This week, we extended last week's session on memory. One tricky thing about doing experiments on memory is allowing for enough buffer time between encoding (seeing items that should be remembered) and retrieval (when people are asked to recall items or whether they recognize items).
Read MoreThis week's topic was memory. We tested our short-term memory for items and letters. We talked about different ways to improve our short-term memory, learning concepts like deep encoding.
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Botany 2/18/17
Read MoreLast week we dug into Newton's equation of motions as a concrete example of differential equations---equations with derivatives---the topic we had been talking about the last few sessions. Newton's equations generally describe how objects move through space subject to a force, and we can model the behavior of an object or objects by defining what forces act on them.
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At Cogitania’s Saturday Botany workshop fourth graders saw a video about the steps of the Scientific Method and learned that different types of scientists may not use the method in the same way.
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At Cogitania’s Saturday Botany workshop fourth graders learned about Transpiration and the Movement of Water in Plants.
Read MoreNeuroscience last Monday was all about the somatosensory system (for our sense of touch) and the visual system.
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We discussed the adaptations desert plants have made to survive in the desert’s hot and dry climate and learned there are cool deserts like Antartica. We learned about how plants collect and store rainwater.
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This week, we were examinining color perception. We started out by testing our ability to discriminate between different hues. Both boys did well on this task!
Read MoreSummary of Jan 4th and 11th Elements workshop.
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We focused on the visual system this week, noting some similarities between the visual system and the somatosensory system (which we covered last time).
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