activity 4

A.4.1. when conducting science investigations, ask and answer questions that will help decide the general areas of science being addressed. During our first activity, I had a question that I had to answer, and with that question I asked other questions to come up with an experiment .  I asked questions such as how much water should I have, what size cups, and how big of a pout should I have. All of these helped me with my experiment and the general areas of science that I was working on, like boiling and freezing water.

 B.4.1 Use encyclopedias, source books, texts, computers, teachers, parents, other adults, journals, populat press, and various other sources to help answer science- related questions and plan investingtons. In my English 102 class, we had to write a research paper on any topic, I chose how science affects children’s learning. During this paper I did a lot of research of many different texts and authors to see how science helps a student learn. Also I used investingations because I was thinking about how it could or could not. The skills that I used here are very similar to what the children will do.

                C.4.2. use the science content being learned to ask questions, plan investigations, make observations, make predictions, and offer explanation.  In my ECE 205 I had to teach a science lesson, my activity was having the children talk about different forest animals and then I had a feely box that they put their hand into and made predictions about what the animal was. They also had to describe why they thought it was what it was, was furring, or scaly. They were using multiple science concepts in a simple activity that I planned for them.  

                D.4.3. Understand that substance can exist in different states- solid, liquid, gas. For this standard I thought of activity one that we did. First the water started as a liquid. Then I decided that I would boil the water so it turned into a gas. Next I started with liquid water again and turned it into a solid by putting it into the freezer. This is something that is very simple that the children can learn how water changes.

E.4.4. Identify celestial objects (star, sun, moon, planets) in the sky, noting changes in patterns of those objects over time. I currently work at the child and family study center and there I work in the two year old classroom. Often times we use different activities to talk about the moon, stars, clouds and sun in the sky. But we do not talk about them changing in patterns because that would be too much for them to understand. But I do help them understand what they can.

F.4.1. discover how each organism meets its basic needs for water, nutrients, protection and energy in order to survive. In the two year old we have a hamster and I did a circle time activity once of how we need to feed him and water him so that he lives. Also that if he was in the wild he would hide most of the time for protection since he is so little. At the end of circle time each of the children got  to give him a treat which gives him extra energy.

G.4.1 identify the technology used by someone employed in a job or position in Wisconsin and explain how the technology helps. Farming is an area that deals with a lot of science but also has seen a huge leap in technology. From a horse drawn plow, to having a gps in tractors. Technology has grown quickly for farming. This technology is helping farmers produce the most crop possible for the acres that they have. Also new technology is efficient which is saving farmers time.

H.4.1. Describe how science and technology have helped, and in some cases hindered, progee in providing better food, more rapid information, quicker and safer transportation and more effective health care. Technology has come a long way. Before food was not produced in the quantities and masses that it is today. But before there was not all the chemicals that are in it now. Also with smart phones and the internet makes information much more accessible now than what it was many years ago. There are also  major advances in technology in terms of transportation, back when people rode horses compared to now when people drive 80 miles an hour in a car. One down fall of that is that there are a lot more accidents  and people getting hurt in transportation now than 20 years ago. Lastly, technology is health care has changed so much, because cures in cancer are much more popular now than they were years ago.

1. I thought that some of the standards seemed more vague and not as in depth as the previous standards. This could be good because it allows for more creativity but maybe the children are not learning what they are supposed to since they are vague. But on the other hand I feel like  some of the new standards are more complicated, but this could also be bad because it may be hard to teach or because it could be hard for the children to learn.

2. These new science concepts relate back to  math and literacy because the students are using their math skills because they are measuring and counting things while doing these science experiments. Also literacy is involved because the students are learning new words and what the new words mean. Once the students know these words they can use them more and more often adding to their vocabulary.

3. One challenge that teachers may face is that some of the new standards are very specific that they have to teach but maybe the children are not interested but since it is so specific the teacher doesn’t have much choice. Also with all the math, the students math lessons may need to happen quicker so they will understand the science but maybe the students are already struggling with math which puts more pressure on the teacher.