Lorax Reflection

Throughout the video, you were presented with animated 'evidence' that you can use to answer the following questions.


What has happened to the biodiversity over the course of the video?

How does supply and demand affect the economics of this story?

What is the environmental impact on air, water, and land in the video?

What is the balance between need and want in this story?

Does this illustrate the Tragedy of the Commons, NIMBY, or both?

Why is the Lorax so unsuccessful at convincing people to change their economics?  Is there something that could have been done differently?

Can you think of examples in Iowa that illustrate this event happening?

This 'fable' has been praised as having an environmental wake-up call, as well as being a 'gloom-and-doom' scenario of environmental disaster.   Give three points that support each side of the argument.

Tuesday Review

Each Person needs complete this survey


Your group needs to compile the presentation form

Museum Project in Concepts of Astronomy

Each group member is responsible for at least one piece.   If you have a group of 5, you will need to make 5 pieces.

Piece 1:   Create a model of a piece of something in the galaxy (solar system), types of stars, comets, oort clouds, types of asteroids, types of planets, moon features, etc.

Piece 2:  Create a graphic story or comic series that shows an astronomy concept in a fun and informative way.

Piece 3:  Create a presentation that focuses on the age of the universe, the big bang theory, or the distance scale of space (space is honking big, remember)

Piece 4:  Create another interactive piece for your group that focuses on a concept we have covered, such as the life cycle of a star, or fusion, or galaxies, or line spectra, or something else.  Interactive could be a series of flashcards, a game, a online quiz, a series of puzzle tiles.  Remember, this is meant to inform others and entertain them, not BORE them.

Put all of your artifacts in a box that is decorated appropriately.


Grading:

Individual pieces are worth 30 points for the primary creator of the piece.
Group grade is worth 30 points:

Entertainment and information value:  10
Ability to interact with the materials: 5
Understands size and/or scale of universe: 5
Understands pieces within the universe:  5
Understands the life of a star:  5

Stars, Fusion, and Plasma

Find out about the following, and incorporate the definitions (and a picture) into a poster.  These will be done individually, although you can collaborate on gathering the materials.

• plasma
• line spectra
• fusion

Your poster should tell me

1) How these concepts are related to stars

2) How they are related

3) How they are different for different stars

Life Cycle of a Star

Life Cycles

What happens as a star moves through its life cycle? This is a journey to find out. For each step, I need to know the following

• the size of the star
• what it is made of
• the tools we can use to study it
• the balance between pressure and gravity
• if fusion is happening
• if burps or eruptions are happening

Benchmark on Light and Sound

Discuss URL for Barbie doll shows