This Week in Science #6

This week in science we did many things.  On Monday we talked about things organisms need to survive like ourselves, and we were told that we would be observing crickets for the week.  David told us to search up 10 things crickets need to survive.  Also we wrote questions about what crickets would prefer in there tanks.  On Wednesday we talked about the cricket's behavior toward different things put in their tank.  Each group of 4 received 2  tanks of crickets.  The tanks were divided in half and half of the tank had damp paper towels and the other half had dry paper towels.  We were also given a mission challenge to help us record the crickets different behaviors toward the paper towels.  We timed ourselves while recording their movement, I thought it was really interesting how they responded.  Thursday we had another mission challenge and had to classify different jelly beans into different groups using a Dichotomous Key.  Two people from my group were not here so it was only 2 people in the group, it was still fun.

This week in science we learned many things.  For example I learned many facts about crickets like: crickets are omnivores and scavengers who feed on organic materials, they need to communicate with each other  by sound, scent, and touch, they eat fruit, nectar, small insects, and leaves, and also that they need warmth.  Those facts interested me the most.  I also learned that crickets like a habitat that is a little damp and warm.  Another thing is that, I learned before about a Dichotomous Key but i didn't remember how to use one,  I learned how to use and make to forms of a Dichotomous Key.  The final thing I learned was that Jelly Belly jelly beans have some really odd names.

This Week in Science #5

 This week in science we did many things.  For example, on Monday we worked on our rocket mission challenges.  We worked on improving and finishing our conclusions.  On Wednesday we work on our rocket mission challenges some more, and we were set up in groups based on the amount of work we got done.  One group was sent out of the room, while they were out my science teacher David decided that if we put away our laptops we could watch the animals.  By animals he meant the pet tarantula named Ocho and the crickets we were going to be experimenting with the next day.  On Thursday we started a next unit in science class about animal behavior.  For our warm-up we watched a video about a rare bird's reaction/behavior toward 2 men observing it in the wild.  Next we all went on our laptops and searched for videos to watch and share with the class, I chose one of a mimic octopus and a frog saving another frog from a snake.  Then we got into groups of 4 and each 2 people in the group got a small container like cage with about 3 to 6 crickets in them.  We then drew the crickets from different angles and made a T-chart  about things we observed and things we wonder about the crickets.

This week in science we also learned many things.  One thing I learned was how to take a snap-shot of a picture or piece of writing on Google-Docs.  Another thing I learned was that writing a conclusion to a rocket mission challenge is stressful.  I also learned that there is a rare bird in New Zealand called the Owl-Parrot and that there are currently only 90 of them left on earth.  I learned what crickets look like when the hop, and how they really look up close.  Crickets also respond to sound when I tapped my pen on the cage they would move their antennas.  Another thing I learned was that crickets make a lot of noise.

This Week In Science #4

This week in science, on Halloween, we talked about our second plant investigation write-up.  We then assigned different jobs for the project to each person evenly.  We also started our Write-up on Google Docs, and when i went to check on our plants ,which we haven't seen in a week, and saw that that the plant that was the healthiest and tallest had died.  The another plant which was the smallest and weakest was almost and the last one was still alive and blooming its yellow flowers.  A person in my group kept trying to use the dead plant as fertilizer to the other healthy plant, but that wouldn't work.

this week in science i learned many things, one thing i learned was that dead plants don't make good fertilizer for other plants alone.  We also learned how to make a plant investigation on Google Docs from scratch or in other words with no guidance.  We had to set-up and write-up everything on our own.  We also learned more about  how to write and fix our hypothesis.  Another thing we learned was how to do is to make our gathering data tables on Google Docs. 

this week in science #3

This week in science, first we recorded our plant investigation's growth for the first time.  Then we showed a driving question and a rubric to show us what we should be aiming for in our work for science.  We had to look at the rubric and make questions about it.  The the next day we recorded our plants growth again.  Also we made a procedure for how to gather data from your plant investigation.  Also we wrote out our hypothesis.  The next day we then were given a mission in our group. Each mission there was a question that we had to ask each person in the class as a survey.  Then we recorded the data and made a bar graph showing out results.  Also we wrote a description to show what we did.

This week in science I learned a number of things.  One thing I learned was how to make questions that help answer the driving question we were given.  Another thing was that we learned haw to make  our procedure for gathering data as specific as possible so then even a 5 year-old could understand it and make a plant investigation.  We also practiced learning how to tell the difference between  a dependent and independent variable.  We learned how to make a good hypothesis with the "If...Then...Because" format.  We also learned that there are different ways to  gather data. 

This Week In Science #2

This week in science the class experimented with poppers (a rubber bowl like toy that when folded inside out and released pops up in the air).  Then we made testable questions and we wrote down a different independent and dependent variable.   Also the next day we researched facts about a fast growing plant  for our next plant investigation named Brassica Rapa.  We made a T-chart about the things we learned and the things we wonder about the plant.  Then at the end of that day we wrote a summary  about we learned.  The next day we started the first step of our plant investigation with Brassica Rapa.  We wrote testable questions and picked one to based our experiment on, and we also wrote down the variable we were gonna use.

I learned many things in science this week. One thing I learned was how to make a testable question for the poppers and my plant investigation.  I also learned many facts about Brasscia Rapa, for example, Brassica Rapa's whole life span is in 40 days, they are in the mustard family.  The Brassica Rrapa can also be known as the field mustard and the turnip mustard. Another thing is that Brassica Rapa  can be used as medicine.  People use it as a remedy to different types of cancer.  I enjoyed learned  and doing many interesting things this week in science class.