Week 13 Blog

 1. What did I learn this week?

This week in lab we revisited the M&M's dissolving in water but conducted multiple experiments. There was a control group that dissolved M&M's in cold water. The other groups were hot water, sugar water, and salt water. We observed the colors dissolved fastest in hot water because there was more room for the molecules to disperse. The salt, sugar, and cold water took longer for the colors to dissolve because there was less room for the colors to disperse.

2. How can I apply what I learned to future teaching?

I believe it is important to conduct meaningful experiments and have students create a model for what they observed. Creating a visual representation to digest the information is very important.

3. Questions?

What are other experiments that I can use in my classroom that is related to molecules dispersing?




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