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week 10



 

  1. What did you learn this week?
This was our last week of learning life science. During this week, we learned about predators and prey. We did an activty with 3 different color beans. Each of us at our table had a different untensil which represented the predator. Each predator had a bettr advantage than the other, like the spoon was alble to catch more beans than the knife. This provided a representation about how in real life, certain predators in an environment have a better chance of survival since they are able to catch more prey than others. 
  1. Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew?
Yes, I connected this lesson to the school of the wild observation. During the school of the wild, we payed close attention to how different predators act within their environment. We learned that some birds have a better advantage of catching prey or food than others due to their hunting skills. It just depends on the type of breed that the bird was. This lesson was helpful as it also connected to what I learned in biology in high school about survivial of the fittest. We covered a little bit about it in this lesson, but I was able to make a deeper connection about Dawriwns theory of evolution as well. 
  1. How can you apply what you've learned to your teaching in the future?
In my future teaching, I think including an activity like the beans would be helpful and students can easily stay engagd while also learning the concept of natural selection and survivial of the fittest.

We wrote 2 hypothesis 
The better suited the predator for the environment the more beans that predator will collect.

The spool will be the best suited predator and will therefore collect the most prey (beans) 

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