Addy's Science Blog (Elem Science Methods I)

  Addy Junge Week 9: Earthquakes and Volcanoes 1. What did you do in lab today?​ At the start of our lab, we filled out our formative assessment! Then we sta rted off with the question of "Why do we have earthquakes & volcanoes NOT on boundaries?" and a map of the midwest. We started discussing in our groups how this could happen and we talked about ancient faults and oil/gas fracking and their contribution to these "random" earthquakes. We then switched groups to share our convection cell videos/ideas, which was helpful to see different points of view of what a convection cell truly is. Our class continued to talk about cell convection and how it works (in water and in the earth). With that, we also dicussed the earth's layers and where convection cells occur within those layers. Switching gears to our (fun and yummy) lab, where we worked with divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries with different materials! Lastly, we wrapped up with talking ...

   Addy Junge Week 9: Earthquakes and Volcanoes 1. What did you do in lab today?​ At the start of our lab, we filled out our formative assessment about volcanoes. After that, we individually jotted down what we already knew about earthquakes and volcanoes on whiteboards. We then continued to watch a video of an earthquake and a video of a volcanic eruption. Our class started talking about questions or comments we had on the videos. Switching gears to our activity, my group and I made predictions about where we think earthquakes and volcanoes are. Once we were done with our predictions, we started to discover where they actually were based on a website. We talked about it as a class and whether our predictions were right. Finally, we ended our lab by talking about the earthquake waves, discussing different types of volcanoes, and creating a poster for our future classroom.  2. What was the big question? I would say the big question during our lab would be "How are earthqua...

  Addy Junge Week 8: Geology That Kids See 1. What did you do in lab today?​ During lab, we started off by discussing the Sweater article with our peers in our table groups. After that, we jumped right into our sand investigation, where we used a microscope to observe different types of sand from all around the world. We would jot down the specific characteristics that we saw in each of the sands, such as size, shape, and color. After our sand investigation, we did another hands-on activity, but this time with fossils. This was a really entertaining activity because all the fossils we found were straight from Iowa. Once we determined a fossil, we started to categorize it based on a sheet we received at the beginning of our lab. Towards the end of class, we got the opportunity to go to the MacBride museum and observe different types of rocks, Earth's timeline, how Iowa was covered in water, and more! 2. What was the big question?​ I would say the big question during our lab would be...

Addy Junge Week 7: Rocks and the Rock Cycle 1. What did you do in lab today?​ During lab, we started off with our formative assessment, posing the question "Is it a rock?" After that, we got the chance to look at assessment probes that provide science teachers with questions to get students thinking. This also helps us figure out what our students already know. We also reviewed our exam grade/curve while discussing grade inflation and our Activitymania assignment. During our lab activity, we discovered a little more about the rock cycle and how different rocks are made. We did this by using Starburst and melting them in different ways (using different colors, different melting strategies, mixing the Starburst, etc.).  2. What was the big question?​ I would say the big question during our lab would be "How do different types of rock form?" 3. What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion?​ Here are my notes from our lecture: 4. Read the online textbook, chapter 1: What...

  Addy Junge Week 6: Geologic Time 1. What did you do in lab today?​ During lab, we first covered and reviewed topics that were going to be on the exam. We took this time to ask questions and talk about any confusion we had. We also took our class formative assessment regarding the course itself. Switching gears to our new unit, geological time, our class discussed how a presidential election was influenced by a 100-million-year-old coastline. I thought this was really interesting, considering I have never heard about something like that before! For our activity, we predicted moments on a timeline for when we think they happened. After that, we sat down as a class, discussed our answers, and started discovering if our predictions were right. My peers and I explored the website EarthViewer and wrote down significant moments in history to add to our timeline.  2. What was the big question?​ I would say the big question during our lab would be "How does Earth's geological history...