Week 13

 What did you learn about this week? 

This week in lab we did more experiments with M&M's in water. Similar to last time we did this experiment, we started by simply observing what was happening to the M&M's as they sat in the water. However, this time we changed the experiment in a couple different ways. For one, we were trying to figure out which colors spread fastest in the water. My group and I did a couple of trials where we observed and documented our observations on which color was spreading the fastest in the water. After this, we decided that red and green were spreading the fastest, but couldn't figure out why. We also changed this experiment to be different than last time by adding sugar to our water. With this, we observed and documented that the colors took a much longer time to spread, and concluded that the sugar was slowing down the spread time. 


Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew? 

I was able to relate some of what I learned to what I already knew. Since we have done this experiment before, I was already knowledgable as to how the M&M's would spread in the water. However, this week I was able to apply my new knowledge about the effect of sugar in the water, to what I already knew about the M&M experiment. After a few trials of adding sugar to the water, I was able to infer that the more sugar we added to the water, the slower the M&M's color would spread.


How can you apply what you learned to your teaching in the future? 

I plan on applying what I learned to my future teaching by using a similar lesson for my students. I liked how we got the opportunity to observe what happens when M&M's are initially put into water for a period of time, but then I also liked how we were able to conduct our own experiment with the sugar. Adding the step of putting sugar in the water is very educational for students because they are able to hypothesize what they think will happen, then observe their experiment, and reflect on whether they were right or wrong and why. This is a great way to get students thinking about particles, so it will for sure be used as a future science lesson. 






 






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