Urgent help needed - Daphnia- water toxicity in my town

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Nina16
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Project Question: Water Toxicity Around My Town
Project Due Date: March 30, 2012
Project Status: I am conducting my research

Urgent help needed - Daphnia- water toxicity in my town

Post by Nina16 »

@starkiller Hi I was searching this site and i came across your project , I was wondering if you could list the steps you took for your project because i had to find an article or wht ever onn my experiment (which is the same as yours) and cant seem to find 1 :( ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRIECIATED..ty
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Re: Urgent help needed - Daphnia- water toxicity in my town

Post by donnahardy2 »

Hi,

Here is the project guide for the Daphnia toxicity test from the Science Buddies Website.

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... p043.shtml

To get started on this project, I recommend that you order the Daphnia magna right away. You will receive adults that will start having babies within a few days. You want to set up the toxicity test with very young Daphnia. While you are waiting for the Daphnia, read about care and feeding of Daphnia so you will be ready to take care of them when they arrive.

What problem are you going to investigate with this project?

I will ask the moderator to move your question to a new topic, in case you have any more questions.

Donna Hardy
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Re: Urgent help needed - Daphnia- water toxicity in my town

Post by deleted-71536 »

Hi Nina16,

Here is a link to a similar project, based on graduate student research, that looks at the effects of cooking spices (cinnamon, caffeine, etc.) on Daphnia:
http://sciencebridge.ucsd.edu/programs/ ... tal-spices

The Teacher Guide for the Daphnia Toxicity activity should contain some references that may help you.

Let us know if you have more questions.

Heather
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