Andriana Tistle- Science Methods I Blog

Questions: What did you learn this week? This week in discussion I learned more deeper into life cycles from different animals. I learned the different aspects of the life cycles such as the egg, larva, pupa and then adult. We also talked about dormant or active things and non-living and living things. A seed for example starts as a dormant thing but, when it has the perfect conditions to grow it begins to be active.  Lastly, I learned what a fast plant was. Before this class, I didn't even know a fast plant was a thing. A fast plant is from the mustard and cabbage family, and takes about a 40 day period to go through it's life cycles. What did you find clear and what did you find confusing? I found the life cycles of animals and plants very clear as they go by steps and reproduce. I found the debate of viruses being living or non -living confusing due to there being no real correct answer. In discussion I shared my opinion that, I can see both sides of viruses being living and...

 Questions: 1. What did you learn?     The first topic we went over was NGSS which is next generation science standards. I learned the different processes of reading codes and learning what each section means. I also learned deeper into the different components of NGSS; SEPs, DCI, and CCCs. SEPs is the activities a student is expected to do to understand the world or solve a problem, DCI is the concepts in science and engineering, and CCCs are ideas that are not specify to any disciplines but crosscuts them. These 3 dimensions are based on the topic of the lesson and go in more depth on the NGSS page.      Another topic in class I learned about was seed germination. Seed germination is the process of how the seed grows that includes photosynthesis and having other steps along the way. A seed needs moisture, nutrients, warmth, and sunlight for it to become a plant. Some parts of the seed to know when learning about seed germinat...