Science Methods 2 Blog

 What did you do in lab? 2. big questions  None listed in the textbook. 3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? - I was absent but these are the notes that I took on the slideshow and then I have a zoom with Ted on December 2nd which I will get more information. 4. Read the textbook: Done! 1. What did I learn from the textbook? Notes that I took from the chapter. 2. What was most helpful? I felt that all of the different groups giving presentations and being able to do specific research on agriculture which was my groups was very helpful. I liked being able to listen to all the different perspectives and then get more information that is well reounded after looking at even more. 3. What do you need more information on? Nothing at the moment. 4. Questions, comments or concerns? Not today.

What did you do in lab?  Lab activity: 1. What are the primary points in the video? Polar ice caps are melting leading to rising sea level which is ruining any coastal communities. Powerful and authority figures are distorting views for money. Additionally, it is rare to use wind and solar power and other sustainable practices which makes all of it more expensive to implement and purchase. 2. Major issues? So many people do not have power and have no access. The amount that carbon dioxide is emitted from beef and that the general public does not see this as an issue. Scientists are not able to predict the rate and it is happening faster than anyone could expect. The media does not portray true facts, it is very difficult to find real information about what the government is doing. 3. What questions do you want us to teach you? How can we make a difference with restraints of being a college student, with limited time and money? Expenses? Is clean energy really clean? How many countr...

 1. What did you do in lab today? 2. big questions  What is weather? Weather is happening now - it is how the Earth is processing different things like fronts. 3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? N/A we had an exam. 4. Read the textbook: Done! 1. What did I learn from the textbook? Notes that I took from the chapter! 2. What was most helpful? I really liked in lab being able to do our recall of the water cycle and what we did and did not remember. I also thought the activity relating to weather words was interesting - there are so many more words than I thought that my group mates and myself came up with! 3. What do you need more information on? Nothing at the moment. 4. Questions, comments or concerns? Not today.

 1. What did you do in lab today? 2. big questions  What are the layers of Earth? Inner core, Outer core, Mantle, Crust What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics? The theory of plate tectonics is how and why plates move. Essentially, convection currents occurring within the lithosphere or the upper mantle causing heat to rise and then the plates move and cool back down in a cycle. What can form at the three types of plate boundaries? Many things can form: volcanoes, mid ocean ridges, trenches, arc of islands, rift valleys, cracks in the surface, and mountains depending on the type of plate boundary. 3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?  4. Read the textbook: Done! 1. What did I learn from the textbook? Notes that I took from the chapter! 2. What was most helpful? The most helpful thing this week was doing review and then reinforcing the ideas of plate tectonics and boundaries in both lab and lecture. With our upcoming assessment, it was great to be able to fill in ...

 1. What did you do in lab today? 2. big questions  How do volcanoes and earthquakes form? They form from my understanding by tectonic plates and there are different kinds which form different types of volcanoes and different magnitudes of earthquakes. Earthquakes more specifically form from fault lines on the tectonic plates. Volcanoes can form underwater as well. Hotspots also form volcanoes in the middle of tectonic plates. What are volcanoes and earthquakes? Volcanoes are part of the earth and can explode they are made of rock, volcanic ash, magma, and lava I believe. Earthquakes are not visible but they happen at the three different types of movements from tectonic plates. Volcanoes erupt and earthquakes cause different waves that are high frequency or low frequency. What are the dangers associated with volcanoes and earthquakes? Volcanoes if touched by people the ash and magma is hot and melts and burns many things. Also, volcanoes can be dormant or active which determin...

 1. What did you do in lab today? 2. big questions -  What are the characteristics of sand? Sand depending on where it is from can have different sizes. Some types of sand are uniform in size, sand comes from many colors, and then other types are irregular. Sand changes form and looks different from one another when it is affected by water, glaciers, or wind. 3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?  4. Read the textbook: Done! 1. What did I learn from the textbook? Notes that I took from the chapter! 2. What was most helpful? The diagrams about the law of superposition in lecture were very helpful - having experience looking at it all is helping my understanding. Also, seeing all the different types of sand was very interesting and to see where all of these are. 3. What do you need more information on? Nothing at the moment. 4. Questions, comments or concerns? Not today.