Monday, April 18, 2016

The Best method for waking up?

In the past two weeks, I've learned more about ways to easily wake up. I've learned that using an alarm clock, or a vibrating watch could help you wake up in  the mornings. But the best method to wake up is by waking up naturally. I've learned about myself that I depend on my alarm clocks to wake up, so I don't wake up naturally. A setback I've had is that I need an accurate way to test the time it takes me to wake up. My next steps are finding an accurate way for me to measure how long it takes me to wake up and to look for better ways to wake up. I can apply this knowledge by sharing it with my peers and giving them an easier time in the mornings.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Sponges

Sponges live at the bottom of the ocean, where they trap bacteria inside of their pores and eat them. Sponges depend on the flow of water to eat. Their phylum is Porifera, meaning they have many pores. The skeleton of the sponge is made out of spicules and spongin. The vodcast talked about many types of invertebrate, and a sponge is one of them. The kingdom of a sponge is animal, and the domain is eukaryote. Sponges have been around for a very long time, because of their ability to adapt the its environment. Sponges are neither female or male, and they can play both roles in reproduction. Sponges can be colorful, or just a plain color. Sponges can either be encrusted, living on something solid, or free standing, which can grow big enough to fit a person inside of it.





http://www.oceanicresearch.org/education/wonders/sponges.html