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Week12's Blog

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This week's lab we check the difference of the 11 kinds of the tiny rocks under the microscope. Here is our group's record and data collect: (which hand record by Kaye Le 1. The Big Question Addressed in Lab: The lab focused on understanding the layers of the earth based on rock cycle by modeling the formation of different rock types. What Erosion cause the different rocks and what is the influence of that? 2. Lab Activities: We observed these 11 different rock samples with a microscope and recorded and organized the data, as documented on the figure above. 3. Lecture Insights from Thursday: We learned about buoyancy, which also amounted to a lab session where different drinks were used to test whether they floated or sank, introducing the fact that because of the difference in sugar and weight, the cans sank and floated. What did I learn? I learned that different brands of beverages can be buoyant in different ways, as well as that different materials sink and float differentl...
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Week 10‘s blog

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 We talk about the score And we do the lab about starburst RECTIONS: Work together and be prepared to share ideas with the class. Google starburst rock cycle and explore rock cycle with Starbursts. 1. Create two different sedimentary rocks 1. Change colors 2. Change pressure                                                         2. Create two different igneous rocks      1. Change amount of melting (perhaps methods – candle, boiling water, etc..)      2. Change rate of cooling (in the air, cold water - maybe with ice). 3. Create two different metamorphic rocks    1. Change the amount of heat – CAUTION: DO NOT MELT – that is igneous    2. Change the amount of pressure                                     ...
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Week 9‘s Blog

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 This week we talked about time line that include 1. Humans appeared(Homo Sapiens sapiens) 2. Dinosaurs ruled the earth 3. First land plants 4. First land animals 5. Moon was created, we wrote our guess on the “paper time line” 1m=1 billion years 50cm=500000000 years 10cm=100000000years 1cm=10000000years 1mm=1000000years We talked about Formative assessment qualtrics results  We wrote the big first from 1000-2000 and wrote on the sticky notes, and stick on the “paper time line”
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Week 8‘s Blog

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Week 7‘s Blog

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      This week we talk about the info from Pressbook and talked about the homework video which talked about some students not really understand about the sun, moon and earth problem after the class. And saw the Designed system table on the Atlas Science Literacy book in the lab . Also showed the standards from 1st-7th grade from NGSS.      We ask to physically build a scale model of the sun, moon and the 4 inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) in our table group. We search the size and distance of each planets, and do the units change 1. The Big Question in Lab: The big question we tackled in the lab was understanding and representing the spatial relationships and sizes of the Sun, Moon, and inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars) on a model scale. This involved calculating and translating the actual distances and sizes into manageable, scaled-down versions that could fit within our table group setup. Activities in Lab: In lab, we ...
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Week 6 ‘s Blog: Earth, Sun, Moon

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1. What did you do in the laboratory today? In today's laboratory, we conducted a practical activity using physical models to understand the relationship between the Earth, the Sun, and the Moon. We use a lamp to represent the sun, a small ball to represent the moon, and the earth is represented by our movement around the lamp. This device helps us intuitively understand how the Earth rotates and revolves around the Sun, as well as how the Moon orbits around the Earth, resulting in the phenomenon of equal day and night and moon. It also allowed us to explore the principles behind the formation of the four seasons. 2. What is the big problem?      The big issue this week is           1. How the phases of the moon occur?           2. What causes the seasons?           3. What causes a lunar eclipse? 3. What did you learn from Thursday's discussion? In Thursday's discussion, we delved i...
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Week 5‘s Blog

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     This week's lab class, we are challenged to protect eggs from breaking when they fall from a high place. We tried four times. The first time, we dropped sand and straw at a distance of 1 meter without breaking them. The second and third times, we dropped them at a distance of 2 meters and they all broke when they popped out of the bowl. The fourth time, we added more sand and rubber to reinforce the bowl, and finally succeeded.  This is the first time This is the last time Let me know more about the F=ma. The more gradually the egg slows down, the smaller the force. We also learned the Newton’s Third Law——Forces come in equal pairs, which I learned before when I was in Chinese middle school. It was a good way to represent in the video which show on the lab class.  It also demonstrates the influence of buoyancy on the total weight. It is very interesting when see the physical experiment to understand these knowledge.
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