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week 11







  1. What did you learn this week?
This week, we transitioned into our next concept of science, which is physcial science. We conducted multiple different experiments. The one experiement I was most suprised with was the coke float. All of the coke bottles floated except the regular sized coke can. We assumed that since it has the most sugar, that is why it sank.  
  1. Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew?
Once of the experients we conducted was cold soda. I already knew what would happen when taking a plastic bottle or a metal can out of a cold cooler. We observed condensation. We connected this to the idea that condensation happens only for iced/cold drinks, it does not happen for hot drinks. 
  1. How can you apply what you've learned to your teaching in the future?
The expieriment I can apply to my future teaching would be the M&Ms. I did a similar activity in 5th grade science with skittles and I thought it was really cool to learn about. This activity is really engaging for students since they may not expect the colors to disolve in water and create a nice pattern. 

Cold Soda: 

Cold drinks have condensation, in glasses, plastic water bottles 

Kids may ask: Why is my drink leaking? 


Plunger station: 

Sticking to the table because of suction, hard to pull up or get unstuck 

air & rubber, defining suction, what materials can suction, compression

Kids may say: why is it not sticky, but still stuck to the table? 


Melting Ice: 

Melted faster in the pot because steel is a heat conductor with out without being on a stove

  • Wood is an insulator 

  • What is wood used for, what are pots used for, what are they made of… does metal rust? 

Kids may say: there is no extra heat. Why is it melting faster in the pot? 

cold adapts to different material, physical state changes (solid to liquid) 


Coke FLoat: 

Regular big coke is sinking, why? 

Does the amount of sugar in a coke determine if it will float or sink? 


Baking Soda & Vinegar 

Fizzing, carbonation 

Room temp to cold 

Chemical reaction could have been a gas? 


M&Ms 

The sugar coating on the M&Ms are fading into the water, water dissolves the sugar coating 

Mix in, absorb, melt but not melt 


Some colors spread more because they have more pigment 

What would happen if oil and water were mixed? 

What would happen if colored marbles were mixed with water? 


 Why do different types of ingredients absorb in water? 


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