Day 1

During the first day we were instructed to pick a water source of our choice, so I chose a sample from the Fountain City Duck Pond.  Fountain City Duck Pond. The pond is located at West of Broadway at Cedar Lane. Knox Co. Knoxville TN Full sun exposure. Spring Feed Pond N36 02.087 W83 55.967 963 ft 10/10/2010 (http://botany1112010.blogspot.com/).  After I chose my specimen, I added a thin layer of dirt and water from the top, middle, and bottom of the sample.  Next, I added two different plants:  Fontinalis sp. Moss and Utricularia gibba L. Flowering plant.


Observations:
When looking through the microscope with the 10X objective I saw many organisms.  I saw several small organisms that would dart across the screen every so often.  They were almost clear and spherically shaped.  There were approximately around fifty of them.  During this first observation, I saw one large organism that took up almost an eighth of the screen and was also spherically shaped but this organism was brown. This organism was located in the soil and was slowly moving through the soil and appeared to be eating the soil.  I also observed one tiny organism that would fill up with water then shoot it out to move across the screen.  This organism was circular had tiny little hairs around it.
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