Ecosystem Field Walk

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Ecosystem Field Walk

Purpose and Background: To refresh my powers of observation and encourage the use of the scientific method while taking a walk in the woods.

Materials and Equipment: Paper, Colored Pencils, Internet

Procedure:

I. 1. The wind is slight and coming from a southern direction. It sounds like a buzzing.

2. The relative temperature is around the high sixties. Without numbers I would describe the temperature as crisp, breezy, and cool.

5. The relative humidity is around ten to fifteen percent.

6. There are absolutely no clouds.

7. No clouds to identify.

II. SKETCH ON BACK

1.  Ladybug or Coccinella magnifica & Honey bee or Apis mellifera

2. The ladybug is smaller than my pinky nail, without many spots on its back, and it is bright red. The honey bee is furry and about the size of my pinky nail, and black and yellow.

3. Both the ladybug and the bee can fly as well as walk.

4. The bee makes a buzzing noise through its wings, and the lady bug does not make any noise.

5. Lady bugs and honey bees use pollen as a source of food.

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6. The gestation period for a lady bug is 3 or 4 days and hatch a few to several dozen lady bugs. After a few days lady bugs are able to reproduce once again. Only the queen bee reproduces for the honey bees, and can lay up to two thousand eggs a day. The queen bee has one mating flight where she stores enough eggs to lay for the rest of her life.

7. Honey bees build honey combs and lady bugs usually live on or around plants.

III. SKETCHES ON BACK

1. Eucalyptus or Eucalyptus sideroxylon

2. Extremely ...

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