Tyler's Science Methods Blog

  1.        What did you do in lab today? a.        In lab today we began by discussing what we wrote about “Before the Flood”. We talked about our big takeaways and what we thought. We then talked about our reading on coupled inquiry and discussed what we thought about it. We then continued talking about climate change and analyzed graphs to look at our understanding. 2.        What was the big question? a.        Our big question for this week is: “How do we navigate teaching climate change in a world where science is a topic of debate?” 3.        What did you learn in Thursday’s discussion? a.        In Thursday’s discussion I learned all about the acronym L.O.W.E.R Near Water, and what it means with respect to climate. I learned about how ocean currents and wind patterns help to circulate te...

  1.        What did you do in lab today? a.        In lab today we started with a Kahoot reviewing our geology section for our upcoming quiz. We then moved onto talking about climate change and we specifically looked at precipitation changes in Iowa. We asked the question, “Is the Iowa State Bird (the Goldfinch) in danger/endangered?” We split our table groups into regions and made charts to measure the average increase in precipitation in our regions. We put all our results on the big white board and then talked about how global temperatures have increased on average. We then did our best to answer the question we asked earlier about the Goldfinch. We ended the day by breaking open some geodes. 2.        What was the big question? a.        The big question this week was: What can we do to make sure that environmental activism and climate change is taught ...

    1.            What did you do in lab today? a.      In lab today we discussed a lot about erosion and weathering. I learned about how we can tell different types of weathering apart from each other, and I learned also learned about how rock cuts work. I expanded my knowledge upon how rocks create new layers as they age, and learned about how magma intrusions and faults change the landscape of the Earth. At the beginning of lab, we spent a long time looking at different types of sand under a microscope. I had no idea where the different types of sand were from, but with   my group I was able to match the sand to what type of weathering it underwent thanks to guidelines from my TA. We then spent time talking about layers of Earth and matching them up to their ages. I learned how fault lines create valleys and shift the layers down, I think that this can contribute to how our layers of rock move, a...