This picture is a worm at my sitspot.
Do you ever wonder what happens to that old banana peel on the ground, or what takes over human and environment left overs and remains? Well there are many things a worm can do, can you guess one of them? Continue reading
When asked to make observations without the sense of sight for the Third Sit Spot Challenge, I noticed the plethora of bird-related noises. I’ve always liked birds and their charming chirps, but never thought about just why they chirp. However, when my classmate was whistling a lot and the birds seemed to respond, I started to wonder what they use their songs for.
A sketch I drew of an American Robin, Michigan’s state bird.
This is a picture of part of the forest I took while I was at my sit spot.
Have you ever wondered if scent impacts a person? Well, I have and this is what the following blog represents. It explains how the scent of a forest may be an impact to a persons life. I will show you if the smell of a forest is important or not. I also will share personal thoughts regarding this topic. Continue reading
This is a honey bee that looks similar to what I found at my sit spot at the WCC campus
(source: wikipedia.org)
Bees actually have some benefit for us even though they don’t seem like they do. What most people don’t know is that bees are the most hardworking insect. Surprisingly a bee only makes about 1 and a half table spoons of honey in its lifetime. According to goldenblossomhoney.com, to make one pound of honey, bees would have to visit about two million flowers and would have to travel about 55,000 miles.
In our environmental science class we had what our class calls a sit spot challenge. Basically every week we went outside for 30 minutes and observed and took notes on what we saw in a specific area. After we finished for homework we wrote a reflection paper on what we saw, smelled, touched, and heard. Here is what happened on our last day of the challenge:
The fort with the triangular spider web.
May 29 the wind is blowing and it’s sunny. Looking around I see the spider web but it has changed.
It looks like a triangle not the fancy looking web it was the week before. You know the kind of tree top bridges? It kind of looks like that but between two trees of the fort in my sit spot. Continue reading
I am sitting outside, leaning against a tree on a warm seventy-degree day. A light breeze is blowing through my hair. I look to my right and see a pine tree. A large knot is on the trunk of the tree. How did it get there? Why is it there? Some think of the knots as flaws, something detracting from the trees beauty. I think the flaws make them beautiful just like our flaws make us beautiful. Continue reading
Walk past the school and the large pond out back. Follow a few trails and you’ll find what seems to be a man-made campsite. Walk a little bit more and you’ll land were I sit and l record my findings. Each week it is unknown what I will see. The range of what could be out there is huge. Anything from little bugs on the ground, a deer on the land , or a bird passing over head. I wasn’t paying attention to any of these things. I notice something that may often go unseen. Something about the trees was unique and caught my eye.
Sit Spot Pond
Energy, everyone needs it. People need physical energy, and electrical energy. Humans aren’t the only organism, plants require energy to grow. This energy that plants receive, is called photosynthesis. Do you know where this energy comes from? Continue reading
Have you ever wondered why you feel itchy on a hot and muggy day. Doesn’t it bother you all the time. You see bugs everywhere but there is always one that you swat at consistently. The Mosquito. When you kill one it never goes away. It feels like you are killing one and millions come back and avenge it.
This is a picture of a West Nile mosquito feeding on the blood of its victim. (Source: tucson.com)
Science on Campus 