Practing our measurements

Latest challenge: Identify this insect. I don't think anyone will be surprised by this photo. Yes, I am constantly looking out for "arctic" insects and spiders. I found a spider in the CNSC today but it was too fast for my camera! There were also plenty of black flies outside when we were practicing our measurements, but they weren't biting. It is getting cold enough that they just seem a bit confused.





This is a photo of the CNSC, and you can just barely see the dome on top. That is where you can stand to view the Northern Lights safely at night.


We practiced tree coring (they call it tree boring but it is NOT boring!) here. You just drill a hold in a tree and take a piece out so that you can look at the rings. It can tell you how old the tree is and how much it grew each year.
This is a sample taken from a white spruce tree. I am getting pretty good at identifying the trees in our area. I must admit though, there are only three main species. Everything else is a shrub or ground cover, like mosses and lichen. In this next photo you can see some great orange lichen growing on the rocks. Look very closely. Those are living things! What do you know about mosses and lichen?


Next time I write to you I'll let you know the name of my polar bear friend!


If you'd like more information just let me know. But be specific. : )

If you say you'd like to see some data on trees, you need to let me know what kind. I'll let you know what kinds of things we are measuring but won't be able to post the results of all of our measurements. It would be too much information to show.

IMPORTANT: I can't post information with student last names. If you write a comment please include only your first name, grade or age and home town.

One last challenge: Try to find my writing mistakes. There may not be any and there may be several. You'll never know so look carefully!


I'm looking forward to hearing from all of you!

Miss Santoro