Lab Week 6

This week in lab we did a lot of review from previous weeks, including discussing the different biomes and how they would be affected by certain natural and human disasters. We also talked about sea turtles and the obstacles they face even as babies and when they are in eggs which leads to a survival rate of only 1/1,000. We filled out a t-chart of helpful and harmful factors that were both natural and human-caused. One thing that I already knew was that sea turtles are in danger and they require some human intervention to survive, so I was able to reinforce that with these activities and book reading. One way I can apply this learning to my teaching in the future is to emphasize that ecosystems can be influenced both positively and negatively by interfering with animal's survival. My partner and I pointed out how even though many sea turtles do not survive into adulthood, it is a touchy concept to completely turn that around and help almost every sea turtle to survive. Though it seems like a good thing to help sea turtles live through human influence, it can greatly impact food availability and other resources in the ecosystem which can hurt many other species within that ecosystem. I think this is an important concept to be discussed in my future classroom.

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  1. BrookeFebruary 22, 2023 at 7:59 AM

    Okay first of thank you for this wonderful picture of me. Secondly, I also found it surprising that turtles had such a low survival rate. I definitely learned a lot more about turtles today.

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  2. Meredith BourgeousFebruary 22, 2023 at 8:07 AM

    Hi Brenna, I thought the T chart we filled out was interesting because it helped us gain more knowledge about sea turtles and factors that can help and harm them. I wasn't aware that there were so many!

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  3. Anne GuestFebruary 22, 2023 at 11:20 AM

    Hi Brenna, your comment about how ecosystems can be affected by positive and negative things is great. As much as people should help, there is a time where if it is causing more harm than good, people should just leave the animals alone. I think people should educate themselves more before they start trying to make things better because you never know if it is good or harmful.

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