Aquarium Lab:
Virtual Lab Website:
Click here to access the link. Once at the site, click on communities and biomes under virtual labs to access the lab. Note: Click here for instructions on how to enable chrome to access the lab in adobe flash. If you can't get it to work, have a peer in your breakout room run the program for you and share their screen. If you are working alone, you will have to look up online how to fix the issue. I am not a technical expert and only know how to enable chrome on my apple computer.
Virtual Lab Website:
Click here to access the link. Once at the site, click on communities and biomes under virtual labs to access the lab. Note: Click here for instructions on how to enable chrome to access the lab in adobe flash. If you can't get it to work, have a peer in your breakout room run the program for you and share their screen. If you are working alone, you will have to look up online how to fix the issue. I am not a technical expert and only know how to enable chrome on my apple computer.
Instructions:
Steps 1 - 6: Use the reef tank guide located at the top left of the animation to help answer questions. Use the right and left arrows to flip pages.
Step 1: Fill in table on performance task.
Step 2: Fill in table on performance task.
Step 3: Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate all contain the nitrogen element and are part of the nitrogen cycle. Look at the nitrogen cycle diagram in the guide. You may also read this brief article (click here) to assist you. It explains the whole nitrogen cycle really well! See how all three chemicals are converting into other chemicals by living things. Draw a model on a sheet of paper of the nitrogen cycle occurring in an marine environment such as an aquarium. Begin by describing how ammonia ends up in the aquarium. Starting with ammonia, draw an arrow to the chemical it turn in to. In between the arrow, write the organism responsible for the chemical change. Repeat with the other chemicals until the nitrogen cycle is complete. Take photo of model and upload on performance task.
Step 4: Fill in table on performance task.
Step 5: Fill in table on performance task.
Step 6: Fill in table on performance task.
Step 7: Perform the lab!
Steps 1 - 6: Use the reef tank guide located at the top left of the animation to help answer questions. Use the right and left arrows to flip pages.
Step 1: Fill in table on performance task.
Step 2: Fill in table on performance task.
Step 3: Ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate all contain the nitrogen element and are part of the nitrogen cycle. Look at the nitrogen cycle diagram in the guide. You may also read this brief article (click here) to assist you. It explains the whole nitrogen cycle really well! See how all three chemicals are converting into other chemicals by living things. Draw a model on a sheet of paper of the nitrogen cycle occurring in an marine environment such as an aquarium. Begin by describing how ammonia ends up in the aquarium. Starting with ammonia, draw an arrow to the chemical it turn in to. In between the arrow, write the organism responsible for the chemical change. Repeat with the other chemicals until the nitrogen cycle is complete. Take photo of model and upload on performance task.
Step 4: Fill in table on performance task.
Step 5: Fill in table on performance task.
Step 6: Fill in table on performance task.
Step 7: Perform the lab!
- Week 1: Measure water quality and update your data tables with results. Add live rocks using the shopping cart icon. This is a 60-gallon tank and can support up to three rocks. Add live rocks using the shopping cart and drag items over to the tank. Click the week button to move on to week.
- Week 2: Measure water quality and update your data tables with results. See attachment above. Make necessary adjustments to improve water quality. Read the Fish Guide to figure out what four fish you would like to add to the tank. Add fish using the shopping cart icon. Click the week button to move on to week.
- Week 3 - 5: Measure water quality and update your data tables with results. See attachment above. Make necessary adjustments to improve water quality for the fish. Click the week button to move on to the next week. Note: To measure the water quality, drag the measurement tools down into the water. To add buffer or water, drag the buffer solution or water down into the fish tank. Update data table with results.
- Now answer questions on performance task.