ECOSYSTEMS - INTERACTIONS, ENERGY, DYNAMICS

This week in the lab we focused further on ecosystems and expanded our knowledge on interactions, energy, and dynamics within different ecosystems. 

One example of a dynamic within an ecosystem is pollination and the process between bees and flowers. Bees are an essential part of pollination and for a flower's life cycle. 

All the information learned this week can be connected to prior science knowledge that I have retained in the past. In older science courses, we touched briefly on the parts of a flower and the pollination practice but all of it was surface level. With the specific knowledge I learned and built off of this week, I will incorporate that in my classroom by having the framework to effectively teach my students to their standard.

Almost anything we do in lab can be included in my future classroom which is an advantage of a hands-on course like this one. Being able to track different activities such as fast plants, pollination, and caterpillars are all examples of observational activities that I plan to use in my own classroom. On top of that, I also want to incorporate games, videos, and whole-group activities similar to the ones we do. 

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