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The relation between scientific inquiry and scientific method is that scientific method is used when preforming scientific inquiry. Teachers using scientific inquiry properly, should also make it aware to their students that when doing experiments, the scientific method should be used. My thinking of scientific inquiry and method before this course was that the method is the steps taken to complete an experiment and that inquiry helps one carry out the experiment. While completing activities throughout this course it has made me aware of how teachers use scientific method while teaching. Some identify the steps to the students while most lessons have the method built into it. After my experiences in NS 100 I believe I will recognize when the scientific method is used not only within the classrooms but throughout life.

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In order for there to be life there must be complex chemical compounds such as RNA and DNA, just the right amount of energy, and liquid water. Some characteristics that all living things on earth share are that they all take in energy from outside to maintain themselves and this is called metabolism. All living things also seem to constantly try to balance the conditions inside and outside themselves in order to survive as long as possible, this is called homeostasis. They also can make copies of themselves through reproduction. They all contain the molecules of DNA and RNA. All of the information in the molecules of RNA and DNA in living things can change so that later generations may be slightly different. Before NS 100 I knew that life was very complex, but doing the research on this has made me realize the many factors that are needed to sustain and create life. I will continue to grow in this topic after this course by keeping in mind just how precious living things are and all of the work it takes to create a living organism.

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Microscopic changes have Macroscopic effects

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Microscopic changes have Macroscopic effects

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The Bunny Blitz simulation came to mind when given the topic microscopic changes having macroscopic effects. Within this simulation I was given the task to add mutations to the genes of the rabbits so that in the end all rabbits would either have brown fur, long teeth, or long ears. Adding a microscopic change such as a gene mutation caused a macroscopic effect of finishing with having all rabbits with the same look. It took many generations to accomplish this. Before this simulation I did not realize how just one mutation within a gene can effect many generations after. My thinking has changed about this topic because I visually got to watch multiple generations within seconds and see just how these mutations can benefit them or even remove them from existence.

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Science is an entire exercise in finding out the truth about different things. The way science works is identifying a problem or question, and then experimenting or finding the solution and explanation for such things. Before NS 100 my thinking about science was similar to its meaning. We were always taught in school that science is the findings of how things work or how things are made. My thinking about science has changed since starting this course because after watching Neil deGrasse Tyson in one of our videos, it has made me realize that many people in today's society question science even though the facts can be right in front of them. They often seem to decide for themselves what is true and what is not. I will continue to grow in this topic by finding and taking into consideration all of the proven facts about things.

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Before NS 100 my scientific perspective was the scientific method and its steps and also that there is always a scientific explanation for most things. I knew that in order to preform an experiment most people use the scientific method of observing, making a hypothesis, experimenting and then making a conclusion. My thinking of scientific perspective has changed since starting this course by making me think of how science has to do with everything around us. The computers we work on at school, to the students and their behaviors, science is what formed all of these things. After NS 100 I will continue to grow in this topic because I believe my perspective of science will only grow as I learn more about it throughout college.

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Before NS 100 I did not think that I would be in the classrooms identifying if the teachers are using the scientific theory and inquiry, but here I am. I got to observe a science lesson within the classroom and found that although the scientific method was not presented to the students to complete their task, it was still very much incorporated into their lesson. They were to make a hypothesis about precipitation on certain islands and then analyze data that would best support the evidence found. I will continue to grow in this topic after this course by using the scientific method and inquiry throughout my college courses especially when I get to my college science ones. Also throughout life this method could be used when approaching a problem.