Annamarie's Elementary Science Methods I and II Blog

  What question are we investigating? For the twelfth week of Science Methods II, we would begin to talk more about climate change and the importance to learn about it. This would be through talking about the movie Before the Flood and measuring precipitation in Iowa. In lecture we would take the Earth Quiz instead of talking more over climate change. What did we do in lab to investigate this question? The teacher started by asking “What is climate and weather and what did you learn from the movie Before the Flood” ? This would be through talking in small groups over what we thought climate and weather are. It also would allow my small group to talk about if they thought climate and weather are the same thing or are there different factors into these two concepts. Another important portion talked about within my small group was how the movie talked about how the political party doesn’t allow society to see all of the different factors that are happening within climate change. This...

  What question are we investigating? For the tenth week of Science Methods I, we would look for what are the different ways that sand can be formed, what is buoyancy, and how to know what the weight is for geodes. This would be through looking at different types of sands in small groups with a magnifying glass. In lecture we would talk about buoyancy and how to find out the weight of geodes. We also would have a test review time where we got questions to answer. What did we do in lab to investigate this question? The teacher started by asking if anyone has gone to places that have different forms of sand and this would help when she went into the three different types of ways sand could be made. She would explain that in small groups at are tables we would be looking at different labeled sands and try to identify which out of the three types we feel it could be. The first one is water which looks polished, is smooth, and are close in size. Some examples within the lab included san...