Week 5 Blog- February 14th

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 webs. I can see myself teaching these materials in the future, because I remember learning this in elementary school. I also think this material can bring a lot of hands on activities for my students to better understand the ecosystem. Lastly, this material is very important to us to learn due to knowing more about where we live and what it's like. Like we did in class, creating an ecosystem is a very beneficial and good idea to learn this lesson. 

Photos:

an example of a grassland ecosystem that my group made

the ecosystem after its been disrupted

an update of my fast growing plant (grew a good amount!)