Audrey Ward - Elementary Science Blog

 Week 13: Local Climate Change  1. What did you do in the lab today?  Today in lab, we worked in groups to create presentations about temperature, precipitation, and ag/plants. We worked to find what is happening with these globally, regionally, and locally with each category and how it is impacting Earth using data and evidence. We then presented our findings as a group.  2. What was the big question? How will climate change continue to impact Iowa’s people, environment, and communities.  3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?  Other evidence of climate change Glacier retreat From 1875 to 2004 the glacier pretty much disappeared. It is now a lake.  Its happening everywhere. All of the glaciers are turning into water.  Sea level changes Equivalent to melting 80% of glacial ice in Arctic and Antarctic  What is the Paris agreement? An international treaty on climate change that was create to limit global warming to a change of 2 degre...

Week 12: Before the Flood/Climate Change  1. What did you do in the lab today?  CLIMATE CHANGE:  What are the primary points in the video? Climate change is happening faster than most people realize, and it effects every part of the planet. Our economy is based on fossil fuels.  Other countries are doing way more with solar energy than the United States.  What are the major issues? We are ruining our planet based on the food we eat and habits that we have.  Not everybody wants climate change to be slowed down.  It affects the lives of plants and animals, not just humans.  What questions do you want us to teach you? Renewable energy versus fossil fuels.  Air quality but USA looks good.  Sea levels rising.  2. What was the big question? Has rainfall changed in Iowa globally and nationally over the past 100 years?  What is climate change? 3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?  We learned more about the goldfinch bir...

 Week 11: Weather  1. What did you do in the lab today?  In the lab this week, we first discussed the water cycle. We made posters as a group explaining how the water cycle works, and then discussed them as a class. Next, we discussed all of the terms that we know about weather and what is on the weather reports. We talked about how three variables cause weather being air, water, and heat. Finally, we worked with groups to figure out how accurate our weather apps are throughout the week. We created a spread sheet with five different weather sources that we will look at all week.  2. What was the big question? How do air pressure systems and fronts work together to create a change in weather?  3. What did you learn in Thursday's discussion?  N/A - Quiz  4. Read the online textbook chapter 11:  What did you learn? Warm front - the boundary where a warmer air mass is moving in to replace a cooler air mass. The air behind a warm front is warmer than t...