Wetalnds Class Book 2016-2017

Data

Research by: Lillya B.

Their are three snails that I am researching.  One is an Orb Snail, another is the Gilled Snail and the last is the Pouch Snail.  This is a graph of how many of those snails are in the wetland.

How long does it take for small snails in our wetland to come out of their shells in different envirments?

In conclusion I found out why there were less snails than we thought because snails shed their shells constantly.  They feel very comfortable around people but not crayfish because if they come out of their shells around them the crayfish will most likely eat them.

This shows how many snails that my partner and I found in all.

This shows how many snails I found in each site.

Are there more dead or living snails in the Quincy wetlands?

My hypothesis is that there are more alive/living snails.

By what I found my hypothesis is correct.

Another question I still have is are there dying because the cold weather coming?

Are there more dead or alive pouch snail in the wetlands?

I think that there are more dead pouch snail in the Quincy wetlands.

From what I found in 4 days I did find more living pouch snails. Some of the shells that I found had scratches on them.

Are the dead pouch snails getting eaten, or are they dying from the colder weather.

Are the dead pouch snails dead because of the climate?

Are orb snails and pouch snails in different parts of the wetlands

Are there more orb snails or pouch snails in the wetland. We actually got 7 orb and 7 pouch snails

What reptiles live on the shore in the wetland?

I found out that turtles and snakes live on the shore in the wetland. 

My hypothesis was that turtles lived on the shore of the wetland.

I used a iPad, boots, net, white tray, and a cup.

The two snakes that I found where Gardner snakes and the 3 turtles that I found where painted turtles. 

How did fish eggs get into our Quincy wetlands? 

The fish eggs get in the wetlands by sticking to ducks and other birds.  

Fish eggs are sticking so they can stick to the bottom of sticks 

My question was, &quot;Do orb snails grow out of their shell?&quot; I&apos;ve noticed that many orb snails are NOT growing out of their shells. Most of them have many scratches on their shell. I&apos;m predicting that many orb snails are being eaten. These scratches make me think that they are being eaten by birds, frogs, turtles, crayfish and other sorts of animals that live in the wetlands.

Now I&apos;m wondering, how long do orb snails live?

My final results are that many orb snails are being eaten. In my graph above you can tell that there are a lot of dead orb snails. This proves that many living organisms are eating them.  

Out in our big world, our big wetland, there is a little world, filled with little creatures we don&apos;t even pay attention to. There are little microscopic creatures out there that are waiting to be discoverd. I was fascinated by them, and I wanted to see how many there were...

Are cyclops common in the wetlands, and if so where?

This is a picture I took of a cyclops under a microscope. I caught this cyclops in our wetland.

Click here to hear me read more about the cyclops.

My hypothesis about the cyclops is that they are not common, due to being eaten by animals like ducks, and fish.

This pie chart is 45% cyclops, and that shows that they are pretty common.

The data I have collected is, there are lots of cyclops in the wetlands. It is a big wetland out there, but there is a whole other world filled with macro invertebrate. There are many other different macro invertebrate living around the cyclops, and the cyclops get along just fine together. They live in areas with clear water, and lots of catails. Apparently they like the shallow water, that&apos;s close to shore.

What are some kinds of fish that live in our Quincy wetland?

Rock Bass Fish

I used an iPad, a net, and a piece of paper to write down my data.

I found out that there are some Rock Bass Fish, Sunfish, Rainbow Fish, Mudminnow Fish, and Blue Gale Fish. But there might be more.

I caught the Mudminnow Fish, the Rock Bass Fish, and the Blue Gale Fish. Other people in my class caught the Sunfish, and the Rainbow Fish.

Mudminnow Fish

We used boots,yard sticks,tape measures,and trail cameras.

In conclusion of my research,I found that there are many mammals living in our wetland.

What kind of crawfish are in the Quincy wetland ?

My question about the wetland is what kind of crawfish are in the Quincy wetlands . My hypothesis or what I think is that there will mostly be native , but there might be  a few rusty crawfish .   

You can tell a rusty from a native crawfish by look at the body and claws of the rusty . Rusty crawfish have red spots on their body and the elbow  . The last thing is the claw has a black tip .  

In conclusion I found that there are rusty craw fish in the Quincy wetland . Zac and I found two rusty crawfish . 

Michigan,Quincy Elementary school wetland chart

How long do pouch snails live compared to orb snails

Well pouch snails stays in its shell for 2 day. I think that orb snails must be endangered because Of predeter,I also have seen dirt in each shell

Do we have any plans that are not spotes to be here?

I though this project would be easier but it was hard.l was thinking to charge it . I Stuck with my project. 

How do you find the different ages of tadpoles?

The materials that I used were a net, boots, and a plastic container.

I think that the ages of tadpoles depend on how large or small they are in size.

I also think that maybe the small tadpoles are about a few weeks old. My guess is the medium sized tads are somewhere from a month old to a few months old. If the medium tadpoles are months old the large one are probably reaching a year old.

                                                                           By: Evan S.

What kinds of food do the cray fish eat in the wetland ? 

Some of the materials I used are some nets and boots and an  iPad . 

Crayfish eat orb snails in are wetland . I know this because when we were in the wetland  I found a pieces of the shells of the orb snail all over the ground in the wetland all in the mud and the land to and that is how I found the rest of the data . 

But I still have one question and it is why do crayfish eat orb snails ? 

In the wetlands we found about 20 crayfish.

We found about 50 tadpoles in the weeds.

We also found 2 frogs and 1 dragonfly larvae.

We caught most of the critters in the typha. Typha is cattail.

                                                                             Question

                                                                                Hypothesis

                                                                             Data 

My hypothesis is that  I think that  there are snakes and turtles in the Quincy wet land

The light blue color is  the turtle. The dark blue color is the crayfish. The green color is the tadpoles 

What area in our wetland has contained the most tadpoles?

The site that I found the least tadpoles was in site one with only one tadpole that I caught. The reason I think there are less tadpoles is because there is less of what the need to survive.

I found that the site in the wetland that contains the most tadpoles is site 5 where is had 6 tadpole.My hypothesis about why there are more there than the other sites is because it contains more of its resources to survive like food or habitat or even some where extremely good to hid from predators or really rambunctious KIDS!!!!! 

Silly fact Tadpoles are not very colorful

Are there bigger fish in the wetland like 5inches or bigger and what there sis until they die?

My data is that the fish I saw were 5 to 6 inches long.

The data I have is 4 6inch pike and 1 5inch pike 6inch blue gill.

I found one pike and one blue gill in site 1 and four pike in site 5.

I saw some pike that where 5 to 6 inches long that is a very small pike and a 6 inch blue gill that is a bigger blue gill.

But the question still is. Is there bigger fish in our wetland? 

What reptiles and amphibians live in the wetland?

How many crayfish are there in our wetland ?

In conclusion I found 6 crayfish that makes my hypothesis is that I think that there is more crayfish hiding in the sand.

We caught a lot of dead Orb Snails, so are they being eaten?

Another question is, what animals in our Wetlands are eating the Orb Snails?

My results are that I have found not that many living Orb Snails. I have found that lots of the snails have animal scratches on their shells. So they are being eaten. Some animals that could possibly eat them in our Wetlands are, muskrats, frogs, fish, and birds.

My conclusion is that, in the beginning of the Wetland investigation, I found many dead Orb Snails. I did research, and found that Orb Snails don&apos;t even grow out of their shells. In the end, I found animal scratch marks on the dead Orb Snails. So Orb Snails are being eaten.

Why is there so many muskrat lodges in the Quincy Wetlands?

They are hibernating when the winter comes. They are also storing food in their lodges to eat during the winter;and they are collecting sticks,corn stalks,grass,and cattails.

Muskrats are mainly vegetarians but will eat animals as well. Muskrats consume about one-third of their weight every day. In the summary they eat the roots of aquatic plants. In the winter, they swim under the surface ice to get to the pants. Muskrats also eat agricultural crops.

How many kinds of crayfish are there in the wetland?

When it was warmer we could find more crayfish so My conclusion is the crayfish go deeper in the wetland when it gets cold

DO NOT HOLD A BACKSWIMMER THEY BITE AND ARE VERY PAINFULL!

The backswimmers eat lots of different things some are: -Tadpoles -Mosquito larvae -Small fish -Salamanders -other backswimmers Any moving thing they see they will attempt to attack and eat.

Are the backswimmers good for our wetlands or should we attempt to remove them? What do backswimmers eat?

Backswimmers are good and bad for our wetlands , it depends on how many there is in our wetlands. Good: Backswimmers are good for our wetlands because they eat animals that might eat important animals that we need in our wetlands. Bad: Backswimmers are bad for our wetlands because they eat lots of the little bugs, fish and other living things in our wetlands.

How different is the drain area compared to the smaller pond. And what species is most populated in each area.

I have found in this project that the drain area is much different than the other pond. My hypothesis was that there would be much more specimens in the smaller pond than the drain area. It was very challenging to collect data in the other pond because of vegitation.

I do not have much real data. Because of lack of life I had a lot of struggles, this leads to think that animals are hibernating.

Orb snail is most populated in that area I think this because I have caught a lot of them and it is a easy area for them to live. But a lot of them have not been in the shell and dead because it has been being eaten by crayfish.

The steps I used to get the turtle was that I look in the mud and water and see if anything was moving. Then I saw something moving so I put the in the water and fought the turtle. I saw the snake in the weeds and I saw the snake slither. I didn&apos;t catch the snake cause it was to fast but I still got evidence.

The following things you see here are a gardener snake,and a turtle. We had to do a wetland investigation for since this week. I chose to do reptiles for my wetland investigation this past week. I found out that the reptiles that live in our wetland are a snake and a turtle I fought a turtle and saw the snake when I was investigating. These are the animals that I saw and thought would be interesting. I had fun and it was interesting to me.

These are the reptiles that live in our Quincy wetland.

My materials I used were clipboard, net, white tray, micro scope and boots.

The fish  got into the wetland because the fish eggs stick to the birds feet and when birds go to different water sources the eggs come off in a different   water source.

Location 1. Big drain pipe. Found 2 fish Location 4. Small drain pipe. Found fish eggs

The fish eggs get stuck to stuff and get moved into different water sources.

I guess that fish eggs get stuck to ducks feet and get moved.

Mudminnows are actually not a minnow they are like a pike.Mudminnows have lungs and gills so they can stay on land when the water drys up.

We found it at site number 1.and the fish was 10centameters

Someone caught this and I found out it was a mudminnow. I now it is one because I compared a picture of one and compared the to too see if it&apos;s the same. 

 Do all the crayfish come closer to shore during  the day?

Crayfish data Site 1	 1 Site 2	 1 Site 3	 0 Site 4	 1 Site 5	 3

Yes. All the crayfish come closer to shore. I figured that out because I caught all them right next to shore. 

I wonder why I caught them next to shore. 

Where are the crayfish spawning and living

Where are most orb snails and pouch snails located in our Quincy wetlands?

I did some research on predictors of orb snails and pouch snails and I found out that snakes and frogs mostly eat them. I think that is a reason I have not been finding a lot of orb snails and pouch snails away from the outdoor classroom. Most of the snails I have found are dead.

Most orb snails and pouch snails I found were near the outdoor classroom.

Outdoor classroom- 10 Brush-0 Cattails- 0 Near cattails- 1 Near playground- 0

When I was collecting data I found 11 orb snails and 2 pouch snails.

to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with ): Constant distractions interfere with work.

Are there any invasive plants in our wetlands?

In my research I can conclude from my evidence that there are no invasive plants in our wetlands this time of year.

How long does it take for orb snail to grow

I think that orb snails had Been eaten because when I catch a shell all I see is dirt in there

How did the fish eggs get in our wetland?

I saw fish beds by the out door class room and a fish. One of my class mates found fish eggs there so we now know fish are laying eggs.

I found a baby sun fish so maybe there will be eggs 

Here is a picture  of fish eggs I got from the internet.

Net, boots, clipboard,paper, pencil,container. 

Another one of my class mates found fish eggs, she was by one of the my locations but not exactly there. She said they looked like they where getting eaten up by another animal. I did not find how they got here but I am thinking that the Ducks brought the here with there feet the they came off when they landed .

What animals come in  and out of the wetlands?

In conclusion the muskrats have been coming in and out of the Quincy Wetland.

My procedure was  first I found the muskrat lodges. Then, I measured both of  the muskrat lodges. Thirdly, I put all the measurements together.

If you need a not her question for next year this is idea.How did the pike get in the wetland?

What type fish	How many there are
Pike	12
Sunfish	11
Mudminnow	1
	
	

To catch the fish you need get tall boots so can get deep in the water.Then you can try to catch them butt it&apos;s really hard!What me and my friend did we got GoPro with selfie stick so we could see the fish on the GoPro video.

Site 1 1 Site 2 0 Site3. 1 Site 4. 1

I do not think there is a lot of stick bugs In the wetland because I only caught 3 Stick bugs.

In these wetlands the crayfish like to spawn eggs near the outdoor classroom, I have learned that they live mostly in location 1 where we found 18 crayfish but I believe that there are many more in the middle of the pond  

The crayfish seem to be spawning in this area

My Quincy wetland research question is where are the crayfish spawning and living?

I have found most of the crayfish in this area 

I have made these charts to help you with understanding 

How many dragonfly larvae can I find in 3 different parts of the wetland?

In conclusion, location #3 had the most dragonfly larvae. I think because location #3 was in a corner, it was undisturbed by people so the larvae could live and grow.

Are there any muskrats living in the wetlands?

There was a lot more tadpoles than anything else like turtles and snakes? Why was there way more tadpoles than anything else?

I found 60 tadpoles 5 turtles , and one snake

My procedure was trying to catch reptiles and amphibians. Site one I only caught one turtle. Site 2 I caught 2 turtles. Site three was my luckiest spot I got 30 tadpoles. Site 4 I got 20 tadpoles one snake.  Site 5 8 tadpoles  1 turtle. The last day I only got 2 tadpoles 1 turtle.

I thought I was gonna see a lot more frogs than I saw. I didn&apos;t see any frogs.  I used boots, my iPad, and a net.

What land animals are in the Quincy wetlands?

As you can see I was not able to find very many land animals.

Hmmm I wonder how many fish are in our wetlands?

How many crawfish are in our Quincy wetland?

Crawfish live under rocks. Crawfish are scared of any kind object in the water that is normally not in the water. Crawfish can swim any any different way . They like to swim backward a lot more than they like to swim forward .

I found out that in a two week spand we could catch 42 craw fish

by:Carter Hughes

Craw fish like to eat orp snails . They like to live close to shore so the do not get eaten by any fish. Such as a northern pike or a blue gill.

There are many different kids of crawfish in our Quincy wetland.

How many types of crawfish are in the wetland?

Crawfish eat orb snails and many other snails. They have six pinchers to kill little bugs or snails to eat. The crawfish swim backwards to trick their prededors. 

Why is there a lot of shells than orb snails in there shells

This is a snail eating or laying eggs I don&apos;t know what kind of eggs it is if it is eating it

Did you know that crayfish eat orb snails and orb snails eggs

This is a chart and a pie chart to show you the most and least that I have gotten 

Another question I have is that what could possibly be making the trails, dens, and holes

 I needed to use a iPad, clipboard, pencil, and paper.

My conclusion was that there are still animals making trails and more

The materials I used were boots, nets, iPad and a ruler. Those are the things I used to solve my investigation.

I&apos;m not really sure how big crayfish get because I was only able to find three crayfish.

The answer is 8 and 3/4 inches for their size. That is the result of the size of them totaled.

The procedure I followed is that there is only one spot in our wetlands that crayfish go to. So that&apos;s were I go to catch them.

Results They do get really big but the ones here aren&apos;t a adult yet. One natural feature is their size because if it&apos;s big not many things can eat it.

How many small or big pike are in our wetlands?

There were no female that are known in any sites same with the eggs... But site one may be a spawning area for the pike

A question for you is how many females are there out of the 12 pike

My final data is that there&apos;s not many pike but there&apos;s still som my and Nat my friend both helped each other by using my go pro and mates really good eyes without either of those we would have nothing

Altogether there were 12 pike caught, spotted, or captured on a camera

To find pike you can use a GoPro with a selfie stick and waterproof cars and look I did it but I found nothing it isn&apos;t the quickest way possible but you can see what the eye can&apos;t like if it was &quot;dusty&quot; underwater

Why are so many orb snails dead in the wetland? 

The ones that are dead lay close to the shore because they are not alive. 

The alive orb snails are usually the small ones and they dig down into sand so their hard to see.

Another question is, do the orb snails shed  like every month or something like that. 

A  lot are dead because there are a little amount of muskrats in the wetlands and the ones that are alive live under the dirt. 

My hypothesis-I think we might find some muskrats or some rats or mice.

I found a raccoon fur in the wetlands. I think a bigger animal ate it like a hawk. When I looked closely I saw some bones in the fur. Also in the wetlands I saw 2 or 3 snakes I did not know how many because I do not know if they were the same snake. The type of snake they were is a gardener snake. They were maybe a little less than a foot long. I found them by the outdoor classroom. The next animal I saw was a muskrat. We found some holes in the dirt and at night time we set up a trail cam. We got lots of pictures of a muskrat. I thought that was cool that we have muskrat in our wetland. Finally I saw a Blue Heron in the wetland. It might have been 3 feet from wing to wing. That is a big bird. My conclusion is that we have lots to do f land animals. Maybe next year you could do the same project but try to find different land animals. What you may need is a iPad pencil and a paper to write information on.

How many crayfish can you find in 10 days in a pond?

I only found 2-2 inched crayfish with boots and a net.

It&apos;s hard to find a crayfish because they hide in the mud in pond, ocean, and lakes

Sorry I couldn&apos;t find a picture of the crayfish I gotten 😔

There might be crayfish in your pond if you have one

I only got 2 crayfish because I didn&apos;t always have the materials

I went to a few different sites in our wetland every time I went to a site I found tons of snail shells but they were all empty they were filled with dirt Read below to learn about my adventure for snails😀

What is eating all the snails in the Quincy wetland

Some of the materials I used were my iPad,net,ruler,twig,all these materials helped me. The thing I did to complete my research was I went to a couple different spot in our wetland And got in the water and started catching snail the places I went are marked below

When I was looking for snail I found 16 orb snails but they were all dead they were all mainly filled with dirt so that is why I needed the twig so I could get dirt out of the shells and see if anything was in them

All of the arrows are pointing to the places that I&apos;ve gone to for snails