Angiosperm

Drummond's Pink Creeping Phlox: Phlox subulata

Location: 12 Cortland Drive, Westborough,MA
Roses: Rosa berberifolia

Location: 12 Cortland Drive, Westborough,MA

Distinguishing characteristics between monocots/ dicots

12 Cortland Drive, Westborough, MA

(in this image I am referring to the crab grass not the ant hill) Crab grass- Digitaria sanguinalis: This is a monocot because each strand of crab grass has veins with don't branch off one another, instead they are all parallel to each other.
Veterans Freedom Park, 170 West Main Street 01581

Maple Leaves: Viburnum acerifollum: Maple leaves are dicots because each leaf contains veins which branch off of one another as opposed to being parallel like monocots.
12 Cortland Drive Westborough, MA

Alstroemeria ligtu: These are monocots because they have 3 flower parts.
12 Cortland Drive Westborough, MA

David Ramsey Hydrangea: Hydrangea macrophylla: These are dicots because of the multiple (more than 3) flowering parts.

Citizen Science Projects

If you're interested in joining some type of Citizen Science Project (which earns you credit here), there is a clearinghouse of them at;

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit

Pick one that seems interesting and "git er done"!

Organisms in same order but different family

Musk Turtle, Sternotherus odoratus

Order: Testudines

Family: Kinosternidae

All taken at the Ecotarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA

Spiny Softshell Turtle, Apalone Spinifera

Order: Testudines

Family: Trionychidae

Blanding's Turtle, Emydoidea blandingii

Order: Testudines

Family: Emydidae

Organisms in same class but different orders

Ring-necked pheasant, Phasianus colchicus

Class: Aves

Order: Galliformes

Taken at the Ecotarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA

Great Horned Owl, Bubo Virginianus

Class: Aves

Order: Strigiformes

Taken at the Ecotarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA

Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Class: Aves

Order: Ciconiiformes

Taken at the Ecotarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA

Blue Jay, Cyanocitta cristata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Taken at Limekiln State Park, Big Sur, CA

(Latitude: 36.00945, Longitude: -121.51865)

Plant adaptation for a specific environment

Holy Basil- Ocimum tenuiflorum

The plant has adapted to its environment by growing towards the light. It has done this by growing towards the window. This is known as phototropism.

Picture Taken:
14 Baylor Ave
Westborough, MA 01581

Animal larva or pupa

Western Yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica

Taken at 4163 Irvington Avenue, Fremont, CA

Silkworm, Bombyx mori

Taken at 155 Washington Boulevard, Fremont, CA

Viviparous organism

House Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus

4163 Irvington Avenue, Fremont, CA

Chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera

Found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Organisms in the Same Class (Mammalia) but Different Orders

Odocoileus virginianus; 301 Sumner Avenue, Springfield, MA.
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cervidae

Equus caballus; 94 Old Westborough Road, Westborough MA.
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla Oryctolagus cuniculus; 18 Lyman Street, Westborough, MA. It is a brown and white rabbit.
Class: Mammalia
Order: Lagamorpha

Mesocricetus auratus; 18 Lyman Street, Westborough, MA. This is a hairless hamster.

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Canis familiaris; 16 Westminster Way, Westborough, MA.
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivoria

Different Biomes

Biome: Desert

Location:

Grand Canyon National Park

Grand Canyon, AZ 86023

Biome: Neritic Ocean Zone

Location: Little Harbor, Marblehead, MA

Biome: Freshwater Marsh

Location: 68 Mount Pleasant Street, Westborough, MA

Biome: Littoral Zone of Freshwater Lake

Location: 16 Dewitt Road

Holdnerness, NH

Biome: Temperate Deciduous Forest

Location: 50 Mount Pleasant Street, Westborough, MA

Endothermic Organism

Labrador Retriever, Canis lupus familiaris

Location- 36 Mount Pleasant Street, Westborough, MA

Crustaceans

Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Dungeness Crab, Cancer magister

Giant Deep Sea Isopod, Bathynomus giganteus

Angiosperms

Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare

Limekiln State Park, Big Sur, CA

(Latitude: 36.00945, Longitude: -121.51865)

California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica

Vincente Flat Trail, Big Sur, CA (Latitude: 35.99167, Longitude: -121.49417)

(Note: I did not arrange the flowers this way, they were found as seen on the trail)

Amphibians

Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

California Toad, Bufo boreas

Pacific Tree Frog, Pseudacris regilla

Arthropod

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera

Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Pinacate Beetle, Eleodes spp.

Limekiln State Park, Big Sur, CA

(Latitude: 36.00945, Longitude: -121.51865)

Mollusk

Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Red Abalone, Haliotis rufescens

Pacific Banana Slug, Ariolimax columbianus

Exothermic Organisms

Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Western Pond Turtle, Clemmys marmorata

Cherry-head Red-foot Tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria

Bilateral Symmetry

Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Giant Spined Star, Pisaster giganteus

Bat Stars, Asterina miniata

Radial Symmetry

Moon Jelly, Aurelia aurita

Tube Anemone, Pachycerianthus fimbriatus

Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Endangered Species

Giant Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas

Found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Red-Fronted Macaw, Ara rubrogenys

Found at the Ecotarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA

Viviparous Organism

Vicugna paco. Island Aplacas, 1 Head of the Pond Road, Vineyard Haven, MA.

This is a 2 week old alpaca.

Endangered Species

State Beach, Beach Street, Oak Bluffs, MA. Sterna hirundo

It's hard to see, but at this beach there was a blocked off area that served as breeding grounds for terns and plovers(both endangered). This was a common tern, and it actually had a baby bird with it. Because the area was blocked off, it was hard to get a good picture, but here's the picture zoomed in a bit.