Blog Post Week #14

 1. What did you do in lab today?

In lab this week we focused on the increase of CO2 emissions. As a group, we used a simulator to understand the greenhouse effect. I enjoyed this because this is something I was not aware of prior. This makes me want to make a difference in my community!

2. What was the big question?

What will happen if we continue to increase CO2?

3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?

This week in lab we focused on the impact of carbon dioxide on our planet. Something interesting we discussed was the albedo effect. We learned about melting glaciers and how light is being absorbed causing them to melt. We also learned abut how depending on the color of ones roof, the amount of electricity used in ones house would be different which lead us into our discussion about Ted's solar panels and him not having to pay his electric bill for 20 years.       

Textbook Chapter 21?

1. What did you learn?

Something interesting I learned was the effect melting glaciers have on ecosystems. Due to changing landscape, animal struggle to adapt and can die. 

2. What was most helpful?

I needed more info on sea level rising and I got it from the textbook. Learning about melting ice caps and glaciers are huge reasons for the sea level rising. 

3. What do you need more information on?

Something I need more information on would be how long we have until we don't have seasons anymore. At what point will the weather be so all over the place that you cannot even consider the four seasons here in the Midwest where seasons have always been around. 

1. What questions, concerns, and/or comments do you have?

No questions. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week #6 Blog Post

Image
 - Something we learned about this week was pollination. It was really cool to check in on our fast plants and use them for self pollination. We noticed that our plants were growing significantly! After checking in, we used dead bees to self pollinate these plants. We also did an activity where we learned about the turtles and their chance of living. That interactive activity was a ton of fun! - Prior to class, I knew about turtles and that they lay their eggs on the beach. I was not aware of how many eggs they lay at once, and I didn't know it was not in the turtles favor that they are going to survive! - I can apply this to my future teaching career by using the same activity we used to learn about turtles. I think it teaches a good lesson of for the students that the world can be very dangerous to animals. It was also important to learn about the impacts humans make and how difficult they make it for the animals. 
Read more