Rita

Crierion A: One World
==Our Catalina field study shows the one world criterion because we traveled to Catalina Island to learn about science. The thing that realy shows one world is that we learned about nerdles,which are plasticballs that turtles eat. Because of that the turtles die. That made us realy think, so while we were at Catalina we made sure that all of the trash on the beaches would go directly into the trash bins they had there.We all made sure the island was kept clean throughtout the entire week. ==

Criterion B: Communication in Science
== Our moon journal was a project we did in the first trimester when we observed the moon for thirty days and wrote a specific description with a sketch showing what we saw. This project is a great example of criterion B because it shows graphic symbols and scientific language. We used technology by checking on the computer what the weather was and we used our skills by saying what phase the moon was in. ==

Criterion C: Knowledge and Understanding of Science
== The lunar essay was an essay we wrote about the moon's phases, its gravitational pull and the moon itself. We researched the moon and then wrote a five paragraph essay about this. This is a good example of criterion C because we had to fill ourselves with knowledge then write it down. The only tools we used were our textbooks and the internet. We also used color coded boxes to help us organize our paragraph. ==

Criterion D: Scientific Inquiry
== The squid lab at Catalina was an activity where we hed to dissect a squid. We learned alot during this prooject because we got to take apart a squid. This project is a good example of criterion D because we had to do a hands on activity so we could learn everything about the squid. The tools that we used for this projeect were scissors, a cutting board, and a squid. ==

Criterion E: Processing Data
== Our 2011-2012 volcanos and earthquakes project was when we had to go search the internet and find the coordinates of the volcano with a red piece of paper on the map and the earthquakes with a green piece of paper. After that we would record the information in our log book. This resembles criterion E because we had to process the data that we find and plot it on the map. The instruments we used for this project were the internet, the log book, and the colorful pieces of paper. ==

Criterion F: Attitudes in Science
== The rock project was when we had to get in groups and make a model of the three types of rocks. We had to be careful because we had to use baking powder and vinegar to make our volcano erupt. This is an example of criterion F because we had had to be careful when handling the volcano with baking powder in it. We used many tools like baking powder, vinegar, clay, a cardboard box, a plastic container, sand, a water bottle, water, blue dye, sandstone, limestone, volcanic rock, and crushed froot loops. ==