Kallea Christy

                                               Week13 Lab/Lecture Description of what we did in the lab? Weather is day to day.  The climate is the average of weather over thirty years.  The climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get.  Goldfinches will eventually go further north because of climate and precipitation. New state bird? Eventually might get Missouris birds?  Is the Loon going to Canada? Wild call.  The world is getting hot, the world is going to shit, people, animals, plants are dying and people are getting sick.  We wrote a very lovely worded email to tedward. \=] The big question addressed in the lab?  How do we know that the Goldfinch is in fanger in Iowa?  What type of data do we have that supports that climate change is happening? A description of what you learned in Thursday's lectu...

                                               Week12 Lab/Lecture Description of what we did in the lab? We watched the eclipse, so cool.  We also went over the climate change movie we watched for a homework assignment.  I also learned that you can fail a student in the state of Iowa if they say climate change isn't real.  We looked through photos that NASA has posted that are before and after climate change.  We did some digging on a website created by ISU that shows rainfall in areas in Iowa. My partner and I did the Drake Region. So the South Central Region has a 33.33% increase in precipitation.  The big question addressed in the lab?  What is climate change? A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. We took a test.  Answer questions about the weekly textbook reading: What did you learn? "In a wa...

                                               Week11 Lab/Lecture Description of what we did in the lab? In the lab, we had 11 samples of sand and we looked at them under a microscope. We looked at each one and then described it to the best of our abilities. The photo on the right is my favorite one we observed. The rocks are only made naturally and you can only find them in certain parts of the world too. Each little pebble looks like an egg which I thought was cool and unique compared to the other sands we viewed.  The big question addressed in the lab?  Where did the sands come from? How did these sands end up looking that way? Weathering and erosion?  A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. We learned what canned beverages floated or sank.  Pepsi loses its volume after a decade in a can.  Geodes outside ...

                                              Week10 Lab/Lecture Description of what we did in the lab? In the lab this week we made rocks! Not really rocks though, fake rocks out of Starburst  We made two kinds of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary.  I was in charge of the mini flame thrower, probably not a wise decision but I had fun in the process.  Sedimentary rocks are formed by pressure.  I squished one in my hand and Elle stomped on the other.  Metaphoric rocks are formed by heat and pressure.  I melted both and then Alexa squished them in her hands.  Igneous rocks are formed by heating up and then cooling down.  I melted both and we let one cool down by just sitting there and the other we dunked in cool water.  The big question addressed in the lab?  What is the earth made out of? What are the l...

                                              Week 9 Lab/Lecture Description of what we did in the lab? In the lab, I learned how the presidential election shows the old 100 million-year-old coastline. It is believed it is that way because there were more blacks in the area so they voted for someone that looked like them.  We also created a timeline of the whole universe, we had the Big Bang, then the creation of the earth, moon, animals, plants, and humans, and the creation of the moon.  We also then looked up the interactive we were using, 5 events that happened from the beginning of Earth to now.  The big question addressed in the lab?  What came first on Earth? Humans, dinosaurs, land plants, land animals, or the creation of the moon?  A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. Took an exam.  Answer questio...

                                                            Week 7 Lab/Lecture Description of what we did in the lab? We created a model of half of the solar system in the lab. The model consisted of the sun, 4 inner planets, and the moon. We used a whiteboard for our sun, we just drew a giant circle. The four inner planets and the moon were made out of play dough. We placed them after we did calculations to place them at the correct distance from each other to replicate the solar system.  The big question addressed in the lab?  The big question we talked about in lab was 'How big is the Solar System?' And my oh my the solar system is HUGE.  A description of what you learned in Thursday's lecture. In Thursday's lecture, we discussed the moon. We discussed to origin of the moon and how it orbits....