Science Methods 2

 What did you do in lab today? What was the big question? https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1KSdvdymF7BKGFM7ca2C_FI_ayXRuT2mu28oyP4OH5DU/edit?usp=sharing  What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ccWQ98xY5yoaOLPW8LIv4Ne2f5AhYOXhW6TGIx2fWs/edit?usp=sharing  Read the online textbook, Week 13: What did you learn? I learned that climate change is affecting Iowa in noticable ways already. We are experiencing hotter summers, increased flooding and drought cycles, and changes in agriculture. What was most helpful? The breakdown of local impacts including temperature, precipitation, and agriculture made the concept of climate change more real and relatable for Iowa specifically. What do you need more information on? I’d like to know more about what practical steps communities and schools in Iowa are taking to adapt to these climate changes. What questions, concerns, and/ or comments do you have? None.  

 What did you do in lab today? What was the big question? In lab today we discussed our weather app assignment and climate change.     What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ccWQ98xY5yoaOLPW8LIv4Ne2f5AhYOXhW6TGIx2fWs/edit?usp=sharing  Read the online textbook, Week 11: What did you learn? I learned that climate change is not only a global issue but is also happening locally. Iowa may experience an increase of excessive heat days which will impact the livestock and humans in Iowa. Affecting livestock negatively will also affect the nation's food supply. What was most helpful? Finding out that climate change is happening in our home state yet affecting people nationally was helpful to learn as it made me self-aware of how I am affecting the planet daily. What do you need more information on? Since climagte change is such a large issue, will one person adjusting their carbon footprint really make that large of an impact?  ...

What are the primary points in the video?  Climate change is real and caused mainly by human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation. It is already affecting our planet through rising temperatures, melting ice, and extreme weather. Politics play a large role within climate change and the legislation surrounding it  Solutions exist, such as renewable energy, protecting forests, reducing meat consumption, and creating carbon taxes. What are the major issues?  Rapid melting of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. Rising sea levels are causing flooding and threatening entire countries. Massive deforestation, especially in Indonesia, releases large amounts of carbon. Pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the meat and palm oil industries. Political and economic systems that make it hard to take meaningful action. Poorer countries suffer the most from climate change impacts. What questions do you want us to teach you?  What progress has been made sin...

    What did you do in lab today? What was the big question? We discussed the water cycle and how it works. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? We took an exam. Read the online textbook, Week 11: What did you learn? I learned how to read a weather map and what each of the lines and letters on the map indicating and what type of weather that is attached to. A red line indicates a warm front while a blue is a cold front. If the line is alternating it is a stationary front. What was most helpful? The explanation of why wind occurs was helpful for me because it is something kids have asked me before and I did not know so also wondered this myself. Wind is caused due to the uneven heating of Earth's surface by the Sun. What do you need more information on? I am still a little confused on desublimation and sublimation. Do these only occur with snow and dry ice or when else would we see these occur? What questions, concerns, and/ or comments do you have? None. ...

   What did you do in lab today? What was the big question? What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ccWQ98xY5yoaOLPW8LIv4Ne2f5AhYOXhW6TGIx2fWs/edit?usp=sharing  Read the online textbook, Chapter 8: What did you learn? I learned how important iron and nickel are in Earth's cores as they make up the liquid outer core which creates the magnetic field making ompasses always point North. This magnetic field also protects the planet from extreme weather and radiation. Iron and nickel also make up Earth's solid inner core. It is solid bevause of how seismic waves from earthquakes travel through the interior. What was most helpful? I found the Pangea explanation to be helpful as I previously knew the jist of what happened, but I now have a depper, clear understanding. What do you need more information on? I am still a little confused on covection cells and how Earth recycles itself. What questions, concerns, and/ or comments do you have? ...

   What did you do in lab today? What was the big question? What did you learn in Thursday's discussion? https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ccWQ98xY5yoaOLPW8LIv4Ne2f5AhYOXhW6TGIx2fWs/edit?usp=sharing  Read the online textbook, Chapter 8: What did you learn? I learned that volcanoes make up 80% of Earth's surface and can even be found on the sea floor and in Earth's oceans. I was unaware of how commonly found volcanoes can be to the extent they can be found in space. What was most helpful? Each of the images helped me imagine these concepts to create a deeper understanding. Specifically,the hot spot diagram. What do you need more information on? I would like more information on the significance on P and S waves and how they are used. What questions, concerns, and/ or comments do you have? None.