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Systems In Nature

Getting Started with Systems and their Parts

9/12/2022

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The amazing and intricate world around inspires our curiosity, drawing out both questions and a hunger for answers. Science offers both (1) a systematic process of exploring the world around us and (2) a growing and changing repository of shared discoveries we build on and have the opportunity to contribute to.
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We started our adventure together by making and sharing our observations of the moving parts on three different LEGO models. Each model had several moving parts with visible mechanisms and others with hidden mechanisms. Some of the mechanisms involved gears that were interconnected making certain movements synchronized. Recognizing that 
God designed the world in such a way that its parts work together in systems, we discussed the potential learning benefits of starting our exploration of the world by identifying parts of systems and then exploring how those parts worked together.  
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The next activity used loose Lego pieces to learn more about how we may not all organize our observations the same way. God tasked Adam with naming all the creatures He had made. Whether they acknowledge God or not, scientists continue this God-given task of naming and organizing observable parts of the world around us into groups based on shared characteristics. This classification, or grouping process creates taxonomies--an important part of the scientific endeavor.
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We discovered that there were many different taxonomies we could use to organize our pieces and that it really hinged on what pieces we had in our specific collection. We also recognized that although each student pair came up with a different process for organizing their pieces, no one taxonomy was better or worse than the other. Another learning opportunity came through experiencing the real-world challenge of what to do with pieces that either (1) do not fit into our existing taxonomy or (2) fit in multiple categories.
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  • T-Shirt Fundraiser
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  • Route 104 Science
  • Science Fair
  • About
  • Consulting
  • First Things Science (K-1)
    • Timely Science
    • Going Moving Doing
    • Growing Up Wild
    • Five Gifts Science
    • Creation Science 2023
  • Elementary Science (2-3)
    • Stormchasers
    • Science of the Unseen
    • The World in His Hands Part 1
    • The World in His Hands Part 2
  • Intermediate Science (4-6)
    • Journey to the Center of the Earth Part 2
    • Journey to the Center of the Earth
    • Made in God's Image
    • The Manna of Things
    • Mysteries of Flight
    • 4th Day Science - Astronomy
  • Junior High Science (6-9)
    • Systems in Nature
    • Scaling Up Science
    • Physical Science Online
  • In Press and in the Community
  • Science on Site
  • Classical Conversation Science
  • Teachers Pay Teachers Storefront
  • Extras
    • Math in the Middle