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Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition 2007. Homemade Ecosphere By Ho Fung College. Chan Hei Ting SHEERA Lo Tin Long KYAN Lau Hiu Ching TRACY. Commercial. Our “ecosphere”. A simple version of our earth. Why did we design an Ecosphere?. Glass/Plastic Bottle. Duckweeds (Producer).
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Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition 2007 Homemade Ecosphere By Ho Fung College Chan Hei Ting SHEERA Lo Tin Long KYAN Lau Hiu Ching TRACY
Commercial Our “ecosphere” A simple version of our earth
Glass/Plastic Bottle Duckweeds (Producer) Decayed leaf (Dead organic matter) Stream water Snail (Consumer) Shrimp (Consumer) Algae (Producer) Bacteria (Decomposer) ECOSPHERE: Our Set Up
Algae & Duckweeds Duckweeds Algae Algae
Shrimps & Snails Large Stream Snail Large Stream Snail Shrimp Shrimp
Collect solution from ecosphere Transfer solution to a beaker Appearance of bacteria after incubation for 3 days Gently daub on agar plate Bacterial Culture
5 areas of investigation • Population of consumers • Amount of duckweed • Air-to-water ratio • Size of Bottle • Light Intensity
Population of consumers Data 1 * The dead shrimps are removed
Population of consumers Data 2 * The dead shrimps are removed
1 Shrimp + 2 Snails / 1 shrimp + 0 Snail
Amount of duckweeds >15 days Data 3 1 shrimp + 2 Snails
Duckweed (100% covering water surface)
Air-to-water ratio Data 4 1 shrimp + 2 Snails >14 Days
Air-to-water ratio=1:3
Size of Bottle Data 5 1 shrimp + 2 Snails
The bigger the bottle, the longer the ecosphere survives.
Light intensity Data 6 1 shrimp + 2 Snails > 15 Days
Improvement Why do we add the land environment? To make it more close to the nature !!
NEW Set Up • Glass bottle of 6 Liters • Land: water: air Ratio= 1:3:1 • Inner container • Garden soil • Small plants • Small animals
Organisms • Water: duckweeds, algae, shrimps, pond snails • Land: snail, slug, earthworm,millipede
References www.eco-sphere.com/ www.abundantearth.com/store/ecosphere.html www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosphere www.watersavers.com/docs/otherwatersaver_ecos_ball.shtml www.ecospherics.net/pages/MosqEcoFun5.html www.open2.net/diyscience/ecosphere www.trendhunter.com/trends/ecosphere-self-contained-ecosystems