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January 22, 2016  Exercise 2: Identifying Algae and Protists'''
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Our Hay Infusion was filled halfway with brown dirty water. There was some dead plant life sitting at the bottom on top of sand or dirt that had collected at the bottom of the jar. All of the plant life looked destroyed. There was a sort of film over the surface of the water. We took samples from the top, middle and bottom of the Hay Infusion and viewed the samples under a microscope.
Our Hay Infusion was filled halfway with brown dirty water. There was some dead plant life sitting at the bottom on top of sand or dirt that had collected at the bottom of the jar. All of the plant life looked destroyed. There was a sort of film over the surface of the water. We took samples from the top, middle and bottom of the Hay Infusion and viewed the samples under a microscope.



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January 15, 2016 Exercise 1: Examining Biological Life at AU

Purpose The purpose of this week's lab experiment was to examine and compare different members of the Volvocine Line and to examine the biodiversity on the campus of American University. At the end of the lab, we set up a Hay Infusion with abiotic and biotic compontnets found in our transect.

Materials and Methods Procedure one involved examining members of the Volvocine Line: Chlamydomonas, Gonium, and Volvox. We recorded the colony size, number of cells, specialization of these cells, and whether the cell was isogamous or oogamous under the microscope. Procedure two involved going to our transect and recording everything we observed. We also took samples of our transect and brought the samples back to the laboratory. Procedure three involved making a Hay Infusion. To do this, we placed 10-12 grams of our sample into a jar with 500 mLs of deerpark water, added 0.1 gram of dried milk, and mixed the jar for 10 seconds.

Data and Observations Transect Four included many different biotic and abiotic factors. The abiotic factors included rocks, water, soil and benches. The biotic factors included trees, bushes, flowers, fishes, and many organisms. This transect was interesting to survey and collect from. There is so much plant life and animal life, although we were only able to view the organisms under the microscope. A majority of the plant life was wilted and brown due to the cold weather.

Sketch of Transect Four:


Images of Transect Four:

Conclusion Transect four had many abiotic and biotic components to it. These abiotic and biotic components will help us examine the biodiversity at AU. Further experiments will show the different types of organisms that live in transect four at American University.

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January 22, 2016 Exercise 2: Identifying Algae and Protists

Purpose

Materials and Methods

Data and Observations

Our Hay Infusion was filled halfway with brown dirty water. There was some dead plant life sitting at the bottom on top of sand or dirt that had collected at the bottom of the jar. All of the plant life looked destroyed. There was a sort of film over the surface of the water. We took samples from the top, middle and bottom of the Hay Infusion and viewed the samples under a microscope.


We used the Dichotomous Key to determine what protists were living in our Hay Infusion. Description of cell: -Cell is colorless -Cell is stagnant -Cell is not spherical -Shape of cell remains constant -Seems as if cell has very thick cell walls -Parts of cell would range from 2-30 ocular spaces at 100x This protist sample is a type of algae known as Pandorina.