the same thing with the other tanks. We want to know why over purifying the water can make the fish sick. Our goals for this project is to have made multiple videos with cool information about taking care of fish. We don't understand why our fish only eat one or two pebbles of Beta food. We don't understand why Lisa's fish (Nemo) does not like any plants in his bowl. We are having difficulty with keeping the tanks perfectly clean with the right temperature and not over feeding them. The steps we plan to take are... - Bring a thermometer to school and research what the proper temperature is - Measure the amount of water we are putting into the bowl and make sure we are putting in the proper amount of purifyer - Feed each fish 2-3 pebbles pretty much every class period so there isn't a lot of food in the tank at once. REFLECTIONS We learned so far that taking care of a fish can be hard. It's hard to monitor the temperature, feeding, and how much purifyer should go in the tank. It is hard because it is very time-consuming and it is hard to get it just right. It takes multiple tries to get the fish to like the temperature. Also, we experienced the risk of overfeeding the fish which makes the tank very dirty. Things we want to learn is why the fish are barely eating. We figure it may be because they are still young and trying to adapt to their new environment. As far as our original plan goes, we are still doing almost everything we planned except we haven't been able to do as many experiments because of the other problems we encountered. media type="youtube" key="KS3okLPvojI" height="344" width="425"

We encountered a few problems today. The first problem was that Nemo, the orange fish, did not like the plant in his little tank because he didn't have a lot of room. The other problem we had was that there were bubbles at the top of the big tank. We believe that this is because of over purifying. We may have accidentally put to much of the purifyer into the tank. We are going to switch the water and see what happens. media type="youtube" key="4440aev1fVQ" height="344" width="425"
 * May 13**

Today, we set up our fish tanks and we named our fish. We also did some reserch about the fish and how they like their habitat.
 * May 12**

Today, we created our Fish Tank proposal and Mr. McCloud Approved it! After school, Lisa went to PetCo and purchased 3 Beta fish (2 male, 1 female), a fish tank, water purifier, food, plants, and gravel. She is bringing them to school tomorrow
 * May 11**

May 4-8**
 * Week 1

Last week we had trouble finding ideas, we had so many but they all had problems. such as not long enough or not creative enough. Here are some of our ideas:

Smoothie cookbook - We would make our own recipes and make a cookbook, we would have our own youtube channel so we could be creative. But there was no food

Summer Games - We would find weird games that you can play outside in the summer, the problem was that we would be taking other people's games and not making our own and that isn't the point of the make project.

Stop Motion Video - We would make a stop motion video that was not approved because we didn't really want to do it we just didn't have an idea, so we just thought of that.

Survivor Show - We would teach people how to survive in the wilderness. It was not approved because we couldn't really do anything in class and it would be too hard to do.

Fish Tank - We would have a fish tank and take care of Beta fish and find out how to take care of them and find out specific facts and personalities. IT WAS APPROVED

Lisa was absent most of the week so Aubrey and Elizabeth wrote most of the proposals. However, we chatted through moodle Tuesday and Wednesday and Lisa helped them come up with some ideas. This is some of the conversation:

Tuesday, 5 May 2009
** Lisa White ** // [09:48 AM] // : hey ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:48 AM] // : we need an idea ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:48 AM] // : mccloud didnt approve of summer games ** Lisa White ** // [09:49 AM] // : i have no idea what we are going to do ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:49 AM] // : what are some ideas the only thing i can think of now is a fish tank or turtles ** Lisa White ** // [09:50 AM] // : we could do something with a fish tank ** Lisa White ** // [09:50 AM] // : but we can't do turtles cause they carry diseases ** Lisa White ** // [09:52 AM] // : do you guys have any other ideas? ** Lisa White ** // [09:53 AM] // : I'm going to set up our blog right now ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:53 AM] // : um ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:53 AM] // : no we ned to use wiki ** A ubrey Wilberding ** // [09:53 AM] // : what about makeing stuff out of duck tape  ** Lisa White ** // [09:53 AM] // : that would be fun! ** Lisa White ** // [09:53 AM] // : like duct tape wallets ** Lisa White ** // [09:54 AM] // : and bags ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:54 AM] // : yeah ** Lisa White ** // [09:54 AM] // : we can use different colored duct tape ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:54 AM] // : how would that last for 5 weeeks ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:54 AM] // : one week a wallet ** Lisa White ** // [09:54 AM] // : there are ALOT of things you can do with duct tape ** Lisa White ** // [09:54 AM] // : i'll search google ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:55 AM] // : yeah but it would be boring ** Lisa White ** // [09:55 AM] // : true ** Lisa White ** // [09:55 AM] // : hmmm...  ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:55 AM] // : think\ ** Lisa White ** // [09:58 AM] // : i have no idea ** Lisa White ** // [09:58 AM] // : i wish we could like cook or something ** Lisa White ** // [09:58 AM] // : be pretend chefs ** Lisa White ** // [09:59 AM] // : go to [|www.instructables.com] they have cool things to make ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [09:59 AM] // : yeah we could make a cook book then go home and do it later ** Lisa White ** // [10:01 AM] // : yeah, that sounds fun but what are we going to do in class? ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:02 AM] // : i dont know we need a new idea that wont get boring we are going to be doing it for a while ** Lisa White ** // [10:02 AM] // : i know ** Lisa White ** // [10:02 AM] // : im looking on instructables to find cool things ** Lisa White ** // [10:03 AM] // : we could come up with a list of cool things to do when you're bored and we could actually make the things on our list ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:03 AM] // : i am too but they wont last for the rest of the school year ** Lisa White ** // [10:04 AM] // : if we find a bunch of things it will ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:04 AM] // : yeah well i dont want to do a make thing because it will be boring ** Lisa White ** // [10:04 AM] // : there are a bunch of cool things made out of duct tape ** Lisa White ** // [10:04 AM] // : yeah ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:04 AM] // : we need an original idea ** Lisa White ** // [10:05 AM] // : i have no clue but we need to come up with an idea quickly ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:08 AM] // : what about zoo tycoon ** Lisa White ** // [10:08 AM] // : any ideas? ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:08 AM] // : try to make a 5 star zoo ** Lisa White ** // [10:08 AM] // : where's elizabeth? ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:09 AM] // : elizabeth is with me she gave the idea do u want to do that ** Lisa White ** // [10:09 AM] // : wouldnt that get boring? ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:10 AM] // : no better then duck tape and growing plants ** Lisa White ** // [10:10 AM] // : those are boring too ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:11 AM] // : yeah we need a fun idea ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:11 AM] // : zoo tycoon is fun ** Lisa White ** // [10:11 AM] // : but that would be so boring to do that every single day ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:12 AM] // : no it isnt it will be better then what we already have lets try to get more ideas ** Lisa White ** // [10:12 AM] // : yeah but i'm out of ideas ** Lisa White ** // [10:13 AM] // : hmmm... ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:13 AM] // : i know ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:15 AM] // : just start a proposal on zoo tycoon ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:15 AM] // : its the only thing we have ** Lisa White ** // [10:15 AM] // : what's something we could do while walking around the school? ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:15 AM] // : idk ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:16 AM] // : we will think about it just start on the proposal on zoo tycoon ** Lisa White ** // [10:16 AM] // : why dont u start the proposal ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:16 AM] // : like the goal would be to make a 5 star zoo ** Lisa White ** // [10:16 AM] // : you guys have nothing else to do ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:17 AM] // : we are trying to come up with ideas ** Lisa White ** // [10:17 AM] // : one of u makethe proposal while the other comes up with ideas ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:18 AM] // : okay ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:18 AM] // : we are going now ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:18 AM] // : think of fun ideas we can do ** Lisa White ** // [10:19 AM] // : I gotta go, call me at lunch ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [10:19 AM] // : k ** Lisa White ** // [10:19 AM] // : good luck ** Lisa White ** // [10:19 AM] // : byee

Wednesday, 6 May 2009
** Lisa White ** // [02:36 PM] // : hey ** Lisa White ** // [02:36 PM] // : hello?  ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [02:37 PM] // : We were thinking of doing a project of making things out of recycled materials. like a plastic bag hoodie i just don't know if it would be fun we really want to do the smoothie idea will u try to convince him because me and Elizabeth have been trying to convince him.  ** Lisa White ** // [02:38 PM] // : ok i'm fine with either ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [02:38 PM] // : just email him or something because we really want to do it we would make a smoothie cookbook ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [02:38 PM] // : just email him or something because we really want to do it we would make a smoothie cookbook ** Lisa White ** // [02:38 PM] // : he won't say yes to me if he said no to you ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [02:39 PM] // : he might he said no to claire until she finally kept asking ** Lisa White ** // [02:39 PM] // : then you guys keep on asking ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [02:40 PM] // : okay we will try again brb ** Lisa White ** // [02:40 PM] // : ok ** Lisa White ** // [02:42 PM] // : tell him that we will do it all in the kitchen if the lunch ladies let us and if not, we'll do it in that little cubby outside his door ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [02:43 PM] // : we already did ** Aubrey Wilberding ** // [02:43 PM] // : we are going to try again ** Lisa White ** // [02:43 PM] // : ok ** Lisa White ** // [02:44 PM] // : why did he say no? ** Lisa White ** // [02:46 PM] // : WE SHOULD INVENT NEW FLAVORS OF ICE CREAM!!!!!!!