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Note: This section contains samples of student writing
as recorded in their WET Science Project Journals. They are direct
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Lesson
#1-Exploring Life in a Wetland Habitat
By
Nasreen:
I learned about the wetlands and all sorts of water. I think
the neatest thing was the tadpoles. The bugs were neat too.
There were all different kinds of bugs. I learned how neat water
can be. I think it looks cool and fun to learn about. I like
the duckweeds. I think water is most important because you can
grow food with water. And you can grow trees and cut them down
and make a house.
By
Katie:
The first thing was I looked inside the water to see what was
in it. Second I wrote my picture about what I seen inside the
bowl. Then I looked again and I wrote and draw it. Next we looked
at the water bug map to see what we might seel [see]. Last thing
I did was draw something.
By
Kurtis:
Today I learned a lot about wetlands and saw some insects and
organisms that live in wetlands. Like backswimmers, tadpoles
and fishing spiders. I am going to learn a lot more.
By
Iman:
Duckweeds can carpet a pond's surface. A water strider is supported
by surface tension. A cadesfly larva provides cameflage and
protection. I think food is the most important thing you need
because you can die without food.
Lesson
#2-Energy Flow in a Wetland Ecosystem
By
Maggie:
I learned about a food web. I learned that if we even let one
animal out, then it would be wrecked. It was fun learning about
food webs. We even played a game. We heard a story about the
food web. We had fun.
By
Chelsea:
I found out if one of the animals in the food chain dies the
whole chain dies. If a whole food chain dies we will have no
animals. And if we have no animals people will not have any
meat on their bone. And if they do not have any meat on their
bones everybody will die.
By
Steven:
To day I learned if one person lets go of a web, the whole thing
would be ruined. We played a game.
By
Elizabeth:
Deep in the pond, there was a frog, and he loved hopping. But
one day a snake ate him. Deep in the mid grass, there was a
snake and he loved hissing. But one day an owl ate him. High
in an oak tree there was an owl who like to hoot. But one day
a fox ate her.
By
Chris:
There was a frog that was starving. He looked for some food.
He caught a mosquito to eat. He said yum. He went to swim in
the pound [pond]. He said yiks [yikes]. He got eaten by a water
snake. He turned pall [pale].
By
Amanda:
Once there lived a duck and who wanted a little snack. He went
to the pond and saw a bird. He said that bird is to big for
me to eat. Now he was getting hungry. Then he saw a fish and
said "I don't like sugghie. So he went along and then he
saw some duckweed. He said "There's something I can eat."
So that day he had a tremandous feast that filled him for a
week. So that was how the dick [duck] found his favriot [favorite]
food.
By
Jake:
One day I was walking in my garden where there was water. I
noticed that duckweeds were growing. Then I heard a bumblebee
and frog. Then the frog ate the bee.
Snail
Small,
round bug
Sticks to a lot of things
Carries his home on his back
When scared, goes in
He eat tiny things for a snack
He climbs on seaweed
He almot got eaten by a duck by the seaweed
Snail
Lesson
#3-Comparison of Aquatic and Terrestrial Plants
By
Damia:
Today I leaned [learned] that soybean plants are very fringy.
It was very wet. It had a funky smell. I know that each plant
has a stem, a leaf, and roots. Plants give us oxygen. Did you
know plants make their own food?
By
Justin:
Elodea
It's
green with lots of leave sna sticky
It is very wet
Of course it need the sun and water
But it does not need soil
It grows roots on the side.
By Karima:
They
both are green They both need water. They both are plants. They
both have leaves. The soybean plant is hard. The elodea is soft.
One plant grows in the ground which is the soybean plant and
the other plan grows in the water which is the elodea. The soybean
plant has dirt and the elodea has water. They both breath oxygen.
One has a lot of leafs and one has barely any. They both are
long. They both need water.
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