Matt Lorenz

 1. What did you do in Lab? Discussed the interview with an elder assignment CO2 data analysis Watched "The Science of Climate Change" video Guided Inquiry: Photon Absorption Determined which gases are greenhouse gases 2. What was the big question? What are the green house gasses and how do they affect climate change? Carbon Dioxide and Methane are the main green house gases. The greenhouse gases trap the suns heat in the atmosphere and do not let it escape.  What is the albedo effect and how does it affect climate? Darker color attracts and absorbs more sunlight versus lighter colors reflecting it. If white ice melts, it is replaced by darker colors.  3. What did you learn in Thursday Discussion? Sources of Natural Variability- solar and volcanic forcings are the two dominant natural contributors to global climate change. There has been no significant changes, leaving only human causes.  The flow of nutrients in the ocean will cease if the North Pole melts Antartica...

 1. What did you do in Lab? Discussed "Before the Flood" and the "Coupled Inquiry Model" with our table groups and as a whole class Climate T/F Kahoot Created a lesson plan to outline how we could introduce reading data in your future classroom Discussed and summarized the key takeaways from climate data  Examined cheery blossoms peak bloom day of the year Trend started becoming earlier in the 1800s due to increased carbon emissions 2. What was the big question? How can data inform our climate change science teaching? By teaching students to value and interpret key pieces of data. In this case, data can clearly detail the climate related changes to our world due to increased temperatures.  3. What did you learn in Thursday Discussion? Misinformation is readily available and we must teach our students to examine their sources  Global warming was predicted in 1896 Why do some regions have a hot climate and some cold? L- Latitude. Distance from the Equator is a key fac...

 1. What did you do in Lab? NASA images of change Discussed the relationship between weather and climate Discussed climate science Group work to investigate rain fall in areas of Iowa We found that precipitation is increasing in Iowa Found that as temperature increases, evaporation increases and precipitation increases 2. What was the big question? Is our state bird, the Goldfinch, in danger? How do we know? Yes. Increased heat will have several health related effects on animals.  3. What did you learn in Thursday Discussion? We had a quiz in Discussion. 4. Textbook         1. What did you learn? Weather is the short-term atmospheric conditions in an area like, "its raining" or "its sunny today". Weather can change day to day. Climate is the usual weather activity that can be expected for an area and time of year. What happens usually. L.O.W.E.R- Latitude, Ocean currents, Wind and air masses, Elevation, Relief Climate change is happening right now in Iowa T...

 1. What did you do in Lab? Discussed the previous weeks homework, "Sweater Article" Learned about the law of superposition Rocks that are further down are older. This helps determine the relative ages of layers of rock. An intrusion is the youngest of the rock that it goes through Determined oldest -> youngest in layers of rock Discussed weathering and erosion the process by which rocks are attacked by the environment Characteristics of sand activity with a microscope 2. What was the big question? What are the different types of erosion and what do they form? 3. What did you learn in Thursday Discussion? Buoyancy/ water displacement experiment  Archimedes principle Geode is the Iowa state rock You can use gravity to determine if a geode is hollow 4. Textbook         1. What did you learn? Rocks are classified as three types: Igneous Sedimentary Metamorphic The key processes in the rock cycle are heat and pressure and weathering and erosion A geode forms...

 1. What did you do in Lab? Formative Assessment- Is it a rock? Discussed "Activity Mania"  Discussed Assessment How do we assess our students? Tests, projects, homework assignments, observations, etc. What does it mean to get an "A"? Grade inflation Danger of comparing students using percentages Layers of the Earth Convection currents Starburst rock cycle 2. What was the big question? How can we create sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks with starbursts? Sedimentary- Compacted starburst together with no heat added.  Igneous- melted the starburst and let them cool. Metamorphic- Compacted starburst together and use little heat so they did not melt. 3. What did you learn in Thursday Discussion? Sand on the beach came from distant mountains and landforms Diverging plates go away from each other. Make ridges. Converging plates go towards each other. Make trenches.  Hawaii hot spot We measure plate movement in mm/yr Oceanic plates do not move at a consistent rate ...

1. What did you do in Lab? Kahoot to prepare for the test Engaged our preconceptions about the timeline of the Earth Earthviewer simulation Convection Cells Video:  https://youtu.be/B1bOknew3XQ 2. What was the big question? What are the significant events in the history of the Earth? A lot has happened in the last 500 million years The Genus Homo did not appear until 2 million years ago and Homo Sapiens well after that Pangea formed 300 million years ago Largest extinction in Earths history occurred about 250 million years ago 3. What did you learn in Thursday Discussion? We had an exam in Thursdays class 4. Textbook         1. What did you learn? If the entirety of the Earth's history was a clock, humans would appear at 11:59:40 PM.  Earth is over 4 billion years old Snowball Earth- the Earth was engulfed entirely in ice The continents moved over time, first known as continental drift A new supercontinent could form in 250 million years     ...