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Cycle A Individual: Teacher as Problem Solver

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Cycle A Individual: Teacher as Problem Solver

Cycle A Team: Teacher as Problem Solver

Cycle B Team: Model Building

Cycle C: Teacher as Designer

 

 

Cycle A Individual: Teacher as Problem Solver

  • Read the Reflection Rubric.
  • Read the Scenario.
  • Think about what you understand to be true and the reasons for those ideas about the scenario (prior knowledge). Upload your prior knowledge reflection to your Portfolio in ESSEA for a grade.
  • Post your understandings in your Discussion Space.
  • Review the sample investigations and resources.
  • Read your teammates' postings and respond to at least one other person's ideas in Discussion Space.

 

Resources: Cycle A Individual: Prior Knowledge

Cycle A: Teacher As Problem Solver
Individual: Reflection Rubric

 

Javier Guajardo ESSEA Dust Storm.docx   

Climate Change - Corina Carmona 

Cycle A - DA.docx Delilah Alegria

 

Climate Change: The possibility of a new Dust Bowl.

Team discussion on the effects of a dust bowl on the earth spheres.

LegendJavier Guajardo, Juanita R. Martinez, Delilah Alegria, and Corina Carmona.

Earth's Spheres
Climate Change: The effect of a new Dust Bowl on each sphere

Lithosphere 

What are the effects of a dust bowl on the lithosphere?

Javier

Juanita:

Delilah: Too much dust from the Dust Bowl can cause erosion.

Corina: Depletion of water resources will cause the land to dry up giving way to a new dust storm.

Biosphere 

What are the effects of a dust bowl on the biosphere?

Javier

Juanita: With all of the dryness in  the air and the biosphere drying out and dying, wild fires are a major threat.

Delilah: It would hinder the primary biological processes that occur within nature, such as photosynthesis.

Corina: Dry land is not viable for crops and vegetation, which die off and deplete the  resources that animals and humans depend on.   

Hydrosphere 

What are the effects of a new dust bowl on the hydrosphere?

Javier:  The Ogallala. 

Juanita:

Delilah: A New Dust Bowl can deposit sand and solvents into bodies of water and create mud, ultimately affecting vegetation.

Corina: Lack of water resources cause a dust bowl, and the debris from a dust bowl eventually gets deposited into the ocean and other bodies of water.

Atmosphere 

What are the effects of a new dust bowl on the atmosphere?

Javier

Juanita: The humidity in the air has diminished due to the lack of moisture.

Delilah: It is still blocking out all the primary biological processes creating problems with the oxygen, possibly creating more diseases.  

Corina: Dust engulfs the air making it hard to breathe and effecting visibility.

 

LegendJavier Guajardo, Juanita R. Martinez, Delilah Alegria, and Corina Carmona.

 

Team:  Feel free to add your own prior knowledge to this chart and color code it according to the legend above.  Hope this helps.  ~Corina

 

Prior Knowledge

Supported by what prior knowledge and what does that imply

 

Explanation of your reasoning

 

 

Lists of things I know

 

Land becomes dried up due to lack of water resources

 

Being a resident of the southwestern states and living through a drought. 

 

Life experience, witness to the effects of a  lack of water resources.

 

Crops, vegetation, and living things die off due to a drought

Being a resident of the southwestern states and living through a drought. 

Life experience, witness to the effects of plants dying off and animals perishing or migrating.

 

Debris engulfs the air

Being a resident of the southwestern states and living through a drought. 

Life experience, witness to the effects of dust storms to a small degree.

 

 

Rising temperatures is a contributing factor to a drought

Being a resident of the southwestern states and living through a drought. 

Rising temperatures lead to evaporation.

 

Overpopulation is a contributing factor to a drought

Logic: General population depending on the same natural resources

Natural resources are not growing as rapid as the population and are not replenishable.

 

Fracking is a contributing factor to the pollution of water resources

Contamination of water resources resulting in nonpotable.  Documentary on fracking. 

Chemicals are leaking into the soil and contaminated water resources

 

Less rain is a contributing factor to a dust bowl.

Life experience. 

Shrinking water resources.  Rivers, lakes, etc.

  I know that debris in the air causes breathing problems.   I have a cousin who has asthma.  It is hard for him to play or be outside when it is windy because his breathing gets heavy. 
  I know that if there is enough debris in the air to block out the light, biological processes will be hindered.   I saw a movie once where they were racing horses, and there was a massive sandstorm that blocked out the whole day. It went completely dark.   When there is a lot of particles or dust in the air, it is thick enough to block out rays from the sun. 
  Vegetation is affected by a lack of water.   Plants cannot grow without water and sun. In order for photosynthesis to ocur requires both water and sun. 

List of things I know I don’t know:

 

 

I know nothing about the Ogalalla Aquifier

Course reading discusses the depletion of this resource as a contributing factor to the dust bowl.

I don’t know enough about the Ogalalla Aquifier to determine  the impact of this natural resource. 

 

I don’t know all the contributing factors of the Dust Bowl in the 30’s

Economic factors, water resources and government acts are contributing factors according to the course  readings. 

I don’t know how these contributing factors play in if at all, and what other factors that are not mentioned may have contributed as well.

 

Economic factors are not discussed but seem to be a contributing factor.

The course readings do mention the Great Depression which coincides with the Dust Bowl

Economic factors need to be investigated as to how much this contributed to the Dust bowl. 

       

List of things I wonder about                          

 

I wonder how much land was abandoned during the dust bowl. 

 

 

Homesteaders were partly to blame for the dust bowl according to the class readings.

How much land actually abandoned by the homesteaders may determine how much it was a contributing factor.

 

I wonder if there might be alternative water sources.

There are different types of water recycling available.   

I am not aware of all types available.

 

What measures are being taken and can be done to reduce our intake of water. 

There are water conservation regulations that have been set locally.

What other water conservation methods can be implemented?

       
       

 

Cycle A: Teacher As Problem Solver
Individual: Reflection Rubric

Team: Knowledge Building Rubric

 

 

 

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