Yesterday was the beginning of a very EXCITING term 2! During Mr Heah’s lesson, everyone was very lethargic, as it was the first day, obviously. Plus the fact that we came in late, we probably had only 10 minutes of lesson time.
We shouldn’t just memorise facts, as Mr Heah always says, it makes him want to ‘vomit blood’. Don’t just read through the textbook and remember everything. The most efficient method is to GET THE IDEA! Get the main idea of the whole concept. To do this, you may want to draw a mind map or do simple things such as highlighting notes when reading and writing them down again on another piece of paper and rephrasing it till you’re comfortable with it.
This is roughly how it goes
1) Get the primary ideas, which are the broader terms.
2) From these primary ideas, break them down to secondary ideas
3) Lastly, break them further into tertiary ideas.
OKAY! Our 10 minute lesson was on the Importance of Water for Life
If we were asked why water is important to life, most of us would probably say that without water there is no life, and maybe a little more. But we learnt much more today!
For example, scientists search Mars for signs of water to see if there is/was life. They think that there are signs of water in Mars as water shapes the surface, and they found signs of it.
There is more life existing on the equator because tropical rainforests are there which are warm and wet. Water is LIFE! Almost.
I guess I never really appreciated water for its importance. I just took for granted that I needed to drink water because I felt thirsty, that we needed to shower with water because it would cleanse us. But water actually does much more than that, it has a large temperature range so that cells in our body do not explode or become all shriveled up. It allows marine life to exist as during winter only the top of the surface of seas or lakes freeze. Water has many amazing qualities that other liquids cannot replace.
Importance of Water for Life? Very Very Very Very important. That is why we should save us much water as we can! Conserve :D
HOMEWORK!
Search Two primary ideas from “Importance of Water for Life” worksheet
Then branch them out into secondary ideas
Lastly, the tertiary ideas!
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