It’s getting warmer!
Category Archives: Secondary Schools
Bridgetown Regional High School
Hope the snow goes really fast so we can start collecting. Really looking forward to this project!
Scarlett Heights ready and waiting for spring and the bugs to arrive!
Our grade 9 science class at Scarlett Height Entrepreneurial Academy is excited to be part of this program. We have just started our unit on ecology and we are looking forward to putting our learning to practical use.
Happy to take part in this incredible project!
Students are very excited to participate in the School Malaise Trap Program and we look forward to starting!
Last day of bug trap!
Today Emma, Meagan, and Paige checked the bug traps on the last day of the project! We found many bugs but unfortunately you can not see a lot of the bugs due to the piece of paper in the bottom. We enjoyed doing this project along with the University of Guelph, and hope they are successful with your research. We thank you for letting us be part of this experiment we really enjoyed it!
2nd Week of Collecting Specimens
It has definitely been a different week than last week for collecting specimens.. overall much cooler and certainly much soggier!
J. F. Ross students in periods 1, 3 and 4 have been collecting their data on a daily basis, Mr. Neerhof’s class visited with Dr. Steinke during the virtual BioBus tour.
Students have enjoyed visiting the trap each day, and have incorporated this hands-on study into their ecology unit.
Activities and discussions around biodiversity, ecosystem sustainability and carrying capacity have stemmed from the experience.
Thanks so much from all of the Ross students!
SCC #SMTPSELFIE
Today Emma, Meagan, and Paige checked the insect trap. We discovered 8 bugs. There were 5 mosquitoes, 1 crane fly, and 1 horse fly. It was very cloudy and humid outside. We finally got to check the trap because the clown boys always beat us to it when asking to check the trap!
First Week Review
As the experiment has progressed over this first week the results have been disappointing. The first week bottle was removed and much to the participants surprise there was an incredible lack of biodiversity. This lack of a large sample size is extremely surprising because of the amount of plant matter in the courtyard. The trap was assessed on the second day to make sure any issues that may affect the experiment were taken care of. Spider webs were cleared off the bottle but even after that was taken care of the results were still lacking.
Though the lack of a large sample size is surprising an experiment conducted last year heeded some of the same results. Students made Sticky Traps last year to examine biodiversity in the courtyard and they too were surprised by the underwhelming numbers. They were especially surprised because a school nearby had great results.
This lack of biodiversity does make sense in comparison to the other high school because of a few reasons. For one thing the neighbouring school backs on to a river where Richview does not. Also Richview is situated by the intersection of two major streets where the other school is only bordered by one street. Since Richview is only one kilometre away from a golf course, the chemicals used to maintain those grounds may be affecting the biodiversity at the school.
This lack of biodiversity is concerning and should be continually monitored in the future.
St. Charles College #SMTPselfies!
Well, here it is week 2 and we are off to a less than auspicious start…a cranefly as of this morning. But of course, the weather is also less than stellar, cold wet and drizzly. The insects aren’t the only ones who want to stay sheltered in this weather…everybody wanted to get back into the school as quickly as possible.
Hello from ESA! #SMTPselfie
ESA Malaise Program Team Leaders Alex and Isabel send greetings from ESA to all other participants and supporters of the program!