1. What did you learn this week?
We went over the 8 characteristics of living things in lab this week. The 8 characteristics are: cellular composition, metabolism, response to stimuli, maintain homeostasis, reproduction, genetics and hereditary, growth and change, and movement. We made anchor charts for these characteristics and discussed them as a group as well. In this lab, we also disected seeds and identified the seed shell, cotyledon, and embryo.
2. Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew?
I already knew most of the characteristic of living vs nonliving things, but I learned how to demonstrate these characteristics. Another thing that I was able to relate to my prior knowledge is the germinations process and how a seed becomes a plant. However, I didn't know the parts of seed and how it is not technically a living thing in a seed state. 
3. How can you apply what you've learned to your teaching in the future?
This information from the lab will help me in the future when I am teaching living vs nonliving things. I will likely use the bean disection lab as an activity in class too because it was a great way to learn the parts of a seed. You could clearly see the different parts and this would be a great hands-on activity for kids. 
Hi Meredith! I loved how you showed the specific pictures for each step of class and what they taught you. This was a good way to split up the different things we learned. I also agree the bean lab will help show living vs non living things and be an easy way to describe it to younger students.
ReplyDeleteHi Meredith! I also did not know that seeds were considered non-living and dormant. In elementary school, I remember dissecting a bean to look at the different parts and also want to use this as an activity on living things in my future classroom.
ReplyDeleteHi Meredith, as well as the other comments and your own blog post, I agree that the seed dissection would be a great hands on activity for students! I think you did a great job of breaking down the different parts of the lab so those who might not of been in class could still understand the basics of what was talked about.
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