A Moment of Science

ENGAGE: Warm-up How are Lesson and unit plans the same and how are they different?   I think Lesson plans are meant for a single day, like a lesson plan for each day individually. A unit plan is when you take all the individual lesson plans and combine them to create a unit lesson! So that could be on any topic. Post-Reading: As stated above I found my claims for both to be correct. A unit plan incooperates the multiple lessons plans. While lesson plans are specific to the objectives of a single lesson in the grand scheme of the unit plan.  EVALUATE Essential Question example about Volcanoes :  What determiness whether volcanoes are deadly or not? Fieldwork Group essential questions on Dorughts :  What role does water play in earth processes? What are some community impacts of a drought?

Reflection on Climate Change This week's lecture for Tuesday was super intriguing to me and very impactful. It sparked my anxiety for life. Growing up climate change and the effects of humans on the earth has been drilled into my education. I’ve been taught if the consequences of our actions in every science class I’ve ever taken...whether it be botany, oceanology, environmental science, and so on. Although this lecture was informational I still felt helpless. I recycle and try to live an eco-friendly lifestyle but I feel that we should be turning to the bigger Industries and company’s creating more and actually impactful pollution. We create these artificial environments that have consequences! Whether it be forestation, mining, extraction, and more we HAVE planetary boundaries. We only have one earth and it is crucial that we don’t take advantage of it. Our biggest issue in my eyes through climate change is the doing sea levels...which root from ice caps melting. If our ice caps

 Scientific Method Infographic  Created by Julia Loda What I learned about the Scientific Method: What do you think the most important characteristics of a scientist: In this process of creating this infographic and iterating what I have already learned I feel like I was able to understand more after having to restate it all. The scientific method has taught me the underlying message that things aren't linear, you are going to have to tweak or adjust and that is just the way of life. I learned that it is so important to start with a question you are passionate about otherwise it won't be as enjoyable of a process for you. I think the most important characteristic of a scientist is being able to stay open-minded or ana out of the box thinker. If you approach aspects of experiments or even live like this you will learn so much more and be able to explore so much more. This will help you to not think so linear in problem-solving and experimental designing.

 Scientific Method Project  EXPLORE & LEARN What even is a Scientific Method? Well, it is a process of exploring and observing that gives you an answer to a question! It consists of six steps: 1. Ask the question!    - This is your who, where, what, why?' 2. Do the research     -  Find reliable and scholarly sources to help you ensure the information is accurate. Use your library resources!  3. Construct a Hypothesis - Let's make an educated guess! This is where you attempt to answer your question with a statement that can be tested..."If I do X, then Y" 4.  Test your Hypothesis  - Time to see if what you guessed is true! Here we are carrying out experimental tests to see if the hypothesis made will be supported or not. Make sure you share your results! 5. Analyze and Conclude - Now it is time for you to look back at all the data you collected and draw up a conclusion. What did you learn?  Was your hypothesis accurate or do you need to construct a new one? 6.  Sha

 Science Inquiry  ENGAGE Science literacy gives you an understanding and empowers you Asking questions and doing research is key, you never want to believe someone blindy   We are susceptable to self delusion (we want to be indepenednt from out emotional state)   Innovation in science and technology allows nations to rise   Understanding what is going on in science is key  Engage - Students should be making connections between past and present learning as well as anticipating outcomes   Explore - Enviroment and activity manipulation of materials, identifying processes/concepts/skills   Explain - Verbalizing new concepts, introductory terms and definitions   Elaborate - Practice new skills and concepts to gain mastery   Evaluation - Teachers and students asses understanding  While listening to Neil Degrasse Tyson on Science   my eyes were opened on the matter of science literacy and just how important it is in life. Below are some of the points I wanted to rememebr:  After reading the a

 This past week we have been introduced to a few educational technology tools that will help us to grow as educators as well as students. This week we looked into Flipgrids as well as out bitmoji classrooms on google slides. I really enjoyed the process of creating on both of these platforms and think that they would be extremely beneficial to use within the classroom (virtual or in-person). In regards to my google slides bitmoji classroom, utilizing bitmoji's is such a simple thing to do that enhances a presentation greatly. Listening to my classmates introduce themselves along with their classroom they created made it much more interesting in a viewer's point of view. To see my google slides classroom see figure 1 below. To check out my Efolio, where for science methods I keep track of all my important work and compile it click here ! For this class when creating out flipgrid we had to answer questions like what we wanted as a superpower or what was something awesome that hap