Biology: Footprints Observation

 LI: To look for evidence in the data and the images to infer what might be happening. 

The above presentation is the collaborative work of Lily, Sakshi, Liletina and me. It showcases what we did in today's Reading class as well as the new words and topics we came to know about. Our challenge was to observe the images and find a conclusion. The rule we followed was that you cannot speak and you negotiate to tell that your point is important. We also learned that science is empirical which means that science is based on observations. We can also say that there is no conclusion with an observation. After completing this challenge we came to know the meaning of several words that are used in biology. We are also very happy that we got a chance to work as a team and discuss our work.

Science Tools

LI: To study what type of equipment scientist using. Today Lily, Sakshi, Liletina and me worked together to create this presentation on the major science tools used in an experiment. The tools we have covered are bunsen burner, gas pipe, test tube, test tube rack, funnel, measuring beaker, conical flask and a clamp stand. We didn’t know so many tools and this topic was something very new and interesting for us. We found interesting that we have different names for various containers on the basis of the shape and size. I am very happy that we got a chance to work together as a team and learn something new.

Science Main Ideas

LI: to find the most vital ideas from the information to help us answer the question “What is science?”.

This DLO is identifying the ideas of science which we have learnt from the information we have gained. To find the vital information, we negotiated by collaborating and communicating with our team. We shared our opinions and ideas, we took notes and from them we selected and rejected information to get to our final conclusion. 

For us the 3 main vital ideas are:

1. Science is the discovery of What, Why, and How events happen

2. The three main branches of science are Physics, Chemistry, and Biology

3. There are two main categories of science, and they are Basic and Applied Science

Summarising

LI: to summarise the information.

This DLO is highlighting our summary about what we know about science. In our groups, we have been sharing our ideas on posted notes and found the key words which we then wrote a summary about what science is. To then create a summary about the topic. We needed to skim and scan for key vocabulary to create this DLO. We also had to join our ideas together to create a more efficient idea.

We used our new question dice to help us construct some questions we want to find more about. The three questions we made using the dices were:

1. When did science start?

2. How will science progress in the future?

3. Who was the first scientist?

Experimenting with Ultraviolet Light

LI : To find the most effective UV filter.

Ls2 has been trialling the electronic sensors for the Kiwrious project. We are working with Suranga,Sonia,Evan,Dawn, and Yvonne from the AHL at Auckland University.I found that the clear plastic was most effective to keep Zally our animals safe because they are very allergic to UVL ( UltraViolet Light ). My DLO will show you how I did this and what material we tested out with the sensor.The two material that I used was clear plastic and green cellophane.