5/13/13 algae lab

Today in class we did a algae lab and had to find 7 different organisms we found in the water, and identify them. At first I thought this lab would be boring but when we were givin the water you actually saw tiny bugs floating all around In it. We used the peti fish to take sampled and we were so fascinated with what we saw. We found bugs that looked like shrimp, called runts and I even found a big one that was carrying eggs. We also found this nasty worm looking snake that tool forever to take a picture of because every time it was under the microscope it would move because it did not like the light. It even climbed off of the peti fish in no water and seemed to be fine, an it also had a cool snake-like design on its back. This bug was called a fire worm. We found a shell and also this Mosquito pupa, that was black and looked like a tail of a Scorpion. It took us the forever to identify this worm thing because under the microscope it was curled up and dieing. I thought this lab was really fascinating because whenever you swim in a lake, you k ow your swimming in dirty water but you have no idea how dirty the water actual is. It was very difficult to I'd types of Algae though because you can't see them in eye view and you really have to search for them. All in all this was my favorite lab because is was very interesting and weird.