My Blanky is an Investigation Tool
Today was rainy and cold! After almost a full week of mild and sometimes warm temperatures we received a dose of traditional Nova Scotian weather! Brrr!We returned to the Cook's Lake property of Drs. Buesching and Newman and investigated our Longworth Traps - once again my team caught nothing! Not too many of us did though and that can mostly be attributed to the weather turning so cold. We split up into two groups half working with Dr. Newman collecting hare poo in quadrats (that's me counting what I found, one pellet at a time) and the other with Dr. Buesching clearing some trees for clearer pathways on the property for future expeditions. Then, after lunch, we swapped docs. With all the rain coming down I got pretty wet - a lesson I learned today was to wear my rubber boots!
We did do a new investigation today and the blanket from my bed served as the investigation tool (believe it or not)! We have been encountering a great deal of wood ticks since
beginning our research at Cook's Lake. Drs. Buesching and Newman track the tick population too, mostly out of interest and curiosity but also to have data available to make connections should they ever have any ideas they'd like to investigate in the future. Something that all scientists do: act on their curiosity with a investigative plan. So we helped them. Check out my video, pay close attention to the opening - Tick BlanketRemember to visit other teacher's blogs too and post your inquiries on the space I set up for you on TQ. I'm working on getting video for those of you that have posted inquiries to some of them - keep them busy, post your inquiries in TQ!
Finally, I want you to be thinking of any questions you have for me from my trip so far. It can be anything this time! I know I told you before I left that I wanted you to limit your inquiries to the things I'm doing on the expedition but I will open it up to anything on Thursday! So start thinking of what you need to know...
posted by Mr. Gasteazoro @ 4:46 PM
6 Comments:
You have been talking about how NS and MN are similar in many ways. We have ticks here but our ticks do not really come out until June. Are the ticks there the same kind we get here? If so, why are the ticks already out in NS?
I think that you were
trying to rub your blanket against the ground to pick up ticks.
but why would the ticks want to stick to the blanket does something attract them on the blanket?
I think you were trying rub your blanket on the ground and and pick up wood ticks. I wonder why wood ticks stick to the blanket, I think that the wood ticks some sticky thing on top of them that make them stick to the blanket.
We are researching wood ticks. We found out that an American Dog Tick is a little more than .5 cm. They can carry bacteria that would make humans sick like Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The deer tick can be the size of a sesame seed and can cause Lyme disease in humans and dogs.The ticks can be different colors. Mrs. Styx used to explode bloated ones with a magnifying glass and the sun. We would like to know if you got a tick biting you, how long would it suck your blood and how would you get it off?
I think that:
The mice and voles are not coming out because it's to cold so they just going to burrow in there home or somewhere covered.
my question is:
what do bigger animals do when it's very cold weather?
Koleton wants to know what sparked your interest in ticks and what information are you hoping to gain from finding them?
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