Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Pea Soup link

Today in class, we went on Mr. Finley's website and we are making a list of everything we see on the pea soup link. Right away we saw peas. The peas are all the same size and color. Some are wrinkled and some different shapes. One group thought they were yellow while others thought they were green. The also thought that the green ones were more wrinkled then the yellow ones. Some are different then others. Everyone in the room has a different simulation. So everyone is looking at different things. Like parents, everyone has different parents so all the kids look different. Lea's group noticed that there is one "odd ball" which means it looks different from the rest. At the top they show the parent peas with two children peas. Underneath the children there are radio buttons, which make them breed. They can self-pollonate. We were talking about how the parents look like the children. We chose peas to breed and predicted what would happen. If we weren't wrong we have to go back and change our hypothesis. We go back untill we get it right. Some of us predict that they will stay the same while others think that there will be a 50-50 split. One group thinks that all of them are going to change in some way. Mr. Finley wants us to play 5 times untill we get it right 5 times in a row. It's important to keep track of what you thought and what actually happened. We think it's a good idea to make a table of your results. Happy testing!

CA - 4th time

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