TWIS #15

    This week in science we did the marshmallow challenge. We started off by getting in groups. The same groups that we were in since September when we first did the marshmallow challenge. On Wednesday, we did the challenge twice. We were given tape, paper bag, post it, spaghetti sticks and of course a marshmallow. The first round we tried, it was non verbal. I think that was harder because if I needed to tell someone in my group with put tape somewhere I'll have to write it down on post it, which took up time. The second time, we were able to talk. It finally stayed this time! I was hype. On Thursday, we went up to the roof to make a video "This year in science" for our next year science teacher. We talked about who we are, how we grown in science, what's our struggle in science, what we want our teacher to know about us, etc.
     This week I learned that I worked better in groups better than I did in September because we got to know each other better.  At the beginning of the year, we didn't know each other, so most of us was shy to talk to other people and like open up to them. But I like working in groups now that I got to know each other better. I think I understand the work better and it's more fun than to work alone.
I learned that even if we weren't talking we still communicated and made our marshmallow successful. It was much better than the last time.

This is a picture I found on google
of how the marshmallow challenge should look like

This is a graph on my entire class. It shows if we improved from the last
two times or not. 

This is a picture of my group & I working on the marshmallow
challenge. (non verbally)

This Year in Science - 10th Grade Intro Video

TWIS #14

This week inn science we did a phenomenon known as "HIPPO." We read an article on HIPPO and then in our observation log we did an overview on hippo. The next day we watched three videos on introduced species and population growth. We was given a packet and had to answer it by reading about the European Starlings and watching a video. Then, the next day, we got into groups and we was given either a renewable source or nonrenewable. My group was assign "oil". We then had to create a poster on oil by drawing a diagram on how its formed and write like a paragraph about what it can be used for. On Friday we did a practice regents exam questions.

I learned about a phenomenon and about the starlings birds. And how they were imported to the United States.

TWIS #11

This week in science we was walking around the room with post it looking at posters with a word labeled on it. We had to write what we knew about the word or at least make an educated guess if we didn't. We then watched a video about the Cellar Spiders habitat. We got into our groups and illustrate what we wanted to be in our ecosystem and how it was supposed to look. The next day, we got our tank and filled 1/4 of it with soil and rocks. We then went to Seward park to create our habitat. We had to put anything that we thought would help the spider survive. In my group, one of us were researching about cellar spiders, the other was drawing the ecosystem of the cellar spider and the other was uploading pictures on Google docs that we took of the ecosystem.

    This week in science what I learned was what a Carbon cycle, Water cycle, Food chain, and  Photosynthesis is. I also learned about Cellar spiders while researching about it online. They have 6 or 8 eyes and if you touch there web they start vibrating really fast making it difficult to see them. I learned creating the Cellar Spider ecosystem was important. And I also learned the scientific name for the Cellar Spider.

TWIS #13

If we were to leave these spider habitat tanks sealed but removed all of the plants, there wouldn't be any oxygen in the tank because plants give out oxygen. They wouldn't survive because since plants are in the ecosystem they produce and use carbon dioxide and glucose and give out oxygen in the process of photosynthesis.

Marine Digital Food Chain

  

sharks eats plankton

                                         

plankton eats diatoms because they are small. bigger plankton will eat other plankton. 

TWIS #12

     This week in science my group and I created a spider observation log during block two. A spider observation log is basically answering questions about the Cellar Spider habitat. We did research on Cellar Spider and the different names it's known for. For example, the scientific name. During class we also watched a video on Ant Caterpillar Mutualism. One thing Ryan did is fed the Cellar spider fruit flies. One thing Jasmine did was help create the habitat with a lot of flowers.
      I learned about the Cellar Spider habitat. I also learned about commensalism, parasitism, mutualism and saprophytes, basically called symbiotic relationships. I still find it complicated. Anyways, I learned the difference between a food web and food chain from watching a brain pop video. Learning about the scientific name for the Cellar Spider was new to me. One thing I learned from what Ryan did was how fast the spider would start eating the fruit flies. Another thing I learned from what Jasmine did was that the more plants or flowers you put in the container the more fungus it would contain.