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The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. This week in lab we observed some graphs that had us take a look at climate change. We compared and contrasted these graphs to see how the precipitation, temperature, and snow have changed over the years here in Iowa. We were very shocked to find that the precipitation will rise, the heat will increase, and about of snow will also decrease. All of these changes affect how we live, the animals around us, and our agriculture. A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. In the lecture on Thursday, I learned about the term LOWER near water. This team is important because it explains to us why some regions have a hot climate while others have a colder climate. Each letter in the word LOWER has an explanation as to why it affects the climate. The terms are latitude, ocean currents, wind and air masses, elevation, and relief.  Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading: What did you learn? In the re...

The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. This week's lab we looked at climate change through image changing. We used the NASA website to help look at images all around the world. Through the NASA website, there were topics that you can narrow down the impact by. The website showed ice melting, sea level rising, more land being taken over by humans, fire impact, flooding, deforestation, and so many more reasons. We continued to discuss climate change and how it is a scary topic, but is very real.  We then did an investigation about rainfall in the areas of Iowa. My group did the Iowa Lakes Community College area. After finding all the rainfall throughout the years, we found that this area has had a 5% decrease over the years.  Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading: What did you learn?  During this reading, I learned that according to climate change, Iowa will have an increase in precipitation that will cause floods and more periods...

  The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. This week in the lab we analyzed different types of sand. We looked at sand from all over the world and tried to see what kind of occurrence made the sand. For example, there were three kinds, water, wind, and glaciers. The hardest weathered sand to analyze its type was the wind.   A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. This week in the lecture, we discussed what is water displacement. We talked about the story of Archimedes's Principle. I read about it in the book before class so I felt like I knew the topic. We then tied together how rocks tie into water displacement. When a rock sinks, it has a higher volume/density than the water.  Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading: What did you learn? I learned about Archimedes' principle. This is the idea that when something is immersed in a fluid, it shows the equal weight of the object.  What was most helpful? The v...

  The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. In lab this week we talked about the rock cycle. In order to understand the rock cycle, we had to do research on what the rock circle contains, as well as had to figure out how to make it. We used starbursts in class to make our models of the rocky cycle. The cycle begins with the formation of igneous rocks and then ends back on the reformation of igneous rocks. It is a continuous, natural process that demonstrates how rocks can change from one type to another over time.  A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. In the lecture, we discussed plate tectonics. We reviewed the different types of them. Divergent plates are moving away from each other, convergent plates come together, and then transform plates are sliding past one another. We also began to look at the rock cycle. When talking about the rock cycle we learned about extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks.  Answer questions about...

  The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. This week in lab, we thought about the timeline of Earth. We had to think about when did the humans walk the earth? When did dinosaurs? When were the first land plants on Earth? We had to use our background knowledge to try and figure these ideas out. We all knew Earth was made 4.65 billion years ago, so when did everything else follow? After researching the interactive earth view, it was crazy how everything was spaced out. We learned that humans just started walking the earth compared to everything else. My group researched 2 billion years to 1 billion years. We learned that the chloroplasts evolved and Sudbury struck.  Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading: What did you learn? In the reading, I learned about the snowball Earth. This is when the Earth is covered almost entirely by ice. This also happened 3 times! This occurred because of something called a positive feedback loop. Earth was i...

  The big question addressed in lab, and a description of what you did. This week in lab we all shared presentations about space. My group researched the topic of galaxies. During lab, we listened, observed, and participated in our classmate's presentations all about the main topics of space. From lab, I learned that nothing can escape a black hole and that there used to be a star bigger than the sun. A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. This week in lecture I learned that there is evidence as to why there was a bigger sun before ours existed. One piece of evidence is that our sun was formed from a bigger star that underwent a supernova. Our sun is made from the stellar nebula (dust and debris). Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading: What did you learn? We are all made of stardust! Since elements like carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen make up the human body and Earth. These elements make up the cores of stars. When stars reach the end of their life c...