Charlie

Charlie May 1 Charlie May Mrs. Bratcher Science (F) 4 May 2012

Criterion A Reflection

The project I chose is the Human Ingenuity project. What we had to do was choose an invention that was interesting to us. I chose Stonehenge. The problem with Stonehenge was that people wanted to worship but they did not have anywhere to do so. That's why Stonehenge was created. Also, it was 100% hand made because the people did not have the tools to build such an advanced piece of innovation. Once we got enough research, we made an index card. On the front it had 5 sentences describing the invention or inventor. On the back it had a hand drawn image of the invention. Stonehenge was my favorite project that describes the criterion on "One World" that we have done earlier this year.



Criterion B Reflection

For Criterion B my project of choice would be the moon journals. What we had to do was, for homework we recorded the moon phases for 30 nights and also described it. The format we had to follow was different. We had to write down the time, weather, a brief observation and draw a sketch of what the moon looked like that night. I chose this project because I have always wondered about the moon and with this project and the observations I was allowed to describe the moon and use all the scientific language we learned about in class.



Criterion C Reflection

For this criterion I chose the fossil powerpoint. What we had to do was choose fossils that interested us, find pictures of the fossils and create explanations for each fossil. The tools we used were Microsoft powerpoint, books such as encyclopedias, and the internet for the other parts of our research. I enjoyed this project because it was interesting to learn about the prehistoric past of Earth.



Criterion D Reflection

For the Crater Lab, we dropped different size rocks from different heights into a tin of coco powder, flour, and sprinkles to see how craters are made on the surface of the moon.Next, recorded the height that we dropped the rock from, and then we drew a sketch of the result. In this Criterion,Scientific Inquiry, in the Crater Lab we did an investigation on a specific scientific problem or question, a hypothesis. We then proved our hypotheses correct and wrote down the results. All of this work came out of testing variables and performing an experiment to measure the crater's depth at the end.



Criterion E Reflection

For Criterion E, I chose the phoneme experiment. In that experiment, we had to read as many words as possible in one minute, everyday for a week. My partner counted the number of words after each read and then we plotted those numbers on a line graph. The tools we used were pencils, the paper to read from, our voices, and our math skills. The experiment was to teach us the process of processing data carefully.



Criterion F Reflection

For Criterion F, attitudes in science, I chose our trip to Catalina. We went to Emerald Bay, Catalina. The Island is 88% protected by the conservancy. It was very important to protect it. We collaborated as a group to keep. ourselves and the environment safe. We conserved water by taking a maximum of three minute showers, we had to eat every on our plates at meals, and we didn't litter. We used appropriate tools such as wetsuits, life jackets, and proper scientific devices to protect ourselves and the Catalina Island ecosystem.