Difference between revisions of "Daphniaology"
(→Hunting and Breeding) |
|||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
more coming soon... | more coming soon... | ||
| + | === Self contained Ecosystems === | ||
| + | It is fairly simple to set up a self contained ecosystem | ||
| + | What you need is daphnia, some algae or a bit of pond weed and a glass jar | ||
| + | Half fill the container with rainwater, add daphnia and algae or pond weed, | ||
| + | seal, and place on a sunny windowledge | ||
| + | The daphnia population with go up and down, hopefully there will always be a few individuals to start another population. | ||
| + | Looking at the lifecycle, we can see that they have lots of ways of breeding. This versatility means as long as there is one, there is hope :) | ||
| + | |||
== Previous Workshops and Projects == | == Previous Workshops and Projects == | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 26 October 2011
Contents
General Info about Daphnia
from Waterflea.org
Hunting and Breeding
more coming soon...
Self contained Ecosystems
It is fairly simple to set up a self contained ecosystem What you need is daphnia, some algae or a bit of pond weed and a glass jar Half fill the container with rainwater, add daphnia and algae or pond weed, seal, and place on a sunny windowledge The daphnia population with go up and down, hopefully there will always be a few individuals to start another population. Looking at the lifecycle, we can see that they have lots of ways of breeding. This versatility means as long as there is one, there is hope :)
Previous Workshops and Projects
Wasserfloh Zirkus
A simple participative and playful setup for children. Developed for the Create Ur World Workshop at Ars Electronica 2011
Video example recorded with hacked PS3 eye microscope
more info on the workshop description Hackteria_&_SGMK_BioCyberKidzz#DIY_Microscopy
A nice way to talk about microscopy and daphnia with children, was to let them draw and make little models of what they saw by eye and microscope. here is an example of a beautiful little sculpture...
Video from Anu Osva, Pixelache 2011
more info on the Finnish Bioart Society Blog
Pond Life, by Tony Hall
see his website
Single LED Daphnia projector
Instructions on hackteria site, advanced bioLED hacking
