Byram Quail Live Stream

QUAIL Project 2016

They've Hatched!

The first quail egg hatched yesterday May 9th at 2:30 pm with several excited on-lookers. Three more hatched that night and by morning we had seven.  
Today, May 10 we had 14 more hatch throughout the school day and at 5pm there is a total of 21 quail.  By the looks of the live stream we already have more.  Stay tuned for more hatching news and be sure to watch the live stream an witness a baby quail's first look at the world.
https://youtu.be/deeOuVT5o9E  

QUAIL Project 2016 Quail Cam Link

The link below is a live feed of the 2016 Quail in the Classroom project.

Byram Quail Live Youtube Stream

This amazing shot was taken by Olivia with Mr. Capriotti's super camera and remote.

QUAIL Project 2016

Quail eggs are off the egg rails and on the towel.  Hatching should start happening any moment.

QUAIL Project 2016

Egg Candling

Day 14: It's egg candling day!  They're moving!!!

The quail eggs are so much darker on day 14 compared to day 4.  This is a good sign that the quail embryos are getting bigger!

QUAIL Project 2016

Egg Candling

Students used a light (cell phone flashlight) to illuminate 10 of the 120 quail eggs to observe the developing quail embryos.  Students performed the candling procedure on Day 4 and Day 14 of incubation. Some of the eggs are fertilized and progressing nicely and some are not (most likely unfertilized). On day 14 many students were able to see the quail embryos moving during candling.

Day 14: This egg does not have an embryo developing inside.

Day 14: Egg with a thriving embryo.  Darkened areas and blood vessels are visible. 

QUAIL Project 2016

The incubator is all set up and warmed up for the quail eggs.




The quail eggs were placed in the incubator on Thursday April 14th and Friday April 15th

Bio-chamber Update

SCIENTIST: Alexa Petrie

ELECTRONIC LAB JOURNAL

DATE: March 2, 2016

TIME: 9:58

JOURNAL ENTRY:

Day: 8

Aquatic Level:

Daphnia: same

Betta: alive, still swimming

Water Level: 7 cm on bottom, 13.5 on top

Water Clarity: clear, condensation on sides of bottom

Plants: Elodea; sinking, slowly dieing.

Moss Ball; sunk, alive?

Algae; unobservable

Terrestrial Level:

Moisture: small amount condensation, soil looks moist

Seeds: 1 pea and 1 radish, about 12 cm tall

20-25 grass sprouts, about 12 cm tall

Worms: unobservable, still possibly dead

Actions: added 2 small snails in bottom and 1 large snail shell in top

VW's Classroom Engineering

The mundane task of opening a classroom window is now an exciting adventure thanks to Vaughn's great innovation.

Biochamber Construction

Electronic Lab Journal Entry

This is an example of some of the wonderful electronic lab journal entries done by the 7th grade students. Great job Vance!

SCIENTIST: Vance Poff

ELECTRONIC LAB JOURNAL

DATE: 2/18/16

TIME: 9:27

JOURNAL ENTRY: The materials we will be using for the experiment are 2 two-liter bottles, clear packing tape, gravel, sand, pond water, and cotton string. Plants in the experiment will be grass, radishes, and Elodea. Daphnia will live in the water and earthworms will live on the land. I want to create a biochamber to successfully support life. Accomplishing this goal will prove that I can support life outside of a natural ecosystem. This will be done all inside 2 liter soda bottles. I must support the life of an earthworm and daphnia. Also, I must include dirt, gravel, and water. In the aquatic part of the biochamber, the daphnia will live off of water plants in the water. There are also triops, which may eat the daphnia. The worms will live off of the dirt on the land part of the biochamber. The grass and pea plants will use photosynthesis to make the energy that the terrestrial part of the biochamber needs to live. The aquatic portion will live off of the water plants.

They did it !!!

These students designed and made their own BioChamber.

Take a look at their unique design.  Check out our blog over the next several weeks to see how it changes.

Can they do it???

Self-Sustaining BioChambers

Can 7th graders design an ecosystem that is self-sustaining? To answer this question, students will explore some of the relationships that living organisms within an ecosystem. Ecosystems work by some basic rules that students will discover as they design, build, and observe their biochambers. The supplies that students will be using are pictured/listed below.

Follow our class blog to track their progress.

potting soil
sand
gravel
elodea (aquatic plant)
Daphnia (water fleas)
Triops
Ghost Shrimp
Earth worm
Pick One
  Aquarium Water
  Spring Water
  Pond Water
2 two-liter clear soda bottles
packing tape
cotton string

It's A Bernice Day!

Class B-2 having a blast with Bernice, while also creating their final design for their Biochambers!

Class B-3 A meeting of the minds to develop a an enclosed, self-sustaining ecosystem (biochamber) with a little help from Bernice.

Welcome to Randall's 7th Grade Science Lab