Socratic SeminarIn this unit we had a civilized discussion about global warming and whether or not humans had an impact on it. There were many different view points, so it was a very good discussion. I dont believe that humans were the main cause for global warming I believe that humans might have some sort of factor but it is very slim. The overall temperature has been increasing over the past 20 years for reason unknown. We do know that carbon is inreasing also. We cant change the natural process but you can help. Such as planting some trees and recycling. I believe that this probably happened before the ice ages so in the distant future I believe there will be another ice age.
Colony COLLAPSE DisorderIn this project our group spent time learning how to graph using different stats from bee colony collapse disorder. We also learned about what is happening to all the bees. While exploring this subject our group learned about neonicotinoids and other pesticides and what they do to kill the bees environments. Also, about how the bees are stressed out how they have to produce more honey, which has shown to affect the CCD stats. To battle these negative affects on honeybees, my group came up with hypothetical solutions. Some of our solutions were to decrease the distribution of honey, end the use of pesticides when harvesting, or breed to get more bees. We learned about graphing and curve fits as well as trend lines. We determined what equation best represented the graph.
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TerrariumFor this project we created our very own terrarium and thought the best one to build was a desert themed. For the plants and organisms on the outer parts we put an arrangment of succulents and baren sticks to represent leafless trees. For organisms we put different beatles and ants. Different food webs in our terrarium consist of the plants which then feed the ants, then we found that some of the beetles eat the ants, causing the beetles to produce waste to help the plants. Some different matter cycles in our terrarium consist of the carbon and nitrogen cycles which occur in mostly every living cycle. Our inner materials are listed below in our blueprints on our google docs.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gBThLzbK_GGrx4lMWxMTVFP9QL1kjhZkxZarBtPMgBI/edit
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FInd a solution Project
For this project we talked about Miwok park and how we can help conserve it. Our group listed different things people can do to help this desolate, novatonium infested habitat. We created an educational video to propose ideas to help miwok to any person. In these solutions we showed how conserving land and producing lest waste and construction can help biodiversity and the carrying capacity of Miwok park.
Reflection on Group Activity
Things we did well: Our group really worked well together and got a lot things done in a short period of time. I think in our CCD lab we worked especially well together but still collaborated nicely in other projects.
Things needed to be worked on: Our group didnt create the best video and could have given more info in it. Also occasionally people would spread to other groups after we finished including me instead of finding ways to make the project better.
Things needed to be worked on: Our group didnt create the best video and could have given more info in it. Also occasionally people would spread to other groups after we finished including me instead of finding ways to make the project better.