Setting up

On October 13th we created MicroAquariums. I used water and soil samples from Fountain City Park, then color coded my aquarium so I could identify it later. After placing the water in the aquarium, I added 2 different plant and viewed it under the microscope.  I chose this water source because it is very close to my home and I observe children playing in it regularly.
There were not any organisms that I was able to view floating in the water, but as I viewed the area around the plants I began to see the little creatures :) . Altogether I viewed three different types of organisms. One looked like a worm, the next was a round sort of thing with a small tail and the third was a cluster of mushroom looking specimens that were attached to one of the plants.