Megan - Elementary Science Blog

 In this week's class, we learned about adaptations and how they work with our everyday environment. We also played a game where we learned about natural selection. In this game, we have 100 black, white, and brown beans. We each were the predators while the beans were the prey and we had to use a spoon, knife, or fork to try and pick up the beans. This showed how natural selection and how adaptions work. Natural selection is when an animal either changes or adapts to the new changing environment. I think that this game would be a good way for the students to get an idea of how natural selection works and the basic ideas of natural selection and adaptation.  This is us showing the way we picked up the beans and put it into the cup. 

 This week in class, we learned about the ideas of DNA and RNA. In this topic, we learned the differences between the four bonds within. For example, in DNA the four bonds are A and T and then C and G. In RNA there is no T, so the letters are A and U and then C and G. This is how the strands work. We also learned about mutations and how they can affect the DNA strand and also how a mutation works in a DNA strand. This was really interesting to learn about and can benefit my future students because it will help them also understand the way they look. Lastly, once again, we looked at our plant and got to see the growth of our plant. Unfortunately, it is getting very dry and starting to die a little. Overall, I enjoyed learning about DNA and RNA this week.  Our plant from this week!