Journal 1
Task 1: Photograph your EcoColumn
Task 2: Make a T-Chart identifying all the biotic and abiotic organisms in your
EcoColumn
Journal 2
Task 1: Photograph your EcoColumn
Task 2: Read “Duckweed, Elodea, and Algae: Why are they Important”
(pink book)
Task 3: Answer the following question: If green plants were removed or not part of
Your EcoColumn how would it be effected?
Journal 3
Task 1: Photograph your EcoColumn
Task 2: Read “Aquatic Invasive Species in Lake Erie – Ohio Sea Grant”
(ohioseagrant.osu.edu………)
Task 3: Choose one of the invasive species and identify how it could impact your
EcoColumn
Journal 4
Task 1: Photograph your EcoColumn
Task 2: Watch “Plastic Tide” off YouTube (sound off)
Task 3: Write descriptions of the event based upon your observations.
Task 4: Watch the video with the sound on and compare what you wrote with the
Commentary.
Journal 5
Task 1: Photograph your EcoColumn
Task 2: Read the article “How the increasing plastic debris in the great pacific
garbage patch may alter the ocean’s ecosystem”
(Dogonews.com……..)
Task 3: How does this article compare to the news report we watched last time? If
Your aquarium was part of this ecosystem, what would be happening to your
Fish?

Journal 6
Task 1: Photograph your EcoColumn
Task 2: Read the article “Gulf coast oil spill threatens fragile ecosystems”
(dogonews.com……….)
Task 3: We will be polluting our terreriums. Overall how do you think the entire
EcoColumn will fare?