G'Day Mates,There's an island off the coast of Australia named Magnetic Island. I went there yesterday to collect some samples of seaweed (macroalgae). I collected 5 different samples of seaweed, with the help of my snorkeling skills, and brought them back to the lab.
At the lab I shook the samples of seaweed in water and placed that water in a filter. The material left over are thousands and thousands of little cells that live on the seaweed. We analyze these cells (microorganisms) to see if any of them can be harmful to certain fish. Some of these cells release deadly toxins into fish.
After we collected the cells off of the seaweed we placed the seaweed on a piece of paper and created a herbarium (see picture).
Next we used a key to identify the species of seaweed that we collected. Pretty cool stuff.Ok now for the question. Remember first to answer this question wins a prize. Who named the island "Magnetic Island?"
I know that i already won but the answer is Captain James Cook
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Ok Emmanuel won again! I was waiting to publish his answer in case someone else wrote it. Emmanuel do me a favor and call up some students from Isaac and tell them to check this blog. It looks like you're the only one reading it! I'll put up another post tomorrow. Also, your prize will be a little better now that you answered two questions. Good Job!!!
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Hey Mr. Misner - I checked and your class page is expired. Try logging into Echalk class page, profile and changing the expiration date. A few teachers asked me to show your page to their summer school students. Its not available but I see expiration date is 6/26/09. LJM
ReplyDeleteokay Mr.M. I'll IM my friends to tell them to go on. Have fun down under and in winter
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Emmanuel R.
What up Mr.Misner how are you.
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