Week 15
What did you learn this week? This week we learned and explored how to create a lesson for 5th graders using phenomenon to learn about the conservation of matter. We used baking soda, vinegar and other tools like a scale, balloon, and funnel to explore this investigation. We had to participate in multiple experiments before we found a structured way we could explain this phenomenon to students. There was a lot of trial and error, for example we realized that using a balloon wasn't the best way to demonstrate the conservation of matter, so we had to adjust our experiment. When we adjusted our experiment, we took away the balloon and added baking soda by using a test tube into the soda bottle. Overall, I learned that there are many ways that teachers can demonstrate the conservation of matter to students, but it is our job to figure out the best way to demonstrate this to students. How can you apply what you learned to your teaching in the future? I plan on applyi...