Adriana Garcia

What Forces this Motion? Collection

Fri, Mar 25, 2016 9:10 AM
Forces of Motion

I thought this collection had a variety of materials that teachers can use in the classroom. It helps bring knowledge of what affects motion to the forefront. I found the article about Do Moving Objects Carry a Force With Them to be very interesting and useful. It has a jumping off point that any student, I think, will be excited to explore (a penny falling from the empire state building). The figures and mathematics behind it can really tell me the application of force on an object. Another article I found interesting in the collection was How Does Force Affect Motion? I think identifying misconceptions of something you want to teach your classroom is always important. It also let me know what students are missing or what their misconceptions could be which can be a good jumping off point or something to remember when planning lessons around this topic. Overall, I thought this collection provided useful info that I can use in the future.

Food Chain/Web Collection

Wed, Nov 25, 2015 1:09 AM
The Food Chain!

I really enjoyed the variety of resources I found in your collection. The Figuring Out Food Chains journal article has a great lesson that factors in a read aloud book which I think kids will get excited about. I always enjoy reading aloud to students too so that's a bonus for me. I also like the lesson on the Insect Habitat Web which reminded me of the population demonstration because of students seeing connections between the organisms using yarn. I really like the web idea since you can use it with so many different animals in different ecosystems. The soil book chapter is also helpful since soil is such a huge part of a food chain that might not be necessarily talked about when students learn about food chains. Your Interdependence of Life science object was helpful since it embodies what food chain are all about. This was a wonderful collection!