No school today!
Tuesday or October 6, 2015 C.E.:
Sadly, the Cadmium has not arrived yet. Ben and I have decided, just to plant the grass seeds anyway, and make the two bottles intended for cadmium, controls. We sprinkled a pinch of seeds, into each bottle, and then put a small layer of topsoil on top of them. I then gave each bottle 5 squirts of liquid from a water sprayer. I also added a pinch of Iron powder to the two Iron bottles. It sure is a shame the cadmium hasn't arrived yet.
Wednesday or October 7, 2015 C.E.:
Today we took our quiz for the first 2 section of this Unit. This means it includes Human's effect on the world, all the different energy sources, and Earth's spheres. I made the mistake, not to study, so I hope my grade will not be too bad. Usually, we have a word bank for the vocabulary section, and I am not sure if I used the right word on two. On one of the questions, I put bio matter, but the answer may have been biomass.
Thursday or October 8, 2015 C.E.:
Today we reviewed the quiz. I unfortunately got a B on it. It is not too bad, though because I have gotten As consistently this school-year, and it will thus not significantly affect my grade. One of the questions I got wrong was the biomass question, I mentioned yesterday. I overthought another, and didn't fully answer yet another. Next time, I need to spend more time studying, and I need to spend more time taking my test. I rushed through the test and I was overconfident. I should always check through the entire thing, before handing it in, but I only scratched the surface of my usual checking process.
Friday or October 9, 2015 C.E.:
Today our teacher Mrs. Giacomelli, told us to do something, unexpected. We had to take seeds out from salt-water marsh grasses. In this unit, we will be taking thousands of seeds, raising them, and later reintroducing them into the marsh, to build back up the wetlands. We each took a stalk, and huddled over a bowl, and put in the seeds. I thought it would be like talking the seeds off barley or wheat, but it doesn't come off that easily. We had to pluck every seed off manually. Our grass has not germinated yet. I am glad we didn't wait for the Cadmium, because it has not even come yet.
Summary: This week was a very educational week. I was reminded to study and check over my work more, without destroying my grade, as the quiz wasn't many points. I need to make sure I don't rush.
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