Meteorology Lab Review
The lab activity that I will be writing an evaluation on is Solar Heating. There are several reasons that I chose this lab activity. First, I think students should understand that earth’s surface is unevenly heated by the sun. It is this uneven heating of the surface that creates wind, affects the weather, and makes the water cycle occur (Martin, Sexton, and Franklin, 2009). The materials that are needed are not excessive and are easily obtained. Finally, I think that this activity is simple to perform for younger middle schoolers. The directions are not too complex, so the students can focus more on their conclusions while not being overwhelmed with procedures.
I think that the exploration part of the lab activity
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This section allows the students to go outside and measure the temperature of the blacktop, grass, shady areas, and sand. Getting a chance to take the students outside and explore makes learning more exciting. To extend this area, I may ask the students if there is anywhere at their house that the surface temperatures may vary. The students could then go home and ask a parent or sibling to explore surfaces outside, chart the temperature, and then bring in their results on Monday. To expand further, over the weekend, the students can chart surface temperature at different times of day. On Friday, I would have them write down if they think the position of the sun will affect the surface temperature and what results would they expect at certain times of the day? On Monday they would bring in their chart and compare the result to their conclusions they wrote on Friday.
To meet the needs of diverse learners, I would allow the students to work in pairs during the activity. For the at home activity, I would provide the students with a premade chart of times to write down temperatures. I feel that this activity is ager appropriate and I wouldn’t omit
At the beginning of the unit the Exercise could be used to active prior knowledge and get students into the right mindset for the unit. Students can create questions based on the activity and choose certain topics which they want to be covered in the most detail. Pictures of the students doing the activity could be taken and added to a timeline of Aboriginal or Aboriginal and Canadian history to remind students of the connections to history. As an end of unit activity, the Blanket Exercise could be a review, or a way of bringing all of the learned information together and make the connections between
The purpose of this lab was to discover how diverse the parking lot at Bunker Hill High School could be, by finding out the Shannon Wiener biodiversity index of the parking lot. The parking lot was used because it does not have much immigration and emigration of the cars. Using an actual ecosystem in the wild would be hard to control, what is immigrating and emigrating out of the experiment. The experiment shows how diverse the cars were, and this can show how diverse an actual ecosystem was during that time of the experiment. This then tells that diversity does matters because if everyone had the same kind of car, then no one would be different. However, if the students, faculty, and guests had a variety of cars in the parking lot, which made the experiment more diverse in the parking lot or the community of cars.
For this particular lesson I wanted to create a short activity. That focus on size and identify the differences in the dimensions. To be specific small, medium and large to be exact I will have them order objects on their own. Ill have a bag filled with different sized shapes I will then continue by asking the students about the sizes and what they notice the difforance
For this assignment, Weather—a trade book written by Seymour Simon—and Astronomy, a textbook written by Jay M. Pasachoff as part of the Prentice Hall Science Explorer collection, were analyzed for readability, friendliness, considerateness, fairness, and text complexity. Weather is a picture book that provides an introduction to the concept of weather and the various components that compose it, as well as explores the effect of weather conditions on human activities and the effect of human activities on weather conditions. On the other hand, Astronomy is a textbook that provides an in-depth introduction to the field of astronomy, by including units on “Earth, Moon, and Space,” “Exploring Space,” “The Solar System,” and “Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe” (Pasachoff, 2005, vi). Both texts could be used to enhance instruction in a middle school
A precipitation reaction can occur when two ionic compounds react and produce an insoluble solid. A precipitate is the result of this reaction. This experiment demonstrates how different compounds, react with each other; specifically relating to the solubility of the compounds involved. The independent variable, will be the changing of the various chemical solutions that were mixed in order to produce different results. Conversely the dependent variable will be the result of the independent variable, these include the precipitates formed, and the changes that can be observed after the experiment has been conducted. The controlled variable will be the measurement of ten droplets per test tube.
Members of the group Weather Report went on to lead their own individual bands. Joe Zawinul's bands tried to encapsulate Weather Report while the groups lead by Wayne Shorter and Miroslav Vitous reflected a more conventional methodology. Later band members, for example, bassist Alphonso Johnson, drummer Alex Acuna, whose gathering Koinonia got extremely prevalent on the west coast, and bassist Jaco Pastorious additionally toured and recorded with their groups. Most striking were Jaco Pastorious' tasks, which offered his fundamentally creative bass playing in enormous band or smaller Caribbean touched settings.
Preview: Today I will discuss the potential that solar power has to become this country’s main supply of energy and the latest research that can make solar power more efficient and cost effective. I will also present the environmental benefits that come with using solar power over other and more harmful forms of energy.
He would rush home to tell his wife about his findings. Jasmine believes his without a doubt. The couple was dumbfounded at how they were going to solve this problem. Michael and Jasmine would begin scouring the Internet to find out what would be the most effective way to get rid of the meteor. After hours of in depth research, they both would find that the best way to get rid of the meteor would be to blow it up. Now the couple would have to find a way to construct it. After all this they would find that a rocket would be the best way to destroy the meteor. They need to find an organization to help them construct the rocket.
• Lessons should be kinesthetic and experiential. Use a variety of manipulatives. Be aware of ambient temperature—try to keep the boys from warmer areas in the classroom. Males do not hear as well as girls, so move them closer to the instruction.
A simple definition of precipitation is any form of water that falls from clouds in the sky. Precipitation includes rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and hail. So with that being said let's take a look at these different forms of precipitation.
One interesting experiment for Junior High science fairs is to compare how efficiently different solar ovens operate during different months. It's useful because of the fact that it allows students to understand that solar power is better for the environment. They'll enjoy cooking different foods throughout the entire project and they'll be proud to display their results when the fair rolls around. Of course, if the students are interested in botany they might consider testing different human hormones on plants and noting the difference it makes on their growth. A variation of that is to experiment with different types of foods.
5. How did your lesson plan and instruction change over time to consider your student’s language and home culture? How have you ensured that you have made science learning accessible and relevant to
In Science, teachers serve as the facilitator of learning, guiding them through the inquiry process. Teachers must ask open-ended questions, allow time for the students to answer, avoid telling students what to do, avoid discouraging students’ ideas or behaviors, encourage to find solutions on their own, encourage collaboration, maintain high standards and order, develop inquiry-based assessments to monitor students’ progress, and know that inquiry may be challenging for some students so be prepared to provide more guidance. There are three types of Science inquiry: structured, guided, and open. Structured is the most teacher-centered form of inquiry. This type of inquiry is mainly seen in laboratory exercises where the teacher needs to provide structure, however the students are the ones who conduct the experiment and find conclusions. Guided inquiry is where the students are given tools to develop a process and find the results. As an example, the teacher would instruct the students to build a rocket, but not tell them how to design it. This leaves creativity and uniqueness for the students to be able to apply their knowledge and skills. Open inquiry is when students determine the problem, i...
Nearly all climate scientists can agree, that the most common cause of the current global warming trend, is to be blamed on the burning of fossil fuels, which changes the natural greenhouse of our earth. The usual process in which heat is absorbed by the earth, is when sunlight passes through its atmosphere
Evidence from both educational journals and personal interviews suggest several different possible approaches to successful science integration. Many of the lesson plans dealt with integrating science with technology or with mathematics. For example, a fifth-grade teacher had his class record weather observations for an entire year and then used their data to teach graphing concepts including bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, as well as concepts such as mean and mode (Chia, 1998).