Weekly Blog 03/25

Context: I was surprised when I was experimenting with the circuits making parallel/series circuits.
What: I was surprised that the energy is shared in series/parallel circuits.
Why: It was surprising because I thought every circuit had the same, powerful power.
Tells: This tells me that I should not jump to conclusions. It also tells me that I should research about it before making a conclusion. Or it could tell me that I should experiment on something IF I had the materials.

Weekly Blog 03/20 - Build The Best Electromagnet Blog Post

I think I would choose a refrigerator magnet because it contains electromagnets, containing some copper and maybe some Aluminum. I think that these 3 materials would make up the best electromagnet because based on my research, I discovered that copper has a really strong voltage on AC and DC and Aluminum has the 2nd strongest voltage on AC and DC on an interactive I was on.

Weekly Blog 03/13

Context : I was experimenting with magnets when I was surprised.
Surprise: I was surprised when I discovered that magnets were strongest at the poles
Why: I was surprised because I thought magnets had the same magnetic force anywhere
Tells: This tells me that I should experiment more before I make conclusions.

Summary: This week, I learned about magnets. I also learned that they were strongest at the poles, and that they could destroy and ruin devices if they connect to it.

Backwards Looking:

What resources did you use while working this week? Which ones were especially helpful? Which ones would you use again? I used a magnet, a paperclip, washers, and household materials(spoons, cups, rulers, wood, book, etc.). A magnet was very useful along with the paperclips and washers. I want to use those next week.

Inward Looking:

Have you changed any ideas you used to have on this subject? How/Why? I had the idea of using computers to research about the magnets. Now I changed my idea of not using computers, because magnets can destroy devices and hard drives. 

Outward Looking:

 What grade would you give yourself? Why? I would give myself an A. I would give myself an A because I know I did a good job on the experiments and filling/turning in the sheets.

Forward Looking: 

What's one goal you would like to set for yourself for next week? A goal I will set for myself next week is collaborating a bit more with my classmates. I would set this goal because I think I did not collaborate as much as I wanted to.

Weekly Blog 03/06

Context:  I was surprised when I was gathering facts on my mineral. I was researching about my mineral on the provided resources

What: I was surprised when I saw that halite can produce hopper crystals. A hopper crystal looks like a skeleton of a crystal.

Why: It was surprising because I did not know minerals can make special types of crystals. 

Tells: This tells me I should research about something to learn more about the facts.

Summary:

I learned about the mineral I was studying- halite. I also learned some things such as its transparency

and how it makes crystals.

Backwards Looking: What problems did you encounter while you were working this week? How did you solve them? While studying halite, I encountered a problem. I had a problem finding the conductivity. I solved them by carefully checking every resource.

Inward Looking: What did/do you find frustrating about the work done this week? : I found finding the conductivity on halite frustrating. I also found the little space I had for the magazine and information frustrating, too.

Outward Looking: If you were the teacher, what comments would you make about your work this week? If I were the teacher, I would say I did a great job on gathering my info. I would say the same to my magazine, but I needed a better job on my background, and how I would make the magazine a bit better instead of just stating facts.

Forward Looking: What's one goal you would like to set for yourself for next week? My goal next week is to learn more about my mineral or more minerals. Also, another goal I would like to set is being accurate and fast in gathering info.