Thursday, March 3, 2011

Cow-a-bunga!

Hey everyone! Long time no see! 
Now, in our past posts we said a lot about our 3rd Quarter CEO, which was about animals, and the 4th Quarter CEO, which was about plants. In this post and the posts yet to come, we'll be combining animals AND plants together in our awesome field trip in Laguna!

We had a field trip because we needed to learn more about our current topics, which were the Kingdoms Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, etc. We also wanted to see the sites that we were visiting, and increase our knowledge. Since we had learned a lot from our lessons, we wanted to see the real thing: the real plants and animals our teacher, T. Rye (The Urban Guru) was talking about. 


We joined this field trip because we all thought it was going to be a fun and interesting field trip and it sure was! We all expected that we'd  learn a lot of things that we actually didn't know! Gobs expected to learn a lot in this field trip but then the fun outweighed it. Khaim expected to learn a lot more about plants. Margot expected to learn the same thing Khaim did, to learn a lot more about plants! We all felt really excited and we all couldn't wait for the fieldtrip since it was our first time to go to this place.



In our fieltrip, we went to five places. But in this post, we'll be talking about one place first, and that's the Dairy Training And Research Institute (DTRI). And you guessed it, this post'll be all about cows.


In the DTRI, we expected to see cows and learn some more about them. We also thought that we would be able to see how the people milk them and learn how to milk cows, and see how cow milk is processed and manufactured and made into fresh milk. We wanted to buy some dairy products too.


What we did learn is: 1. There are many different kinds of cows and different kinds of food that they eat, 2. We learned and saw how cow milk is manufactured, 3. We learned and saw how they milk cows properly, how the milk is processed and sold as fresh milk, and 4. There are many processes to collect milk and other dairy products from cows.


     We decided to get some information and take notes about the cows we saw. 
1. Name of organism:  Cow/Cattle
     Scientific name: Bos taurus 
     Taxonomic Classification: Mammalia


2. Characteristics
 We learned a lot about this organism like how people milk the cow, how they took good care of the cows, different kinds of cows, what they eat, and how cow milk is manufactured.
We chose this organism because it was so interesting and we learned a lot and we didn't know many facts about cows at first.


3. Ecological relationship
This organism is a herbivore, it only eats plants. And since it cannot make its own food, unlike producers, the cow is a consumer.
Sometimes, it also has competition with other cows for resources that they both need. Competition is not a symbiotic relationship.
 
                                 


Thanks for reading, guys, and wait for our new posts that'll be sure to come soon! When we take a short stroll down the Institue of Plant Breeding (our next site in the field trip), we'll be sure to list down everything that happened and what we learned.
And thanks to Khaim for the pictures.

2 comments:

  1. Greetings Minigurus! We are the Super Duper Junior Scientists or for short, the SDJS. As we read your latest post, we learned and obtained a lot of information! We applaud your group for the very eye-catching title. It is funny at the same time it makes one want to click it and read the entire post! It was constructed well, however there is still room for improvement. Perhaps you guys could start and end with a 'BANG' to make it more interesting. We also suggest that your group focus on the personal reactions and reflections of each member some more-- this would make the post even richer! Although besides these, the post was great.

    SCORES:

    Content: 9/10
    Coherence: 5/5
    Creativity: 4/5
    Voice: 5/5
    Mechanics: 5/5
    Text Layout: 5/5
    Graphics and Multimedia: 4/5
    Intellectual Honesty: 5/5
    TOTAL: 41/45

    We truly look forward to your future posts!
    Until next time! GOD BLESS YOU GUYS!

    - SDJS

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  2. A love the title! Wahahahaha!

    SDJS's score sums 42, not 41.

    And by the way, you should have completed the 8 taxa of your organism.


    Here is the breakdown of your score:

    10, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5

    Total: 44/45
    Comment: 9/10
    Peer: 42/45

    GRAND TOTAL: 95


    Finally, congratulations!!! This post is awarded as best entry for post no. 4!

    Cow-a-bunga!

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