Weekly Blog 1/26

Context: I was surprised when I was doing the atoms sheet at school.
Surprise: I was surprised when the atoms activity said there are 100 types of atoms.
Why: It was surprising because I thought there was only one type of atom that made everything
Tells: This tells me that I should learn more about a fact when it is told

 I learned about matter states (such as plasma). I also learned about types of charges of atoms and the periodic table. 

Backward Looking: 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?

I knew about atoms and what it was made of. I also knew about the periodic table and a few of its elements. I did not know that the periodic table was made up of non-metals and metals. 

Inward Looking: How do you feel about your work this week? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? 

I think I did pretty good on my work this week. I particularly like doing the atoms sheet and the atoms activity. I liked doing the atoms sheet and activity because the atoms sheet was fun to study on and the activity was fun along with the added voice to help me learn more on the activity. 

Outward Looking: What grade would you give yourself? Why?

I would give myself an A. I would give my self an A because I am sure I did a good job on answering the questions on the sheets. I also got pretty nice scores on the activity quizzes (total 13/16).

Forward Looking: What would you change if you had a chance to redo the work over again? 

I would redo the quiz. I would redo the quiz because I am not quite happy with the score I got. I would redo the activity quizzes because I now know the answers to the questions and I would like to the redo them to get a better score.

1/23/15 "Powder Experiments"

Surprise:
Context: I was surprised when I was experimenting to see which powder was the mystery powder.
What was the surprise?: I was surprised when the mysterious powder that was different from the powder I first thought it would be.
Why I was surprised: I was surprised because I thought that Epsom salt would be the mystery powder but now I think that it is Salt.
What it tells me: It tells me that I should look more closely into the powders

This week, I learned about what powders look like when they are viewed by a magnifier glass. I also learned what happens when you crush the different powders.

Backward-Looking: In what ways have you gotten better at this kind of work? I gotten better at this work by gathering data that I expected that I would get. I also gotten better at this work by making more fair experiments.

Inward-Looking: What does your work this week tell you about yourself and how you learn? It tells me that I can make fair experiments. Also it tells me that I can gather data on an experiment

Outward-Looking: Did you do your work the way other people did theirs? How was it similar or different from others? I did the same work as others in gathering the data. It was different from others by explaining the details in the data.

Forward-Looking: What's one goal you would like to set for yourself for next week?  One goal I would like to set for next week is cooperating a bit more in the experiments. Also I would like to set trying to make my experiments more fair.

Weekly Blog 1/14 - M&M Experiments

Context: I was observing the amount of sugar changing the M&Ms dissolve rate when I was surprised. Surprise: I was surprised that my hypothesis on the sugar and M&M experiment. Why it was surprising: It was surprising that my hypothesis was incorrect. I thought that the sugar would not affect the dissolving of the M&Ms. What this tells me: This tells me I should know that some things can change the experiment results.

I learned about what happens to M&Ms when it is put in water with different variables. I also learned about how one variable effects the results of an experiment.

Backward-Looking: 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? 

I knew that M&Ms dissolves in water when put in them. I also know that the temperature of water affects the M&Ms dissolve. I also know what happens when M&Ms are put in a cup.

Inward-Looking: How do you feel about your work this week? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why?

I feel that I did kind of a good job on making my hypothesis and a good job on the experiments. I particularly like doing the experiments. I really liked everything I did this week, so I don't have any dislikes.

Outward-Looking: In what ways does your work meet the standards  for this assignment? In what ways does it not meet the standards? I think the experiment meets the standards for this week. I think collecting my data might not meet the standards. I think this because I don't think I recorded much data as I expected.

Forward-Looking: What would you change if you had a chance to redo the work over again? I would change the data I wrote down on my experiment. I would change it because I did not record much data I was expecting. I would try to give more details on my observations.

Weekly Blog 01/09

This week, I was surprised because I thought the M&M would only change color, instead, it changed color (to white, then brown (chocolate)), dissolved, changed the color of the plate and the water.

I learned what happens to an M&M when it is placed into water. I also learned about matter.

Types of matter:

Backward-Looking Reflection Question 1 On Class Website: 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?

 

I only thougt of matter to be a type of invisible gas. I did not know matter was solid items that could be weightable. Now I know the properties of matter, and what the physical properties of matter.

Inward-Looking Reflection Question  1 On Class Website: How do you feel about your work this week? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? 

I feel that I did pretty good about my work this week. I particularly like doing the expirimenting. I don't think I have any dislikes. I like doing the work this week because I got to expiriment (especially) and got to write down my data.

Outward-Looking Reflection Question 3 on Class Website: What grade would you give yourself. Why?

I would give myself an A. I would give myself an A because I think I did a good job with some of the expiriments. I also think I did a good job collecting the data and writing down my observations.

Forward-Looking Reflection What would you change if you had a chance to redo the work over again? What's one goal you would like to set for yourself for next week?

If I started over, I would try to make the expiriment a little bit more accurent (Fair). Also, if I started over, I would add more to my data. One goal I would set for my self next week would be to improving to expiriment more fair.