BUGS  AND  SOIL

Holly Springs Elementary

Pickens, SC

 

                                                                                 

NOTES

DATE: 

May 4, 2004

TIME:

12:00 PM

WEATHER:

Sunny

TEMPERATURE:

70 degrees F

WIND:

No wind

GRADE:

2nd

 

 

 

 

Site

Soil Examination

 




Group 1-Courtyard

 




Group 2-Tall Grass

 




Group 3-Woods

 

Group 4-Stream

 

SOIL

      DATA

Group 1

 

Group 2

 

Group 3

 

Group 4

 

Soil Temperature

65 degrees F

62 degrees F

60 degrees F

70 degrees F

Color

Reddish brown

Red and brown

Red

Dark brown

Hardness

Hard

Soft

Hard

Soft, sandy

Moisture

Damp

Very moist

Wet

Damp

Odor

Wormy

Wormy

Fishy

Fishy

 

 

BUGS

         DATA

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

# on ground

1

3

6

1

# in air

3

0

0

0

# in soil

2

2

1

2

Types of bugs (#)

Firefly (1)

Chinech bug (1)

Aphid (3)

 

Grasshopper

Stink bug (1)

Sweat bee (1)

Black ant (1)

 

 

MICROSCOPIC IMAGES OF BUGS FOUND