Week Seven

This week we openned our decomp chamber and follow a whole eco system in the dirt. There was mold as primary producors and worms and other insects to feed on the mold. the decomp we put into the eco system in the begining is now almost all gone. Also when we added water it came out of the decomp chamber a dark brown color.

Week 6

The plant was thriving and appeared to have new growth on it. It appeared to have some type of flowers budding on it. The compost was breaking down into alomost soil. The water chamber had become moldy and had a pungent smell. We changed out the water and started fresh. We also added a plant to the water. We had plenty of condensation coming up to the top to water the plant. We could not find the worms to see if they were alive.

Week 5

The new plant was thriving. The water became stagnant with a foul odor. The worms appeared to still be alive. Did not do anything to change the ecosytem this week.

Week Four

Checked the ecosystem today and the aquatic area was orange and had a foul smell. We changed the water out because the decomposition area was seeping into it. This is evidence that material is circulating through the ecosystem. We put a straw into the top and middle of the ecosystem to allow the flys to travel back and forth, but it was taped shut when we checked it again this week. We would like to add more water lilies to the bottom or even other aquatic plants.

Week Six

This week we had to change out our water again. However, I believe this time it was due to evaporation and setament that may have filtered down into the aquitic area. There was condensation in our terrestrial area which I believe came from our aquitic area and shows our bio dome's water is cycling though the different levels.

Week 4

This week in our ecosystem we had mold growing in our water. We also had a fruit fly in our decomposition chamber. We changed out the water and added worms to our dirt and decomposition chamber. We also added a weed to the dirt chamber because the grass had died.

Week 4

This week our ecosystem had exiting events. We had fruit flies!!!! The banana, lemon and the fruit juices we added help us to get them. Our water had horrible smell and we had to change it. Our little bud in the decompost chamber was brown. But our plant in the top chamber was doing great, probably due to the drain system we added last week. We also added a worm this week, I hope he stays alive. It's very interesting how things changed from week to week in our ecosystem. I hope we are able to keep it alive and keep finding some more exiting things!!
Bessy Michel

Week 3

This week we added a banana and a lemon hoping to get some fruit flies. We also added a plant to the top since our weed was dying due to lack of oxygen and we also added a straw to help the water drain better on the top chamber. We added some rocks and punched some holes to the top chamber. We had little bud growing in the decompost chamber, Yeah! On the aquatic chamber we found some mold, probably some the fruit juice we added last week.
Bessy Michel

Week Four

This week we had to major developments one was the fruit fly who have arrived in our decomp chamber and the other was the mold in our aquatic area. I believe that the fruit flies were drawn to our decomp area because of the rich enviroment of food in it. A side effect of the fruit smoothie we add was mold started growing in the aquatic area due to the smell of this we were forced to change the water out. Also our grass survived the week. I believe this is in part due to the drainage system we added.

Week 3

Mold had formed on the water from the fruit juice. The lillies had died. The grass was dying because we forgot to put air hole in the top of the ecosystem. A plant started to grow in the decompostion chamber. We added rock to the bottom of the water. We added a weed to the soil chamber and put air holes in it. We also added a piece of banana and lemon to the decomposition chamber.