the first quater was really intresting and that i learned alot about the maarine bio clas. we started the quater off by deciding what tank you and a couple of other people wanted to do for the year. my group and i waited 3 weeks for our saltwater tank so we can set it up for the marine fish we were going to have in the tank. after a couple of weeks into september we had to make a model of the ocean floor out of flour water and salt which a made a play-doh like texture for us to use to make the model.after we finished making the model of the ocean sea floor we went next door to the elementary school to present to a fifth grade class and teach them about the ocean floor. the class then moved on to current and tides where we had to find out how the tides and currents are formed by the way the moon is positoned on the earth to make the waves and currents. we then did a salinty lab where we had warm,cold water,food coloring,salt. the point of the lab was to see what would happen to the the food coloring would if settle to the bottom or we would use then more than one color and see which one was the most dense and which ones were not so dense. we then moved on to the deep sea were we learned about the deep sea creatures that inhabit those waters and the life zones which these creatures live in and lifestyles the creatures are. then we clean and make sure our fish tanks are clean and are able to have marine life live in them so we can get a grade on it for the quater then we are having a finiding nemo party next week