Friday, January 8, 2010

10/7/09 Thoughts....

By this point, I still don't know what I'm going to do. No possible topics are really standing out to me. I'm planning on meeting with Ms.Minn in class, because I was considering choosing one of these three topics:

1) The effect of temperature fluctuation on brine shrimp.
2) The effect of acid rain on the pH levels of blue-green algae.

3) The effect of phosphates on the oxygen levels of pond water. 


Heres the problem with the third one: I don't know what a phosphate is. I got this from a website. But apparently it's some sort of a non-organic chemical. So is it a pollutant?


Also, I was considering the effect of acid rain on Wisconsin fast plants. Apparently, this topic is un-original and over used. Ms.Minn didn't like it. So once again, I'm back at step one. I have no idea what I'm going to do, and I haven't even started my application yet. 


I could do number two.... but there's one thing that I might need to know in order to do this project: what's a pH level? 
Are pH levels harmful to brine shrimp if they are in doses too high or low?? Because in that case, I'm choosing that one.
Temperature fluctuation probably won't work. I'll most likely kill my brine shrimp.








Help. Me.

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