Macro/Micro Muck Life Lab• Now that you’ve oohed, aahed, and pier-fished all period y-day, here’s what you do FOR 2 GRADES:

– DRAW WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN. Use clean paper AND PENCIL!!!! You must have at least 8 drawings of 8 different creatures. REMEMBER MAGNIFICATIONS, your NAME, TITLE and LOCATION!

– IDENTIFY WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN. Use the books and/or

website provided. (http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/) Write underneath your drawing.

– DESCRIBE WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN. How does it move? What does it appear to eat? HOW does it appear to eat?

– SUMMARIZE!• WHAT DOES THE PRESENCE OF YOUR PARTICULAR

CREATURES INDICATE ABOUT THE HEALTH OF YOUR LOCATION? EXPLAIN

• IF NO LIFE EXISTED IN THIS WATER BODY, WOULD THAT BE BETTER OR WORSE? EXPLAIN.

• Before it was transformed into a K-12 campus, this area was a wet prairie/pine plantation. In developing this area, why do you think these streams, ponds, and ditches were put into place?