Mollusk Discovery: Bivalve

       My mollusk discovery was done on a bivalve. Bivalve simply means having two shells hinged together covering a soft body and gills. Common examples of bivalves are oysters, clams, scallops, and mussels. Bivalves have two siphons for bringing in water to flow over the gills. they are also filter feeders and use their mantle and gills to trap food with mucus. in terms of reprodution, bivalvesstart as meroplankton form shells and and sink to the bottom. Males release sperm and females release eggs. I chose to do a research on Pacific Razor Clams. Pacific razor clam scientific name is Silqua patula. The taxonomy of this clam is that it is in the animalia kingdom, mollusca phylum, bivalvia class, veneroida order, cultellidae family, silqua genus, and patula species.

to see a video about Pacific Razor Clams follow this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNuRXX3EAwk

Plankton Wars 2011

In plankton wars 2011, we designed a zooplankton. I was Brittany Pierce's partner. We named our plankton Captain Puffer Plankton. He was made out of sponges, clay, cupcake holders, buttons, and many more small objects.

PHOTO CREDITED TO BRITTANY PIERCE

 After we finished making Captain Plankton, we were the last group to put our plankton into the "ocean". We had faith that Puffer  would float because he was a very heavy plankton, but we were proven wrong and he stayed at the top. If we could have changed anything we would have added more weight to him. Of course the class got very ugly with us because we knew Puffer was going to be great but he was a fail. :(
PHOTO CREDITED TO BRITTANY PIERCE

Our Fantastic Group

(left to right) Tyler Johnson, Captain Puffer Plankton, and Brittany Pierce
PHOTO CREDITED TO KATHY RICHARDSON