Entry #3

From a glance:

·      Growth has finally occurred

·      One strand of string has been submerged

·      Water level has decreased, not much though

·      Condensation is less than last week’s

·      More shrimp life is apparent; baby shrimp

·      Elodea looks the same

Reflection:

We have concluded that allow students to draw something causes them to observe more carefully because they have to be aware of the details so they could create a proper drawing. It is also a good way to replace writing and provides a more enjoyable activity for those students who are artistically inclined, whom seem to be left out in the traditional classroom. Students will also generally connect more with the experiment by having them draw their observations. Drawing allows the student to possibly detect miniature details that a digital picture would lack in. So drawing not only helps develop their artistic skills and observation skills, but also fosters a developing classroom community while the students work together. When you draw something it’s like taking a magnifying glass and scrutinizing the detail, which further advances learning.  

There is life!

 String submersion

 Our Versions of the Dual Ecosystem 

                     Jose Molina

 It is important to note that we all see the ecosystems differently, it is also amazing to see the dual ecosystems through everyone else's eyes, the drawings were interesting, and brought up more group discussions among all of us. 

                                                                        Norma Acosta 

 Mayra Banda  

                

                                                                                          

                                                                                               Alejandro Sifuentes 

We all concluded that the reason why we saw growth in our plants, was because one of the strings submerged into the lower section. We believe that was a determined factor in the reason why we finally saw growth of our plants. It was so surprising to see how all of our pictures are so different. Each and one of the pictures have some common representation, but what differentiate our pictures, was that some of us added more details to some of the pictures.