10/17/09 Blog!!!

This week in Science class we focused on our list of objects consisting of:

• demonstrate knowledge of a microscope
• learn how to use it-what each part does
• know names of parts
  
• how to hold microscope
• know how to make a slide (wet mount dry mount)
• Test the materials sent from CHD
  
• Enter your own objectives
• Conduct at least two experiments-one microscope & one petri
• Analyze blood results
• And some more...

So we had a lot to do! My group tested a pot/chicken in a petri dish and pond water under a microscope, after we studied for and took our quizzes. Before we could conduct our experiments. we wrote out procedures for them. We learned how to do experiments by learning about microscopes and petri dishes, getting mini-lessons on making slides, talking about science safety, and having class discussions. It is very important to learn how to conduct an experiment now because as we grow up, we'll be doing more and more experiments. Also, if we are involved with experimenting or if we are scientists when we're older, this is something we'd have to know how to do with ease.

We also talked about small organisms this week. We learned about them by studying a simulation that focuses in on tiny organisms such as Paramecium and tRNA. It is important to know about these little organisms because: 1- they are all around us and 2- AS we continue experimenting as we grow up, these might be organisms involved with the experiment we are conducting, and I think that it's important to know what you're experimenting.