Indian Mills Elementary School, Shamong New Jersey

Introduction

                We are fourth graders at Indian Mills Elementary School, Shamong New Jersey in Ms. Clementi’s class. We decided to do the Bucket Buddies experiment. All of us had a great learning experience.
 Hypothesis

                We predicted we would find; the Rams Horn snail; the Mayfly Nymph; the leech; the Cyclops; the Water Spider; and The Chironomid Larva. These macroinvertebrates were chosen separately by each of us.

 Findings

            We had a clear water sample that came from the top of a pond where the depth was about three feet and a murky water sample where the water was about 8 inches deep. Our water sample was taken on May, 2nd a clear and sunny day.

 

Surface Clear Water Findings

Species

Number

Scuds

2

Mosquito Larva’s

2

Water Pennies

Uncountable amount

Daphnia

1

Daphnia egg sack’s

9

Midge Larva’s

2

Caddidfly Larva

1

Rams horn snail egg sack

1

Mayfly Nymphs

12

Unknown

3

All (total)

33

 

Murky Water Findings

Species

Number

Mayfly Nymphs

12

Midge Larva

1

Chironomid Larva’s

2

Water Pennies

30

Water Spider

1

Unknown

22

All (total)

68

 

                 

Conclusion

                         We found 4/6 of the macroinvertebrates that were chosen by our class. In conclusion our experience doing Bucket Buddies has taught us a lot and we have helped all of those scientists and their studies. We were surprised at how many macroinvertebrates we were able to see with just a hand lens.