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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. I thought I had put enough water in the first time, but they may have needed more. We had some sprouts at the bottom, but I am a little confused about why they did not grow like the rest of the classes. 

How can you apply what you've learned to your teaching in the future?

I could apply what I've learned about different topics and methods of presentation when I teach subjects to my future students. They will benefit from knowledge-sharing tools such as experiments, aloud, modeling exercises, and videos. In order to keep kids interested and give them a hands-on experience with science instead, I plan to include activities like seed germination and our play-doh life cycle into my future classroom.

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  1. Zoey's Science Blog (Elementary Science Methods 1)February 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM

    Hello Jenna, I liked reading your blog post for this week. My favorite part was your life cycle with the chicken. I think it's so cute and a fun way to really show you understand the life cycle of not only a chicken but everything.

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