Andriana Tistle- Science Methods I Blog

 Questions: 1. What did you learn this week? Today I learned more deeper about DNA and how DNA can lead to protein. I also learned about genes and how each parents gives a 50/50 chance of what their child will receive. I also got reminded of the specific vocab (dominant, recessive, phenotype, etc.) and what they mean. 2. Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew? I previously knew about these topics, but I felt as in class today I now have a deeper understand of. I believe the baby game was very interesting and tricky showed me how genetics work.  3. How can you apply what you've learned to your teaching in the future? I can apply this in my future learning as I remember learning this growing up. I really enjoyed the baby game and believe I can use that in my future teaching as it was interactive and engaging. I also think I will be using some of the videos we had in discussion, they brought a very good introduction and representations of DNA and genes....

Questions: Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already know? We watched the Jamboard presentations about each type of ecosystems and examples of food chains in those. Last week, we learned about each ecosystems but, no specific details. This helped me to learn about what animals would be in certain ecosystems and what the food chains (energy flow) looked like in each. We also learned more about turtles and the growth and process of them becoming adults. Prior to this information, I knew little about turtles and their hatching. I learned now that only 1 out of 1,000 turtles last to adulthood, and how many factors affect the growth of turtles. Which parts did you find clear and what was confusing? Today we learned about pollination and how it comes from bees. I found this very clear as I knew this previously and knew bees help flowers grow. I also found the parts of the flower dissection very clear as we are learning each part of the flower (female and male parts, petal, ...

Questions: What did you learn this week? I learned about bubble net fishing and how it is a hunting tactic for whales to get fish. They continuously create bubbles to trap the fish and collect them. I find this as a very interesting way of hunting and way of interaction in the ecosystems. I also learned about a example of a food chain in a grassland (project showed below) Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew? I learned more clearly about how to find lessons in NGSS. Today, we got shown a 5E model lesson and had to pair it with the certain criteria that aligned with it on the NGSS website. I already knew about the NGSS website before this, but now I know how to more clearly work the website and how to find which standards go to what lessons.  How can you apply to what you learned into your future teaching? Today, we also went over ecology including biomes, habitats and ecosystem. We also briefly went over the food chain and how it is different from food w...

 Questions:  What did you learn this week? This week I learned about 5E modeling and how for a good lesson you should include all 5. The 5 include: engage, explore, explain, extend, and evaluate. Each of these models bring students to have a deeper thinking and connection with the material. I also learned what instructional models are, as you need to follow certain standards, curriculum, and community decisions. Instructional modeling is more based on learning theories that are accepted at the time of the models development. Lastly, I learned that the order of learning experiences do matter. You need to have prior knowledge in order to move forward and fully learn the material. Which parts did you find clear and what did you find confusing? I found that is matters of the order of learning experience matter being very clear as you don't want to be teaching and having students confused about what you thought they already knew. Having an order can limit the amount of students tha...