Elementary Science Methods I Segal, James

 This week in lab we focused on a couple different things. First we talked about making inferences and observations. We did this by reading an awesome children's book about aliens. For our activity, we were given a film canister and was instructed to go around the room and try to find someone who we thought had the same item inside their canister. I was certain that Darcy and I had the same item in our canisters until we found out we were definitely wrong. I thought we both had a wooden block in our canisters yet I had a Dye, and she had a nickel. This frustrated me at first but then I remembered that this is how my students will feel. And that it is alright to be wrong sometimes. It's all apart of the learning process! Then we did a cool activity involving a marshmallow and a syringe. This activity taught us about air pressure. At first we put a marshmallow in the syringe and pull the syringe back while putting our finger over the hole on the end. This caused a vacuum which wa...

 This week I was not in lab because I was feeling ill. I discussed with my classmates some of the things we went over and was able to understand what we learned! This week we focused on density and mass. The class did an activity with cubes where they were to predict which cubes would be denser than the others. Then they measured the density and wrote down their data. This activity seemed very helpful for the upcoming exam and I wish I was there to partake in it.  I also emailed our professor Mr. L, to find out what else I could have done to help understand the material from this past week. He instructed me to complete the flip video and the computer simulations which really helped me understand the material better. I also review the guide sheet which was sent out on Tuesday.