Labs and Dissections

Question 1

What 3 animals did we dissect?

Answer 1

Earthworm, Frog, Squid

Question 2

What did we find in the owl pellets?

Answer 2

Bones, fur, dust

Question 3

What experiments did we do?

Answer 3

Fizzy Balloon, Paper chromatography, Egg in a bottle, Rainbow Milk, Gummy Worm Osmosis, Photosynthesis bean modeling…)

Question 4

What Library activities did we do?

Answer 4

Murder mystery, African Gold mining, JMU Engineering Ambassadors, Everglades National Park Zoom

Question 5

What case studies did we do?

Answer 5

Exxon Valdez, Deepwater Horizon, CDC in the zoo, GMO Papaya, Refineries and oil infrastructure

Question 6

Field Trips

Answer 6

River Trip, Richmond Science Museum, Shenandoah National Park

Question 7

What is the most important concept when conducting a lab?

Answer 7

Safety

Question 8

What actions can you take to stay safe?

Answer 8

Wear safety glasses
Analyze potential hazards
Watch out for your neighbor
No loose, dangly clothing/necklaces
Hair tied up
Don’t try to catch dropped items
Watch for sharps

Question 9

What was unique about the frog?

Answer 9

Huge leg muscles
Can breathe through their skin
Tongue attaches at the front so it can flip out and slam dunk its prey
Many of its organs look like ours

Question 10

What was unique about the squid?

Answer 10

Has skin cells that change colors
Has a beak like a bird
Huge eyes for its body size
Ink sac storing ink that it can shoot out for tricking a predator
Long tentacles with suction cups

Question 11

What was unique about the earthworm?

Answer 11

Bristles in each segment to help it move
Sophisticated systems (nerves, blood..)
Has a gizzard and a crop just like a bird
Very important in keeping our soil “loose”