Global Warming

If the polar ice caps were to melt I feel a lot would happen.  First all of the animals which are dependent on the sea ice will most likely become extinct.  They will lose their habitat and will suffer when having to find a new place to live.  All of the water which melts has to go somewhere.  The sea levels will rise and the land surrounded by water will be lost.  The continents will shrink and be underwater.  The coral life under the sea which is very sensitive to temperature changes will seize to exist.  The increased temperature can cause extreme weather events.  With the rate of deforestation and industrialization increasing the amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere our plants and ocean cannot absorb it fast enough.   I feel global warming is cause by many things and not enough is being done to reduce these effects.  Yes we have started to try and cut back with car emissions with hybrid cars but they lead to other problems.  Replanting trees after a harvest again is helping but not now, it takes years for new tress to grow and really help turn carbon dioxide around.  In my option I think we are a little too late.  We will never be able to stop global warming.  We might be able to slow down the process but it is inevitable, there is no way to re-build the ozone and our atmosphere.   This experiment was depressing to me in a way.  It is sad to think we helped to make global warming happen and they are little which can be done.  But who knows what we will be able to think of next to help elevate the amount of carbon dioxide.  Anything is possible I guess.

STEM Lesson Reflection

While developing my lesson plan I found the format to be every in depth.  I have only one made a lesson plan using this format for my second class at Walden.  Even when I was developing that lesson plan it was an effort which took place over the 7 weeks of the class.  Even still this outline was different.  I am not used to developing a lesson this way.  I found the 5 E’s somewhat useful.  I think I need to get used to them first before I am confident in using them.   The lesson plan I developed I feel is weak due to lack of use of the lesson plan format.  I lot of the time I felt like I was repeating myself in the different sections.  Is this right? 

If I was to implement this lesson I feel I would be able to do it justice in the classroom.  My lesson is a unit in itself since it is 4 weeks long I feel and I would be able to present it to my students appropriately.  But I do know I would have to make modifications along the way.  For example my questioning will change according to my student’s answers.  During the lesson I know I will have to be aware of the weather and since I am bringing my students outside to collect pine cones for their experiment.  Also, I will need to have pine cones in stock in case there are not enough for my students. 

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make using this lesson template easier?

  

Lost and confused…. : (