Blog Post Week #15

 

In this week's lab, we created our own experiment using baking soda and vinegar. We decided to keep the weight of the vinegar the same throughout the experiment and increase the baking soda each time. We noticed the less baking soda we added, the bigger the balloon got. This experiment would be great for elementary students because they should be excited to do the experiment with a balloon. I didn't have any remaining questions after this lab.

Blog Post Week #14

 This week in the lab, we did simulations focusing on ice and its melting. We learned more about particles' speeds and the qualities of the particles they must contain to react the way they do. I definitely had some prior knowledge about this topic, and I learned it from this science class, too. You could definitely do this with elementary students, but I would make it easier. I didn't have any remaining questions after this week's lab.

Blog Post Week #13

 This week in the lab, we learned about how different objects have different densities and how we, as future teachers, can learn and understand all of matter's qualities. This lab was easier to comprehend because we had some previous knowledge about matter and its properties/qualities. After this week's lab, I didn't have any remaining questions. You could definitely do this activity with elementary students when they have some prior knowledge about the matter. 

Blog Post Week #12

 

This week in the lab, we learned more about matter and its properties, and we were able to identify types of matter. We conducted an experiment that helped us answer questions about volume, mass, sink/float, and electricity. This would be a great experiment for elementary students, but I would provide them a chart so they could collect their data more easily. I didn't have any remaining questions about this experiment or after lab. 

Blog Post Week #11

I really enjoyed this week's lab. We did a fun, easy experiment that I believe I did when I was in elementary school! This experiment would definitely be a great one for elementary students because it involves candy and colors, which is very engaging for young students. I didn't have any remaining questions after this lab, but I wondered how other people's experiments looked like?