Day 3: Caterpillar and Plant Data Entry
Today we spent the day entering data about the caterpillars and the plants we collected yesterday in Pearl River Wildlife Management Area. Scientists do A LOT of data entry and plant identification! First, we gathered the bags from yesterday's collection and identified the plants we placed into the bags for the caterpillars to eat. Ms. Uricchio and I spent almost two hours identifying a wild pea plant. We finally decided it was Fabaceae Desmodium. This plant has neat little seed pods that are like Velcro and stick to your clothing.
What language do scientists use to name plants and animals? (Hint: It's one of the languages we use when we study prefixes and roots)
posted by Mrs. Moore @ 12:25 AM
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The scientists use the Greek language to name plants and animals that they discover. Has the scientist in your group named any plants or animals with the Greek language?
Great guess! Actually, scientists use the Latin language to name plants and animals that they discover. We have been studying Greek prefixes but later in the year we will be learning about Latin roots. It's these Latin roots that allow scientists to name plants and animals all over the world. It is a "common language" that all scientists can understand.
Scientists use Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes to give unnamed creatures and objects names.Example:triceratops the prefix tri-meaning three and ceratops-meaning horns.
How big is the Fabaceae Desmodium compared to your index finger? When sticking to your clothes, how sticky is it?
Great connection with Triceratops! The Fabaceae Desmodium burs are very small, they're about the size of 1/2 a dime and are very sticky. I have to try very hard to pull them off my clothes.
We think that the scientists use the Greek and Latin language to name different plants and trees.We think it is really cool that the scientists use that language to name different things.
question 22 day 5
We think that the alligator is about 10 or 12 feet.Also the spiny oak slug is hard to find because he uses camouflage on a tree or the ground.Have you seen a lot of spiny oak slugs down there?
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