DIRT!

         DIRT 

           I have learned a lot more about dirt then I have ever known in my life! For example: How a teaspoon of dirt can be more living then we are! I liked when the school removed sheets of concrete and the dirt cartoon looked overjoyed! I enjoyed watching the school do compost and plant rows of plants! Also there are layers of dirt! Did you know that the earth is 10 percent dirt? Also in this movie I enjoyed hearing different peoples opinion on how the dirt effects there lives! I also found out that some people eat dirt! Imagine having to eat dirt for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! I also learned that some farms grow only one crop! This is called monoculture. This is bad because you want to have different types of plants to keep the soil healthy! I also learned that people are farming and then donating to local shelters. This is great because it allows people to have fresh fruits and vegetables! In conclusion I never thought that dirt could be so important! I was especially surprised about my first fact!


      When I think about dirt I think about worms, I personally do not like worms! When i'm in the forest I get very calm but not because of the soil. I hear the birds chirping, and the trees swaying. Basically dirt for me is not calming but the forest is! I was really surprised to here how many farmers in India committed suicide! I was especially surprised that they would kill themselves when they had a family to feed! We can always have more cautious about what is happening to the earth! For example the dirt! If the dirt is all dried up and you can't grow anything this effects lots of daily lives! I think everything you do to help the planet even how small it is you are still helping! Also think about everything you are not doing to help the planet. Pretend that you threw a bottle cap on the grass. Imagine if you threw something on the grass everyday? All of that builds up and you may not realize it. I feel that we should help our ecosystem because this can effect our planet immensely even if it is really small. Just like the hummingbirds!  

100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Found in Amber

Title: 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attack Found in Amber
Author: Megan Gannon 
URL: http://news.discovery.com/animals/spider-attack-amber-121009.html
Article Published: Monday October 8, 2012

          Did you know that researchers have found a 100 million year old spider that was trapped in a lump of amber with a wasp! You could even see 15 intact strands of web! The scientists think that the spider was just enjoying a meal of the tiny parasitic wasp but instead of happily eating the wasp, the tree that the web was in had other ideas... Just than a drop of amber fell onto the spider and the wasp! Poinar and Ron Buckley, an amber collector from Kentucky, described this find in the paper. I quote, "There is no previous fossil record of a spider attacking its ensnared prey." This is also said by Poinar and Ron Buckley. The amber chunk also apparently held a male spider which is assumed to show evidence of of social behavior according to Megan Gannon. Both the spider and wasp species are extinct today.The type of wasp (Cascoscelio incassus) belongs to a group that today is known to parasitize spider eggs, Poinor says, "The attack on the wasp by the bristly orb-weaver spider, might then be considered revenge."

       I really like this article because I think it is very interesting, especially at the end when they say that it might be considered as revenge! This is funny to think because sometimes whenever we get mad at someone we prepare revenge! I also really like this article because of how well they described the fossil. This relates to science because animals are science! Once again I really liked this article and I would recommend it to anyone!