On Tuesday we reviewed our test we took on Friday. I did very well and only missed one question. I definitely would not have missed it if i had read it carefully. This is definitely something I can improve on. Since we were starting a new quarter, we cleaned out our binders. After cleaning them out I then realized that I am going to have a lot of information to study for my midterm. We have also started a new unit on plate tectonics. This unit will have lots of vocab from the unit about the earth's core because that is what forms the earth's plates. After that we started a new science starter. Then we continued to work on our Eco-science lab. This was our last day of data collection and all of our plants had died. This was probably because there was a large decrease in temperature over the weekend. After eight days of growing we threw the plants in the garbage which in my opinion was not very eco-friendly.
On Wednesday we spent most of the class time working on our Eco-bottle lab. We worked on our conclusion and discussion questions. When writing any conclusion it is important to use your hypothesis and tell whether it was correct or incorrect. From this week I need to improve on constructing a conclusion so I am glad this lab will give me lots of practice.
On Thursday we officially started to discuss unit 4. First we started out the unit by taking new note cards. One word that really stuck with me was magma. I had heard this word before but never really understood what it meant. In case you heard this word mentioned and did not know what it means, it is a lava like substance but instead of it being on top of the earth it lies below the volcano. We also went over some basic information about the earth's crust to get us ready for plate tectonics. One thing we had slightly covered in past units was the ocean crust and the continental crust. The continental is denser under mountains because of the pressure applied from the mountains. After starting notes we worked on finishing our Eco-bottle lab. Today we traded labs with other groups and evaluated other group's work. For the most part, our lab did not have many corrections just some technical errors that we can easily fix.
On Friday we finished the week with a cool activity. Okay it was not as cool as an explosion but it was better than a pop quiz or worksheet. We started the class by adding more note cards to our collection. The new vocab really helped me understand how the earth is made up and how the plates move. After vocab we reviewed our notes and learned how some early scientists reasoned how the continents move apart from each other each year. This theory is called continental drift. After notes we did an activity that we will finish on Monday. this activity was very hands on and allowed us to do some real thinking.
Overall this week has been great and went by a lot faster than I had anticipated.
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