Blog Post Week #11

 This week in lab we learned about different phenomena. We did this by completing a couple different activities. The first activity we used water and M&M's to notice how the water effected the color of the M&M's as well as how the color of the water changed. Then we moved on to different stations where we made predictions of what would happen in certain situations. One was comparing how fast ice would melt on a wood plank, or in a metal pot. Another station was demonstrating the reaction between baking soda and vinegar with was super cool. We also spent some time learning about observing, explaining, and questions. 

I would love to incorporate this into my future classroom by doing some of these stations with my students. I believe this would be helpful to help my students understand different scientific ideas. Even just helping them understand that what is considered science. 

After lab this week I have come up with two questions. The first being, how can we describe what happens with air when we use a plunger? The second question I came up with is, Why do baking soda and vinegar have such a reaction, and is there an amount that could cause a dangerous reaction?






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  1. Abby HallerNovember 5, 2023 at 9:11 PM

    Hi James! I also would love to incorporate many of these activities into my future classroom. There are so many benefits and they can be used throughout so many topics and grade levels. I think the questions you have could also be incorporated into future teaching and promote inquiry based learning!

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  2. Alyssa SkalaNovember 5, 2023 at 9:39 PM

    James,
    I like your question about describing what happens with air when we use a plunger. I also was very confused by this concept! Hopefully, we will go over what we hypothesized this week in lab next week and learn more.

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