Surprise
This week one thing that surprised me was that I had a green tea flavored cake for my birthday that actually tasted good. I have never ate a green tea cake until now. I thought it was going to taste bad and bitter since it was tea flavored but surprisingly it was DELICIOUS!!!!! It wasn't too sweet or too bitter. I learned that I shouldn't be picky about food and try everything because sometimes things can taste better than you expected.
Summary
This week we continued doing M&M science in our chemistry unit. We did science experiments mostly involving how fast the color coating of M&Ms dissolve and will they form the line if we change different variables. We also practiced writing hypothesis and recording observations as well as drawing pictures to illustrate our conclusions. On Tuesday we did our last M&M science experiment. I had a lot of fun this week.
Before we started our chemistry unit I knew a lot about the scientific method already since we studied it earlier in the year. This helped me refresh my memory about the procedures and other stuff. In my old school science was not a important subject and we did not perform experiments often. I learned that we can only have ONE variable and that a variable is something that you change or control in a experiment. I also learned that M&M colors don't mix if put together in water. A interesting thing I learned was that when you do experiments you test something but do not take notes, when you do science it is like performing a experiment but recording all the information you gathered.
Backwards
How much did you know about the topic before we started? What do you now know about the topic that you did not know before?Before we started our chemistry unit I knew a lot about the scientific method already since we studied it earlier in the year. This helped me refresh my memory about the procedures and other stuff. In my old school science was not a important subject and we did not perform experiments often. I learned that we can only have ONE variable and that a variable is something that you change or control in a experiment. I also learned that M&M colors don't mix if put together in water. A interesting thing I learned was that when you do experiments you test something but do not take notes, when you do science it is like performing a experiment but recording all the information you gathered.
Inward
What was especially satisfying to you about your work this week?
One thing that I was really proud of this week was my experiment data pictures. I think I drew them very detailed and accurate. I was also proud about my notes. I made sure I had everything written down that was required and I also wrote down things that interested me such as the chemical change that happened in class. green + clear vinegar = red + yellow ammonia = green + red + vinegar = orange
white powder + water + red/orange/brownish = dark purple
Outward
Did you do your work the way other people did theirs? How was it similar or different from others?
Most of the time everyone did the experiment the same way but sometimes we all did it differently. Sometimes we did it differently because each table group had to write their own instructions. Because of this not everyone did the experiment exactly the same way. Everyone did certain things differently though. For example, everyone wrote their own hypothesis. Even if two people said yes for the experiment they would probably each have a different reason why.
Forward
What's one goal you would like to set for yourself for next week?
A goal I would like to complete next week is to turn in all my data completed and on time. I also want my data to be more specific when writing down observations.
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