Reflective of Mr. Cuttatree letter

We did a letter to Mr. Cuttatree and we learned about what will happen without the rainforests. We also learned how many trees he is cutting down and why.

Backward looking: I knew nothing about the topic before we started but now I know alot about it. For example now I know about deforestation and before I never heard of the word. I also learned about how important our rain forest is and that when people cut down trees it affects oxygen, animals, plants, and medicine for people.

Inward looking: I thought that it was satisfying that we got the time to do it on Monday and that we did not have to turn it in on Friday. I also liked the project and learned a lot, but it was a little hard at some points. I also found it satisfying that we got to write to Mr. Cuttatree and tell him what he is doing will affect us all including him.

Letter to Mr. Cuttatree

Dear Mr. Cuttatree, 

I heard that you are thinking about cutting down trees for the uppity resort. You should not do this because we all will lose so much stuff that is very important to our survival and environment. Some of the things we will lose are important animals, plants, and medicine. We will lose the beauty of the rain forest and no one will like the smell that will be caused by you cutting trees. It will affect the oxygen and we will lose our loved ones and we will all have a bigger chance to die. We will not have some important medicines that the rain forest provides.

Cutting down the trees will cause the loss of plants, animals and medicine. The animals are important to a lot of stuff like population and a lot more. The plants are needed for the humans and animals and some plants give us the food that we eat. The medicine helps us when we are sick and if it is not there we will have to suffer being sick and possible die. The trees will keep us alive because they breathe out oxygen and breath in carbon dioxide.

Building the resort will affect the food chain and food web. It will make an unhealthy population of animals and plants. It will cause some animals to become extinct and what it eats will overpopulate. If you build the resort, the animals that have not yet become extinct will have less food to eat. The thing that it eats will be eaten too fast and become extinct too which will cause animals to become extinct. 

Cutting the trees will make it so the plants can not make oxygen for us to breath. It will kill tons of people and then people will become extinct. It will kill every living thing that you can see and living things that you can't see. It will make it so even you die and no one will go to your resort. It will affect oxygen, people, animals and plants.

You and others like you will be the one that ends the world for everything. You should NOT build your resort because of all the things it will affect. You will affect the environment and we will never be able get it back. Your resort may be nice but it won't be once things start to smell and we don't have enough oxygen to breath. Think about all the things the rainforest provides!  
 

11/14 Deforestation

I learned that deforestation means to cut down trees or in other words destroy trees. I also learned that it will cause it to smell and it will make it so there's not much oxygen in the world.

Backward looking: I knew nothing about the topic before we started and I never heard the word "deforestation" before we started to learn about it in class. I also did not know that their is a man that is cutting down trees for a uppity resort. I did not learn anything about this in my old school. I have learned so much more at "Adventure" and a lot about deforestation now that we are studying it.

Inward looking: My goals were that I finished everything that I was/am assigned in class and at home. For example, I started my letter to Mr. Cuttatree and plan on finishing this on Monday. My goals did not change and I am still working on the goals that I set for this week. I so far met my goals and I think that I will continue to meet my goals in the future.

11/7 Jaguar

I learned that the jaguar is one of the biggest cats in the cat family. The jaguar is a wild cat and is a carnivore. It hunts at night while some or all of its prey are asleep and it sometimes hunts in the day. The jaguar sometimes sleeps on branches of the trees that are provided in the rainforest or near a bunch of trees to stay hidden and protected. It is way bigger than a house cat and it is pretty big compared to some wild cats.

Backward looking: I used some websites and I would want to use them all again. The resources that I used were good and none were bad. Here are a couple of the websites that I used and really liked a lot.  http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/jaguar/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar

Inward looking:  I liked how we got to pick our animal for the animal report. I liked it because sometimes we are assigned a certain animal and this time I got to choose what animal I wanted to research. I chose the Jaguar because it is in the cat family and I love all kinds of cats.  I also liked how we got to pick the name for the blog post.     

10/31 "Interdependence of Organisms - 2".

I learned that there is more than one kind of symbiosis and those are parisitsm, commensalism, and mutualism. I also learned the name and what symbiosis is and what it does. I also learned the nature and human versions of  symbiosis.

Backward looking: I only knew about fleas but I did not know the name like parasitism. I pretty much knew nothing about the subject until I watched the video in class. An example of symbiosis is that you allow us to improve our grade and I care about my grade so we are performing mutualism and hopefully we will both be happy with the details in my edited blog.

Inward looking: It tells me that when I work it helps to make a  flip project or a project or visual aid even if we have to turn it in. It helps me so I can visualize the project that we did. I visually learn and I learned that by doing the flip project it help me to remember symbiosis.   

10/24 "Interdependence of Organisms - 1"

I learned that plants, herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores are part of the food chain. I also learned that you need a certain amount of each part of the food chain or a species of animal can possibly become extinct and it would affect the whole food chain. I knew that we are at the top of the food chain because no animals eat us but we eat animals and plants but some of us eat only plants.

I only knew a little bit about the food chain and nothing about the food web. I found it satisfying  that you allow us to retake tests and quizzes. Thank you so much for letting whoever wants to retake the human body quiz. It is great to have teacher that always wants to see her students succeed.

Nervous System

Function: The function of the nervous system is to send messages from your brain to your body and from your body to your brain. This is why you can feel things.

Organs: 
nerves: Your nerves are what the signals travel on to get to your brain and to get from your brain. When you touch something the signal travels from your nerves to your brain and when your brain wants you to do something the signal travels from your nerves to do it.
brain: Your brain is a very important part of the nervous system. It is what tells your body to do things and the signal travels through the nerves and you do it. When you feel something the signal goes to your brain so that you can feel what you are touching.
spinal cord: Your spine is another important part of the nervous system. The spinal cord is what the nerves connect to and it tells your brain stuff and your brain tells your body stuff. When you break your spine you will most likely get paralyzed so you can move or feel what is paralyzed.

Other systems that the nervous system works with:
          The nervous system work with all of the systems because it tells everything what to do. The nervous system works with the urinary system to tell your brain when to pee. Your nervous system works with the muscular system to know when to move. The nervous system works with the skeletal system because some of your nerves are in or are part of your bones like how the spine has a very important nerve in it. The nervous system works with the respiratory system to allow you to breathe. The nervous system works with the immune system to tell it when you are sick. The nervous system works with the circulatory system to tell your heart to beat. The nervous system works with the digestive system to tell your brain when to start digesting and when you eat food.

Analogy:

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The nervous system is like mail because:

• They both deliverer a message from one place to another
• They both tell whatever is on the other end something
• They both have have something this signal or the mail travels on like how the mail has roads and the nervous system has nerves.

The nervous system is like mail because they both have the goal of getting something from one place to another. They both tell something to something else. They both make it so that whatever is traveling or being deliver travels on something like how the mail has a road and how the nervous system has nerves.

Structure and Function: 

The main function of the brain is to tell your body everything it needs to do in order for you you to live. It also tells your body to move when you want it to move so that you can walk and you can move your arms. Your brain is made just for this.

1. The brain is as big as it is because if it was any smaller we may not be able to remember as much. We also would not be as smart as we are because if we did not have as much memory or as much storage then we couldn't remember things.

2. Your brain is in your head because it has lots of protection in the head because of the skull. The brain is also connected with your most important nerve which is your spine. your brain also need to be close to important parts of your body like your eyes, ears, mouth etc. because those signals need to get to your brain quick so you can react.

3. Your brain is shaped like it is because the different parts of your brain need to be able to fit together like how the brain stem has to connect to your spine and your cerebrum. Your corpus callosum need to be able to fit to connect the two halves of your brain. Your cerebellum needs to fit in the back of your brain.

Sources:

http://kidshealth.org/en/kids/nsmovie.html

https://www.brainpop.com/health/bodysystems/nervoussystem/