Week 3

 2/5/2025

This week I learned that most plants go through a similar life cycle. The plant's beginning stages are the seed. Then the seed is germinated and the embryo breaks open. The plant grows down into the soil and the other side grows upwards towards the sky. Then the plant grows and photosynthesis is performed. The plant produces flowers that are pollinated and the seeds spread so the cycle can start over again. We also learned that fast plants are a rapid-cycling form of the species Brassica rapa, a member of the mustard or cabbage family Crucuferae. These types of plants are used in scientific experiments and educational settings; they have a short life cycle allowing for observation and study of plants. We planted our own fast plants to watch over the next couple of weeks.

I learned about the butterfly cycle in preschool and elementary school. The teachers would buy butterflies for the time that we were learning about them and their life cycles. The butterflies would come as caterpillars and as the weeks went on they would slowly go through the stages. The entire class got to watch the caterpillars go into their chrysalis and then transform into an adult butterfly. I really enjoyed this as a student and liked that I could watch the stages with my own two eyes. As a visual student watching things right in front of me made learning and understanding content a lot easier.

In class today we made a 3D Model of the life cycle to practice modeling. We used playdoh to demonstrate four to five parts of the cycle of a living thing of our choice. There was room for creativeness when picking a living thing and then designing the elements describing the parts of the cycle. In our class the groups choose to do a fish, frog, flower, carrot, and plant. It was very interesting to see the different stages everyone chose to demonstrate and the stages that were similar. This is a great inclusive modeling activity for my future students to demonstrate in the future.



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  1. Makenna KopfFebruary 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM

    Hi Kamryn! I really liked the activity we did today with the play dough as well. I think it is a good way to integrate creativity in to science and also doing it with your table partner is a good way to build community. Good post

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  2. AnjaFebruary 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM

    Hi Kamryn! I love your life cycle of a raspberry model. When you were making it, I could see all the amazing details that you put into it. Great work this week. Thanks for explaining step by step what we did this week. This made it easy to see and break down.

    Have a great week 4!

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  3. Audrey WardFebruary 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM

    Hi Kamryn! I also watched butterflies through their life cycle in elementary school. It is really interesting to get to see in person. I agree that the 3d model activity is a great way to get the students engaged with hands on learning! Great post!

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  4. Peyton Wilson Science MethodsFebruary 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM

    Hi Kamryn!
    I love your 3D Model of the life cycle to practice modeling. It is very beautiful. I had the same experience when learning about the butterfly cycle in preschool and elementary school. My teacher would buy butterflies for the time that we were learning about them and their life cycles. The butterflies would come as caterpillars and as the weeks went on they would slowly go through the stages. This was so fun to watch and have a class pet. I am a visual learner so this was great for me to see.

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  5. Izzy S.March 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM

    Hi Kamryn! I really enjoyed reading your post! I like how you showed each of your stages clearly in your 3D model! I think that the butterfly life cycle is a very intersting and fast life cycle to teach your students about in the future!

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