QTF

When first learning about QTF I thought it would be easy. After getting into groups and trying it out I found out that it is pretty hard. In your head you think it's easy to come up with as many questions as you can think of but it's very hard to do. I believe that this method of thinking will help us a lot in the future. Since we were in elementary school, we've always been told to be creative and honestly as time goes on we lose that creativity. I found it fascinating that even that video that we watched pointed this out. I love when it said that we are taught that there's only one answer and it's in the back of your book, and you better not look. I believe that using the QTF will help student with their creativity and thinking outside of the box.

Science

Science to me is noticing a problem or situation and trying to find a solution for a reason to that problem. Usually with Science you first observe, then you brainstorm what could be a cause to the problem or how you might fix it. Then you try out your brainstorms and collect data. Data helps us see what does and doesn't work. Without Science we wouldn't understand the world around us.

Most of my experience with science have been in school. One good experience was in third grade when I received second place in the science fair. Keep in mind though every kids got a ribbon from fourth place to first haha. The worst experience with science was in seven grade I struggled with Chemistry and ended up failing a semester.

I have used the scientific approach with my car. I wanted to see how my gas mileage changed between city streets and the freeway. I noticed that when I took the city streets my gas seemed to disappear within days. Since I have an older car I thought maybe that taking the freeway would help my gas mileage. One week when I filled up I made sure to take the freeway as much as I could. Then when I was on empty I calculated my gas mileage. I got about twenty-three miles to the gallon so for my 1993 Oldsmobile that was  pretty good. Then when I filled up again I took only city streets my gas mileage dropped to seventeen miles to the gallon. Since I have done this little experiment I try to take the freeway as much as I can.

I am taking this course because I am going into Elementary Education. I am excited for this class. So far it seems like it will be pretty fun and I'm sure I will learn a lot. I'm expecting that this class will be a little challenging but nothing that I can't handle.

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