Elementary Science Methods 1

  The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. video notes  - 2020- hottest decade ever, largest number of mega-fires, caused by lots of droughts - fumes having impact on planet  - fires are now occuring annualy since earth is warming and droughts are more common  - sun is dominant source of energy  - carbon dixode peeked then went down then went back up again - plants takeup CO2 from atomospehere during summer, winter decomposition - caused by veggitation in northern hemisphere  - plant matter made up more of carbon 12 than carbon 13  - carbon coming from volanos have different ratios  Greenhouse effect  - image in presentation  Earths blenket and light  - certain gases in our atmosphere act like a blanket around the earth  - light rays coming from the sun contain visble photons (energetic light particles)  - abosrbed by earths surface A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. Why d...

   The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. How do we know that the Goldfinch is in danger in Iowa?  whats happening in Iowa average temp increacted by 0.2F over last 30 years  Iowa is getting wetter  more rainfall April, may, and june  4-6 inches per rainfall path forward  agriculture is a big part of solution  removing air pollution through land protection carbon sequestration - help maintain praries and stop interupting nautral cycle of carbon  preventing pollution of air and water  conservation can help absorb greenhouse gases  protect land long-term by helping plains and the soil  providing habitat for wildlife protexting wildlife homes so they can freely live is important river corridors or large tracts  building resilient communities  protect native ecosysyemsd by keeping praries clear so they can absorb water and help it flow to rivers and streams The second part of class my g...

  The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. REVIEW: Different types of sand:  water (ocean)- polished,  smooth, similar in size  glaciers - polished, smooth, irregular  wind (dune) - opaque, fine grained, frosted, pitted  characteristics of water eriosion  - (1) headwaters, most gravity, moving faster, can carry mroe sediment - (2) TRANSFER ZONE, starts slowing down (3) depositional zone, U shaped river basin  when glaciers move acorss land, make U shaped valleys, not moving super fast  Transitioned into Climate Science  Measuring & Mapping, Precipitation in Iowa  How do we know if the goldfinch is in danger in Iowa?  I think they are starting to become endarged due to the evidence, but slowly. There has been an increase in rainfall which makes it harder for birds to survive.  A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. We took an exam during lecture.  Answer questions abou...

  The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. We started lab having small and whole group discussion about formative assessments and teaching students based off of their questions. Next, we did an activity to determine 'who came first' which translates to how we are currently learning about things in earths history that occured first. We did an invesigation to determine what came fist in the principle of superposition.  - rocks form layers that become buried under more layers over time, the deeper we dig, the farther back in time we see. Fossils found deeper and deeper mean it gets older and older.  We also looked at the layers of earth.  1. sandstone  2. mudstone  3. limestone 4. volcanic ash  5. granite (shifts up, lead to fault line)  sand created through water is polished, smooth, similar in size  glaciers, polished, smooth, irregualr in size  wind  A description of what you learned in Thursda...

  The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. In lab we discussed how we decide if something is a rock.  - coal, hardended lava, limestone, gravestone, iron ore, marble statue, and granite.  we also discussed the importance of how to asses our students as well as how to create activities that are relavent to their questions and prior knowledge  we also discussed the layers of the earth - core (heat), mantle, crust (tectonic plates)  when tectonic plates collide they can create mountains, if land and water plate tectonic occur one goes on top of the other  igneous rocks- when magma cools sedimentary - compaction and cementation (squished together)  metamorphic - heat and pressure  A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. Earthquakes Plate tectonics  Continental  Ticker, stick up above the water  Averages 20-30 miles thick  Oceanic   In the ocean basin  10 miles thick ...

  The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. We talked about when things  appeared/were created on earth.  our table groups timeline:  4000 mya oldest rock on earth  3400 mya 1st life on earth  2400 mya great oxygenation event  470 mya first land plants  200/300 mya pangea formed  A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. we took an exam during lecutre.  Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading What did you learn?  For the text book reading, I completed the practice quiz for our exam.  I learned about the history of the earth by looking at it represented on a clock. It was a different perspective and showed how spread out everythig really is. Humans were not on Earth until close to midnight on the clock example while rocks formed on earth occured so long ago (billions of years)  What was most helpful? The graphics were extremely helpful and descriptive when looking at ear...