Jenna Dyer

  What did you learn this week? This week, we had class on Zoom. W e first reviewed and looked over the 5E model and Ms. Cope’s class in group discussions. We learned about ecology, including food chains, food webs, habitats, biomes, and ecosystems. We also talked about how biomes are large areas with similar climates and species, while habitats are specific places where organisms live. Lastly, we then watched a short video in groups and worked on a lesson plan assignment based on NGSS standards.  2. Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew?  I was able to apply what I already knew while filling out charts in small groups, and we all seemed to have a good grasp of the NGSS concepts. We also went over familiar topics like biomes, habitats, ecosystems, and the 10% rule. Spending more time on the 5E model in the lab helped me understand it more, and I also learned more about science lesson planning using NGSS. 3.  How can you apply what you've le...

  What did you learn this week?  This week, I learned about the 5E model, which is a teaching approach that helps guide student learning. We also looked at real lesson plans to see how the model works in practice. While reviewing these lessons, we focused on how they connect to the three main areas of the Next Generation Science Standards core ideas, science practices, and crosscutting concepts. This helped us understand how the 5E model can be used in real classrooms to support students’ learning and make lessons more interactive and effective. Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already know? This week, I was able to connect what I already knew about science practices, core ideas, and cross-cutting concepts to the lesson plans we looked at. I had to find where each of these key concepts appeared in the lessons. We also worked on identifying the performance expectations in the lesson plans, which are the goals the lesson is meant for. This helped me understand...

  What did you learn this week? This week, I learned more in-depth about lifestyles. I also learned about the lifecycle of a butterfly and the difference between a complete and an incomplete lifecycle. A complete life cycle involves four stages, such as egg, larva, pupa, and adult, with a dramatic metamorphosis, as seen in butterflies. An incomplete life cycle consists of three stages, including egg, nymph, and adult, with gradual development and no pupal stage, as seen in grasshoppers. After learning more about lifecycles, we made our own out of play-doh of the life cycle of a chicken. The chicken starts off as an egg/ embryo, then hatching,  chick, and then adult chicken. Which parts did you find clear, and which were confusing? In this lab, I understood the life cycle stages and the concept that seeds and eggs are dormant before becoming living organisms. However, it was confusing that out of the three or four groups we have, our seeds in the cup from last week did not grow...

  What did I learn this week? This week ,  I learned what makes something alive and how to tell the difference between living and non-living things. All living things share traits like being made of cells, growing, reproducing, using energy, and responding to their environment. I learned that this helps me classify things as living or non-living. This week, I also learned about germination and talked about metabolism, which breaks down food, homeostasis, genetics, and reproduction in lab.                                    Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew? What I learned ties into what I already know because everything in the world can be categorized as either living or non-living.  I think the way we’ve been learning about living vs. non-living organisms has been easier to grasp because the information is presented c...