Science Methods 2 Blog

 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.

  1. What did you do in lab today? 2. big questions -  Is it a rock? We did a formative assessment on it and I definitely need a refresher and will continue to learn more of the quality of rocks. 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 activity most helpful was seeing the water displacement and listening to the story. I honestly felt so engaged the whole time and it was a great example to think of later on in my teaching career. 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 -  No big question this week. 3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?  We took an exam during discussion this week so I do not have any notes. 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 activity was being able to fix our preconceptions on the Earth's timeline. I believe that being able to address those right away with the hands-on timeline was helpful for me to visually see it all. 3. What do you need more information on? Nothing at the moment. 4. Questions, comments or concerns? Not today.