Our "Dead Stuff Jars and Columns" are surely changing. We're starting to see some pretty interesting stuff and we're wondering how this all connects back to the dead raccoon Mrs. Brinza found. Here are some things we've noticed...
1. The fruit in the Dead Stuff Jars looks squishier, and it does not look as fresh as it did in the beginning. Some of the fruit looks moldy. And for the vast majority of us, the weight in the jars has remained pretty much the same (some are losing like 0.1g, but we think this may be because the jars have a slight leak in the lid--in fact, some groups noticed the top of the mason jar bulging up building up pressure and possibly popping, releasing some of the juice from the fruit).
2. The Dead Stuff Columns definitely have mold in them. We're not really sure how it got there, or why its there. We also notice that the fruit is looking wrinkly and starting to shrivel. Some of the organisms we put in our columns are obviously bigger, like the slug, the crickets, and the worms.
3. Nothing in the Dead Stuff Columns is as colorful as it was in the beginning. It's all kind of "earthy" colors like brown and yellow. Stuff in them looks really dead as one student put it. The columns that were in the heat and really wet seem to have more changes than the others. We wonder how heat and moisture help stuff "disappear."
1. The fruit in the Dead Stuff Jars looks squishier, and it does not look as fresh as it did in the beginning. Some of the fruit looks moldy. And for the vast majority of us, the weight in the jars has remained pretty much the same (some are losing like 0.1g, but we think this may be because the jars have a slight leak in the lid--in fact, some groups noticed the top of the mason jar bulging up building up pressure and possibly popping, releasing some of the juice from the fruit).
2. The Dead Stuff Columns definitely have mold in them. We're not really sure how it got there, or why its there. We also notice that the fruit is looking wrinkly and starting to shrivel. Some of the organisms we put in our columns are obviously bigger, like the slug, the crickets, and the worms.
3. Nothing in the Dead Stuff Columns is as colorful as it was in the beginning. It's all kind of "earthy" colors like brown and yellow. Stuff in them looks really dead as one student put it. The columns that were in the heat and really wet seem to have more changes than the others. We wonder how heat and moisture help stuff "disappear."
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