Transcript #2: Teacher - Small Group Interview

Video #2: TEACHER – SMALL GROUP INTERVIEW

Teacher – Small Group

Teacher – So, Olivia read me your first question, or your second one.

Olivia – When unicellular organisms split to make another, how many times can they do this in their lifetime?

Teacher – And how did you come up with that question?

Olivia – Like, some animals can only give birth like one time, so how many times can a unicellular organism?

Teacher – Like split and divide?

Olivia – Yeah.

Teacher – Okay, that’s an interesting question. Mario…

Mario – How long can unicellular organisms stay in our body?

Teacher – How long can they stay in our body? And what made you think of that question?

Mario – Because I thought it.

Teacher – You thought it…But, where did that idea come from?... Like what made you think about how long they live in our body or stay in our body?

Mario – I don’t know.

Teacher – You don’t know? Was there something you learned that made you think that was important?... Yeah? What was that?

Mario – The paper…

Teacher – Which paper? (No response)… So you learned that they lived in our body, right? Were you just curious about how long they live in our body?

Mario – Yeah.

Teacher – Okay… And Natalie…

Natalie – How large can a protozoan grow up to?

Teacher – How large can a protozoan grow up to… and what made you think of that?

Natalie – Because like cells are like different sizes. So I thought how big they are.

Teacher – And was there something in our lab on Friday that made you think of that? Or made you come up with that question?

Natalie – (No response)

Teacher – Is it something you saw... What were you going to say Olivia?

Olivia – The different sizes of each protozoan.

Teacher – Did we see some different big ones and some small ones? (nodding yes) Okay…

Justin – What happens if a protozoan has a mind or a brain?

Teacher – What made you think of that?

Justin – Since people have a nucleus or DNA and it’s controlling the mind of us…

Teacher – So you’re thinking, "What controls the protozoan?" (nods yes) And what made you think of that? Like how they’re controlled?

Justin – Because when we looked through the microscope they were like moving everywhere in the microscope and since the stentor was catching the other protozoans.

(Group question)

Teacher – Justin, want to read your question?

Justin (reading white board) – Unicellular organisms split to make another protozoan, how many times can they split apart in their lifetime which is how long?

Teacher – So how long is their lifespan and how many times can they split? So how long is the lifespan for one organism? (nods yes) Okay…