Geocaching Blog entry

GEOCACHING

Geocaching is an outdoor sporting activity in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigation techniques to hide and seek containers, called "geocaches" or "caches", anywhere in the world. A typical cache is a small waterproof container containing a logbook. Larger containers such as plastic storage containers like tupperware or ammo boxes can also contain items for trading, usually toys or trinkets of little value. Geocaching is often described as a "game of high-tech hide and seek," sharing many aspects with benchmarking, trigpointing, orienteering, treasure-hunting, letterboxing, and waymarking.

What I Learned 

What i learned about Geocaching is that, The hobby of Geochaching is a lot more popular that you think. People from all over the world travel around to go on Geocaching adventures. It is very fun to do with a group of people. 

 What we found

 On the Geochaching adventures I went on with this class, we found all sorts of things. such as Guitar pics, collectible caps, all sorts of coins, nails, small carved turtles, rings, bottle caps and other small nick-nack items.

Termite Colony Blog Update 10/10

For out current science termite project, we housed the termites in a simple clear plastic jar. Inside the jar we put a special dirt like mix and added water. Then we added a small square chuck of tree wood, when we added the Termites.

The changes that happened over time in the Termite jar were very slow. Even though the Termites quickly made tunnels in the dirt mixture, the rest of the changes in the jar, happened slow, they barely ate the wood for the first couple weeks and some of them died.

Overall I Enjoyed the Termite unit Project, it was verry fun and interesting. My lest favorite part was when we did dent get anything on our microscope that one day in class.

|X| EcoSence Ph 10 Water Thermometer |X|

 

 

The compact pH 10 provides fast and accurate pH and water temperature measurements and readings. A graphic display provides simple on-screen instructions, and the "hold" feature locks readings on the display. The pen features a 50-set memory (pH, temperature, date and time stamp), automatic temperature compensation, automatic calibration (1-, 2-, or 3-point), and buffer recognition.

 HOW TO USE THE Ph10 METER

To simply use the ph10 meter, all you have to do is

1. Press and hold the power button for 3 seconds until unit turns on.
2. Press "call" to operate in "measure mode"
3. Dip the electrode into the test solution while in the “Measure Mode” while holing the "hold" button.
4. Keep holding onto the "hold" button as you take the ph10 meter out if the test solution (mostly water) to keep and view your reading.
5. To save  your recorded data, press and hold the "store" button for 3 seconds.

        Repeat the first step to turn of the unit. 

                                                                                            Picture taken from Google images.