Elementary Science Methods I Segal, James

    1. What did you do in lab today? This week in lab we focused on climate and created a document to describe the data we looked at. I will include the link below.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xobpoKD14CHz3nXfx0pzTJ0a43kWie4hn1oCuCbU4zY/edit   2. What was the big question?      What type of data do we have to have that supports that climate change is happening? 3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? Throughout our lecture we discussed climate. Something that stood out to me was understanding how hot and cold climates are determined based on where one is located in regards to the equator. Somethings that affect specific regions would be elevation, wind, and air.  Textbook Chapter 21 1. What did you learn?        One thing that I learned is what a greenhouse gas is. A greenhouse gas is a gas that lets sunlight through to reach Earth's surface and trap heat in the atmosphere. They are made of three or more atoms ...

    1. What did you do in lab today? -  In lab this week we discussed increase and decrease of precipitation between different parts of Iowa. My tables focused on the Drake area. It was very interesting to read these graphs and analyze the data to understand the precipitation in the area. After discussing this information, we looked at how it would be affecting the gold finches.  2. What was the big question? -  What is climate change and how does it affect the Goldfinch? 3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? -  We had our exam. Textbook Chapter 21? 1. What did you learn? - When reading chapter 21, I learned about the difference between climate and weather. Climate is over a longer period of time, when weather can be day to day.  2. What was most helpful? - I would say the most helpful part of the chapter was learning about climate change. This was helpful because climate change is affecting where we live and our own lives, and even our futur...

  1. What did you do in lab today? - This week in lab we talked about rocks and their layers. It was very interesting to use microscopes to see how these rocks looked in a magnified lens. I never thought rocks could be so interesting!  2. What was the big question?   Rocks and their Layers.  3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? -  Displacement was the main focus of our discussion on Thursday. It was very interesting to see the different cans and sodas that would float or sink. It was cool to learn that in order to figure out the displacement you would fill the water to the top and then measure how much water has left the bin.  Textbook Chapter 16 1. What did you learn? - The main thing I learned was about the divergent and convergent plates. Converging plates are plates that are colliding together and diverging plates are plates that are separating from each other.  2. What was most helpful? - The most helpful section was also learning about...

     1. What did you do in lab today? -  In lab this week we focused on what a rock really is, as well as going over our videos we made regarding plate tectonics, and convection cells. The activity included starbursts which I had lots of fun with. It was very interesting to learn how different rocks are formed using starburst.  2. What was the big question?   The big question was, How are rocks formed?   3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? -  In lab we focused on building on what we were discussing in lab this week. Going over the layers of the earth was very interesting. I learned that there is actually an additional layer that scientists think exists called the most inner, inner core. We also went back to our discussion about rocks. We learned how to identify each kind, as well as where they come from. It was very cool to learn about how the black sand beaches come from volcanic rock as well.  Textbook Chapter 15 1. What did you...

  1. What did you do in lab today? -  In lab this week, we focused on the timeline of our planet. Something that was very helpful was creating a timeline where we were instructed to put different moments in history along it. The model was scaled down but it helped me understand how long the planet has been around, compared to how long humans have been on the planet which was a crazy concept for me!  2. What was the big question?      The big question was, How has our planet changed geographically over time? What did that process look like? 3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?   - We had our exam this week.  Textbook Chapter 15 1. What did you learn? -  Something I learned about in the reading was that the creating of the moon was about 4527Ma. I also learned that at least three tie sin our history, the earth was covered in ice. This is called snowball earth.  2. What was most helpful? -  The most helpful part of the chapt...

  The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. The big question for this weeks lab was, What does a scaled down version of the solar system look like? As a group, we were given meter sticks and the measurements of how large the plants/sun were, as well as how far they are from each other. It was our job to create a scale model of our solar system using the materials provided. We used a tape measurer to measure out the scaled down distance from plant to plant and used paper with little dots on them to represent the planets and where they are located in our solar system. After this, it was interesting to learn how big our solar system really is.  A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. To start of our lecture, we discussed school of the wild and signed up for slots to participate in it. Next we discussed moon phases. Something that really helped me was the demonstration that you asked Bella to be apart of. That really...