Here is the place where you should post your reflection about explaining homeostasis to someone at home.
Your reflection should include the following:
1. What was the experience like for you?
2. What worked and what did not work in explaining the concept to someone else?
3. What did you learn from the experience?
4. What questions do you now have?
This is due by Friday, October 5th.
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1) What was the experience like?
~ I thought it was pretty easy explaining homeostasis to my dad. He payed very good attention and asked questions for clarifications.
I didn't find it too difficult.
2) What worked and what did not work in explaining the concept to someone else?
~ What worked was relating examples to something that my dad would understand.
~What did not work was throwing big, scientific words at him very quickly. I tried to explain "Multiple Dynamic Equilibrium" to him at once... it didn't work. So, I explained each word at a time and then put them together to help him make more sense of the words.
3) What did you learn from the experience?
~I learned that it is easier to explain something to someone that you feel comfortable around.
~I also learned that you should know what you want to say before you say it so that it doesn't come out all discombobulated.
4) What questions do you now have?
~How does your body know what to do without homeostasis being at a conscious level? Do your body systems and cells know what to do all of the time without instruction from the brain?
1) What was the experience like?
~ I thought that it was easy to tell my dad about homeostasis. It got a little hard when he started to correct me, because I was tired from playing football and pronounced fords like regulates wrong.
2) What worked and what did not work in explaining the concept to someone else?
~ Using the thermostat example to example how homeostasis works worked. However, just like pound_itc3po, using the phrase "Multiple Dynamic Equilibrium" was not a hit.
3) What did you learn from the experience?
~I learned that sometimes explaining something to someone can be harder depending on what the something and who the someone is. For example, explaining sports or a favorite video game, to a friend, might be easier than explaining math to them. But, explaining science to your parents might be easier than explaining video games to them.
4)Questions-
~How does homeostasis know when to kick into action, and start regulating your body? Or, is it always working.
1)What was the experience like?
For me it was frustrating in a way that when I was trying to explain this my dad did not understand it. He asked alot of questions that i did not know the answer to. So because i dident know everything about it, it made it even harder fot me.
2) What worked and what did not work explaining the concept to someone else?
I wored/helped whe i used real life examples that my dad could relate to. It did not work when i read the defenition to him and then read him my notes.
3)What did you learn from this experience?
I learned that it is eaiser to explain somethin to another person if u know all about what you are explaining.
4)What questions do you have now?
Is homeostasis always working? How does it adjust your body?
Science Report on Homeostasis
The experience of explaining homeostasis to my mom was extremely difficult. This is mostly because I do not completely understand it myself. The explanation took a long time and was confusing for both of us. The main concept of homeostasis worked very well, and I believed it would be a breeze, though when I started getting into the science of it all and that’s where it went downhill for us both. I learned things in this experience of explaining something complected and presenting. First of all I learned that you have to take it extremely slow and be patient. Otherwise everything will most likely get scrambled and it will be hard to unscramble it. I would like to truly understand homeostasis and how it works. What is the science of it? How does it relate to our nervous system? These are few of the things I would like to know about homeostasis.
it wasn't easy for my mom to understand it until I gave her a good example for her to relate to.
First I told my mom that we were learning homeostasis. Then I gave her my own brief definition and an example. She was a little confused so she looked it up herself. While she was looking it up I gave her another example and she seemed to understand it basically. But my mom needs to look up new things so she googled it anyway. When she did this I ending up learning as well[but I didn’t tell her that].
This homework taught me to prepare me speeches ahead of time so they get it briefly the first time.
My question about homeostasis is how much can the limit be pushed until homeostasis no longer works and you end up feeling the change?
What was the experience like?
When I tried to tell my mom about homeostasis it was surprisingly easy because she already knew what it was. She knew the main idea and then I just told her the details. My mom was really interested.
What worked and what did not work:
When explaining homeostasis the thermostat diagram worked very well to show how it works. Also giving examples of what homeostasis does helped my mom understand it.
What did not work were the big words (scientific words) so I had to give her smaller words that meant the same thing.
What I learned from the experience:
I learned that I should have practiced it to myself more because I always had to look up something in my notes. I also learned that the more the person that you’re presenting to knows about the topic, then, the easier it is to present.
Questions-
One question that I have is: can homeostasis die out after a period of time.
Explaining Homeostasis
1)I explained homeostasis to my mom. She is pretty smart, so she already knew what it was. I asked her to pretend that she didn’t know what it was and explained it to her. It was pretty easy to explain it because I understand it well.
2)I first read the definition, but that didn’t work so well, so I tried to explain it in my own words, and that worked well.
3)Explaining it to someone else really made the definition solid in my head, I’m glad I did it.
4)I now want to know how all your bodily systems work so finely together so that your body stays the same in almost every way.
Dear Mr.Ardito,
i posted my reflection but i forgot to put my name so the anonymous one is mine
I thought that it was easy explaining it to my dad. He was a great listener, and helped me explain it to others.
What did not work was showing him the definition, and trying to explain it to him with exactly what it said. He got very confused, and ended up talking about a different topic. What did work was closing the notebook and explaining it in my own words. I also used examples of real life situations.
I learned that when you explain something to someone else, it helps you understand it more. Hearing it from a teacher is NOT what really makes you remember it, it’s from hearing yourself talk out loud, and correcting yourself, and getting more into detail.
I really have no questions right now. All of the questions I had were answered by my Dad. Some of the questions were: What does "Multiple Dynamic Equilibrium." We looked it up and I found out what it really means, with my Dad explaining it more into detail. So I also learned more by explaining it to someone else.
1. What was the experience like for you?
- I thought it was pretty easy to explain homeostasis to my dad. He didn't really pay much atttention (my dog kind of.. jumped on him) but he did ask questions when he didn't understand what on earth I was going on about and tried to explain it back to me to make sure he understood it. I'm really, really glad I'm not a teacher though; I only had to talk to him for a little less than 10 minutes and it started to get a bit tedious (and my own sore throat induced monotone started to make ME miserable. Imagine how my dad must have felt.)
2. What worked and what did not work in explaining the concept to someone else?
- It worked really well to ask him questions first and give a little introduction to what homeostasis does, without calling it homeostasis, so that he wasn't completely lost.
- I didn't actually do this, but I'm pretty sure that just reading off the definition at him and hoping he could understand at least half the words in there and then just walking away wouldn't work out too well.
3. What did you learn from the experience?
- Teachers are overworked. You poor, poor people. You need to be payed more.
- It's really frustrating to try and answer a question on a topic that you don't know inside out. It's kind of funny, because you don't really think about people asking about things that don't directly relate to what you're telling them, but if they ask something and you don't know the answer, you look like a bit of an idiot. (and, as the person teaching, everybody learning from you seems to, just by nature or something, expect you to have all the answers.)
4. What questions do you now have?
- Are there any diseases that can disbalance or render useless homeostasis? If there are, what are they? What part of the body do they affect?
1. What was the experience like for you?
The experience wasn't to exciting. Basically, I just told my mom about homeostasis, asked if she understood it, and she said yes.
2. What worked and what did not work in explaining the concept to someone else?
Most of the of information that I shared with my mom was easy to explain because she deals with stuff like this at her job (don't ask about the job). However, she just said yes when I asked her if she got it, so I think that she wasn't to interested in it.
3. What did you learn from the experience?
From this experience, I learned that next time I should either put more enthusiasm into my explaining, or I should just find some one else to explain it to who would pay more attention/ask questions about the topic.
4. What questions do you now have?
I just want to understand the subject matter a little better next time.
Explaining Homeostasis Reflection
1.) What was the experience like?
Explaining homeostasis to my mother was pretty difficult at first; I kept saying what my notes stated, word for word, which didn’t work, because I wasn’t really sure how to clarify it for her. I looked over my notes a few more times and then said the definition that I knew I would comprehend if were the one trying to understand.
2.) What worked and what didn’t work in explaining the concept of homeostasis to someone else?
What did work when explaining the notion of homeostasis to my mom, was how I used my own definition of homeostasis to explain to her what it was. What also worked was when I broke the word “Homeostasis” down; ‘Homeo’ meaning same, and ‘Stasis’ meaning state. What didn’t work was when I used the definition of homeostasis from my notes and threw in all the big words in the process that were used in there, such as “Multiple Dynamic Equilibrium.”
3.) What did you learn?
I learned that when explaining something like homeostasis to someone, you always need to use a definition that you would understand if you were that someone. I also learned that it’s easier to explain something when you know exactly what you’re talking about, and not just rambling on and on about a subject you don’t grasp the concept of.
4.) What questions do you know have?
One question that I now have is: Does the nervous System take any part in adjusting and regulating your body?
Explaining Homeostasis Reflection
1.) What was the experience like?
Explaining homeostasis to my mother was pretty difficult at first; I kept saying what my notes stated, word for word, which didn’t work, because I wasn’t really sure how to clarify it for her. I looked over my notes a few more times and then said the definition that I knew I would comprehend if were the one trying to understand.
2.) What worked and what didn’t work in explaining the concept of homeostasis to someone else?
What did work when explaining the notion of homeostasis to my mom, was how I used my own definition of homeostasis to explain to her what it was. What also worked was when I broke the word “Homeostasis” down; ‘Homeo’ meaning same, and ‘Stasis’ meaning state. What didn’t work was when I used the definition of homeostasis from my notes and threw in all the big words in the process that were used in there, such as “Multiple Dynamic Equilibrium.”
3.) What did you learn?
I learned that when explaining something like homeostasis to someone, you always need to use a definition that you would understand if you were that someone. I also learned that it’s easier to explain something when you know exactly what you’re talking about, and not just rambling on and on about a subject you don’t grasp the concept of.
4.) What questions do you know have?
One question that I now have is: Does the nervous System take any part in adjusting and regulating your body?
Homeostasis Reflection
I taught my mother about homeostasis and…
1) The experience seemed pretty simple because she already knew a little about it.
2) Explaining it at once was difficult (for both of us) I had to start out slow and easy. Using metaphors also helped.
3) That comparing complicated subjects with simpler things helps people understand things easier.
4) Would a scratch or bruise healing be homeostasis working on the external part of our bodies?
I liked being the teacher for once, and not the teached. I think I understand Homeostasis alot more because I taught someone else.
using examples worked pretty good, and telling them the basics first, and then go into finer detail.
I learned that it can be hard to teach someone who doesn't want to be teached.
what part of the brain controls homeostasis?
1.) this was a good experiance for me. i think this was a great hw for us becasuase i think i learned a lot more about homeostasis by teaching my dad.
2.) what worked was when i explained wrods to him. what didnt work was when i got stuck and he couldn't help me because he doesnt know about hoeostasis
3.) by doing this i learned a lot more about homeostasis. I think we should do this a lot more. i also learned that teaching is a very hard job to do.
4.) After doing this hw i have a question does homeostasis turn on and off or stay on?
1) I thought it was hard explaining homeostasis. It was hard explaining homeostasis to my sister becuase as i tried to explain, she asked me questions that confused me and it jumbled my understanding of homeostasis, wich made it e=ven harder to explain.
2) What worked- Starting with the simple version Mr.Arditio gave us of homeostasis gave my sister a wider understanding of it.
What didn't work- Trying to use the wikepedea defintion just confused me and her with the big words(multiple dynamic equilibrum)becuase when she asked what it ment i couldnt remember.
3) From this experience i learned that probably being a teacher would be a hard job. I also learned that explaining it to a family member was hard but not as hard as I thought it would be.
4) How does your brian know what temp. to keep your body at is it preset from when your born or does it figure it out along the way from experience?
Cng94
“The Electric Brain”
This article was about how scientists are starting to cure mentally disabled people by putting an electrical device deep inside their brain. Before this implant, one paitinet couldn’t even move, talk, or eat. But after this implant in the thalamus, he could start to give noticeable responses, drink water from a glass, and so on. I thought that this article was interesting and easy to read. It relates to what we are learning in school because these electric devices are electrodes that transmit electric currents, to jump start the thalamus. If the thalamus stops completely working, the body won’t be able to keep homeostasis because the thalamus sends messages to the rest of the body, and the body wouldn’t be able to function if it didn’t know what to do. Also getting it to work faster would help the patient use his hand, and other parts of the body.
“The Electric Brain”, By: Emily Sohn
http://sciencenewsforkids.com/articles/20070808/Note2.asp
1) I think that it was very easy to explain homeostasis to my mom because she knew what it was.
2) The things that worked were showing my notebook and the things that did not work was just plane telling her.
3)The things I learned in the process is that I should not use my mom for my homework.
4) The questions I still have are non.
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