Weekly blog 2/28/16

Summary: This week something I learned is that there are tiny animals called water fleas that are sensitive to chlorinated water. They only live in clean water with no chlorine because they can't survive in it for too long. They can prevent this by moving to a different water source nearby or connected to the one they are in. You can tell how much chlorine in the there is by checking the water for water fleas and if there are a lot that means the water doesn't have any chlorine or just not that much. One more fact is that if there is none or not much water fleas then there is a lot of chlorine in the water.

SP4: Analyzing and interpreting data

Scientific investigations produce data that must be analyzed in order to derive meaning. Because data usually do not speak for themselves, scientists use a range of tools—including tables, graphs, drawings, and statistical analysis—to identify the significant features and patterns in the data

Did you create a graph, table, drawing, etc. of the data you obtained in an experiment?

We studied data from an experiment with water fleas.

Scale, Proportion, and Quantitiy

SCALE, PROPORTION, AND QUANTITY HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW NATURE IS DIFFERENT WHEN WE STUDY THE VERY LARGE AND VERY SMALL.

Tell us what have you learned about how things change at different scales. This can be something that you notice in class or outside of class.

Identify a topic affected by scale, proportion or quantity and explain how things changed at different scales.

In class we identified how many water fleas were in the water slide and if the water fleas were put in the water slide or not.

Weekly blog 2/14/16

This week something that I learned is that the Rio grande is used for irrigation, mining, and recreation. I also learned that the Rio Grande is used for a water source and is the border between Texas and Mexico. One other thing I learned is that the Rio grande gives water to 2,100,00 acres of crop land. Another thing is that the Rio Grande makes $20 million dollars from one year because of tourism. One more thing that I learned is that the U.S spent $60 million dollars to clean the Rio Grande river.



SP8: Obtain, Evaluate and communicate information

Science cannot advance if scientists are unable to communicate their findings clearly and persuasively or learn about the findings of others. A major practice of science is thus to communicate ideas and the results of inquiry—orally; in writing; with the use of tables, diagrams, graphs and equations; and by engaging in extended discussions with peers. Science requires the ability to derive meaning from scientific texts such as papers, the internet, symposia, or lectures to evaluate the scientific validity of the information thus acquired and to integrate that information into proposed explanations.

Did you research something, used the CITE-IT strategy and then “told” the class about it?

OR

Did you present something to the class?

In class my group researched the Rio Grande and about its environmental significance, cultural significance, economic significance, an image of our river, and Stewardship.

Weekly blog 2/7/16

This week I learned that the Rio Grande river starts in Colorado, goes through New Mexico, and then becomes the border between Texas and Mexico. Another thing is that the source is in Colorado and the mouth is the Gulf of Mexico. Also there are more than one Rio Grande one in Brazil and one in Mexico. The Rio Grande has some river qualities such as a meander (bend in a river). One more thing is that the Rio grande has about two or three meanders.


SP8: Obtain, evaluate and communicate information

Science cannot advance if scientists are unable to communicate their findings clearly and persuasively or learn about the findings of others. A major practice of science is thus to communicate ideas and the results of inquiry—orally; in writing; with the use of tables, diagrams, graphs and equations; and by engaging in extended discussions with peers. Science requires the ability to derive meaning from scientific texts such as papers, the internet, symposia, or lectures to evaluate the scientific validity of the information thus acquired and to integrate that information into proposed explanations.

Did you research something, used the CITE-IT strategy and then “told” the class about it?

OR

Did you present something to the class?

In class me and my group researched information about the Rio Grande river for a project.