Optional blog post for those looking to replace a missing post or improve a low grade.
Please reflect on one of the following things we learned in class this week.
1. Our socratic circle on "The Burden of Thirst" article
2. Our visitor, Martin Marosy, trout expert.
Mr. Fox
During Martin Marosy visit I learned that having trouts in the water means that water is fresh. I found it surprising because I didnt know that a fish such as the trouts can determine that the water is fresh which was pretty cool yo learn about. It was also intresting to learn how much NYC water drinking is so fresh that when I went up in front of class to try the 3 different sample of the water it tasted normal. All we need is to put one little thing of clorox to kill all the bacteria of the water and right away is safe to drink. If anything was to happen to our water source we could really be introuble so thats why no motor boats or people cant be in the water , to protect our water source and keep our water fresh. I really enjoy Martin visit because I learned so many new things that i didnt know before and I cant wait for the trouts eggs to hatch so we can release these trouts upstate.
ReplyDeleteThe Socratic circle we had on "The Burden of Thirst" was very interesting because it was the first I've had with my class. Both groups had great discussions about the certain circumstances surrounding water, like the obstacles for Boniya to retrieve it to her family, the sexism when women are put through more challenge to do most of the work than men. Overall I believe maybe the second group a little better than my group( the first group)because of the fact we ever have done one as a class and the first one was like test drive, so after we were done others saw the things to avoid during the discussion like disagreement, foul language, no attentiveness and many other stuff. Other then the intriguing discussion, the class learned a great deal about trouts and water. We learned that trouts are an indicator specie, that mean it can tell any trait or characteristic of the environment, like a disease outbreak, pollution, species competition or climate change. Also how to tell the differences between the sexes between the trouts. Male trouts are more colourful and have hook shaped fins while female trouts are more dull in color. But what I think was most interesting was what he said about tap water versus bottles water. Tap water is actually as fresh or maybe better than ordinary bottled water. So instead of having to buy so much water from the stores you can have good fresh and free water right from your home.
ReplyDeleteLUIS MATA(4th PERIOD)
Our Socratic circle on "The Burden of Thirst" article was very difficult to discuss at first. Since it was our first time ever using this method to develop further understanding on the article and our opinion, the first group had a hard time trying to organize their ideas and prevent the dialogue from turning into a debate. There was a lot of disagreement and arguing between what was a fact and between each other’s opinions. I noticed that many of us in the first group weren’t productively contributing to the conversation and that as members of that first group we should of as well persuade or ask respectfully to share their idea/opinion.
ReplyDeleteThe second round of the Socratic circle was much better improved than the first round. As the second round of kids watched us fail and learned what was the not to do while discussing, they changed many of the things that we did wrong and were more structure than the first group of kids. The second round helped others contribute to the conversation by asking questions, they some what disagree but not necessarily a debate. There was an opinion and a fact from the article to back up what they are tying to prove and many great discussions that led to develop such great ideas like, Rafael and Brandon coming up with a way to supply countries who don’t have water by exchanging things that the United States might need from that country and us supplying them with water.
From observing both rounds and participating as well, I notice that the first group will always struggle more than the second round due to the fact that they will never know what is the wrong thing to do without an example. The second round will have less difficulties because they got to see an exemplar of the first round and some what get an idea of what to do when it’s their turn. The Socratic circle was really interesting; I liked it because it became important to hear each other’s idea and what we have to say about what we have read. As long as we keep practicing what is the right way to create a group discussion, we will be able to go beyond and develop further what we are thinking also develop the strategy to add on to each others ideas.
During Martin Marosy visit i learned how to tell the differences between the sexes of the trouts. the differences are that the males trouts are colorful and it has a hook shaped fins and the females trouts are more dull in color.I also learned that trout can determine if the water is fresh which it was amazing because i didnt knew that this type of fish can determine the type of water which it make sense because the trout fish are from fresh water. i found interesting when he said that tap water is fresh and it can be better than the normal bottled water.
ReplyDelete` ( Nadine Gomez 6th pd)
When we were doing the Socratic Circle my class, period 2, started out a little weak, but managed to end strong. The article "The Burden of Thirst" is about the hardships of a woman in Africa as well as the purity and availability of water to her and the village. The Socratic Circle is helpful because it allowed us to discuss and possibly debate the contents of the article through the meaningful questions that Mr. Fox gave us. Though this activity when first used needs to be conducted a couple of times before it takes full effect. In our class my group which was first barely talked, and those who did were 3 people who talked when no one else did. But this clearly changed the second round where the great majority spoke with frequency.
ReplyDeleteMartin Marosy's visit was greatly helpful in letting us understand the anatomy of trout. From him i have learn that trout actually have similar organs to humans. Before him I've never really knew what the inside of the is like except for the spiny spine and the grilled/fried meat that we eat. We didn't just learn about trout, but also about watersheds, which is where our water comes from. Unfortunately we didn't have the time to talk about the college which he was going to talk to us about. But overall I gained a great insight to our class' future trip, which is to release the trout we raise into the upstate streams.
The article "The Burden of Thirst" is about woman in Africa that do most of the work from there family because if they dont then men will call them lazy and they dont want no man calling them lazy. Also woman need to walk miles to get the river for they can get water and need to walk back with 50 pounds back to there homes most young girls leave school to help out there family and dont make it past the 8th grade.
ReplyDeleteMartin Marosy's visit was helpful because i got to learn more about trouts and understand the types of trouts witch one are males or females. Also how they spawn there eggs in the river around sping time. This show me that trouts are salt and fresh water fish can live in river or in ocean this help me out to understad more about trouts.
ELLISON LUGO
In environmental science class this week we did a Socratic Circle.Basically we did two circles, an inner circle and a outer circle. The circle inside would discuss a topic or answer questions with the members of their circle. The outer circle would them give them feed back on how well they answered or how well they listed to each other. When the first group stared the discussion, they stared of weak. Only some of the people were answering or participating at all .They were also not being very good listeners and they mostly turn the discussion into an argument. Me and the rest of the outer circle gave them feedback. When it was our turn to discuss, I felt like we did a better job. Mostly everyone participated and stated their opinion on how they felt about the issue.We ask the other member's of our group to give their opinion if they weren't participating as much. I found this Socratic circle very fun.I like the idea of free speech. I also liked it that we did not need it to raise our hands to answer. I found it also very helpful that we could get feed back from class mates. With all the feedback we got I know that will have a better conversation next time that we do a Socratic circle.
ReplyDeleteJovany mitzi- period 4
Martin Marosy visit was great he gave a deep understanding of what were trouts and how water works.He gave a great demonstration on water cycle and where could the best water or you can say dink able water found.For example some things he said that I found very important was
ReplyDelete-watersheds an area of land that is drained by a system of waterways and everything that happens on the land effects the water.
-Trouts are residents of our local waters, brook trouts are native in the East indicator spices.
-lateral line is like their food source (nose)
-Agriculture can increase EROSION and NUTRIENT RUNOFF, but it depends on specific practice and location.
- Pavement and impermeable surface water cant seep into ground and moves fast.
-Houses and lawn, most lawns are chemicals and fertilizers that can find their way into our streams.
Well these were some good notes I took down while he was giving his demo, that it turned out really good.