Earth and Environmental Blog Week 8

Monday or October 19, 2015 C.E.:

 No school today!

Tuesday or October 20, 2015 C.E.:

Today we started to wrap up our Sustainable Ecosystems/Eco bottle lab. We took our second to last measurements, and applied the treatment for the last time ever. We went over test and I got 98%. This result is much better than my previous one because I studied. Again it has proven useful to prepare for big test such as this. After this we previewed the next unit. The next unit will be about Tectonic Plates. We talked about the reason the plates move, and what they are.

Wednesday or October 21, 2015 C.E.:

 This is the last day of the Sustainable Ecosystems lab! We collected our last data. On average the controls grew better than the Iron bottles. The difference is only slight on paper, but if you see, the difference is evident. Many more of the control plants germinated compared to the Iron plants. One of the Iron bottles had one or two blades of grass, while a control had more than 20. We also further previewed our upcoming unit.

Thursday or October 22, 2015 C.E.:
Today we completed some vocab cards about our new unit. We also peered reviewed our labs to make sure they are good. After this we started notes on the new Unit 4. We covered the first section. It talked about Earth's oceanic and continental crust. The continental crust is thicker than the oceanic crust, but the oceanic crust is denser. We then also reviewed the characteristics of the mantle, mostly the asthenosphere, and we talked about the core.

Friday or October 23, 2015 C.E.:

Today we completed some more vocab cards related to tectonic plates. We then learned about the second section of the unit. It covers the Continental Drift Hypothesis and continental drift in general. We learned about the reasons why continents could be moving and why. After this we did stations in groups. The stations had all kinds of information of Tectonic Plates in them. We had to list evidence about why Continental Drift Hypothesis is plausible in one station.

Summary: This week was a good week where we learned a lot. I still need to stay focused and make sure I finish my blog in time. I will achieve this by expecting technical difficulties while budgeting my time.