Week 11 Blog
1. What did you learn this week?
This week we started our chemistry unit and did lots of demonstrations! We focused on observation, explanation, and questions on each activity. For observations, these can either be very specific, or very vague and can be done on pretty much anything. When explaining, you just describe what you observed and even why those things may have occured during an experiment. Last for questions, these can always be asked anytime throughout experiments and especially at the end.
2. Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew?
Yes, I am able to relate what I learned to what I already knew because I have done the m&m's experiment before, but with milk instead! I also have a pretty good understanding of chemical reactions because I worked in a lab for the past 3 summers, so I handled a lot of things like that.
Your picture of the M&M's is so cool. The one looks like a rainbow and I think kids will enjoy that activity!
ReplyDeleteHi Anna! The fast labs that we did today, I also think would be good to show our students even though they are very simple. In my opinion I think it helps our students stay engaged because of the pace.
ReplyDeleteHi Anna! I also want to use some of the demonstrations we used in class in my future classroom! I think they are a great way to get students engaged and to have fun while practicing making observations, explanations, and questions. Great post!
ReplyDeleteHey Anna! I first want to point out how pretty the M&M colors are they look so neat! I really like how you connected the idea of gravity to the Coke project, I agree with you I think this would be a great activity to teach gravity!
ReplyDeleteHey Anna! I find it very interesting that you worked in a lab for three summers. That definitely would help understand the chemical reactions! Good work!
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