Siddharth Sharma's Blog

 1. What did I learn this week? Today in lab we learned about creating an engaging lesson for the conservation of matter. Through this process, I learned that teachers have to pay attention to small details when teaching lessons about science. One example of this is noticing how the masses before and after the experiment were relatively the same, but students might not understand the conservation of matter if there's a small change in mass. 2. How can I apply what I've learned to future teaching? There was one teachable moment during this lab. We noticed that our mass increased after the experiment, and it was because the gases rose up I think. 3. Questions? I remember doing this experiment in elementary school, but I don't remember learning about the conservation of mass. How do we accurately show the conservation of mass? Is it a failed lesson if the experiments we conduct in class don't do what we want? Link to lab video https://youtube.com/shorts/gPkqNy15a4s?feature...

 1. What did I learn this week? Today in lab, we learned about and developed a particle model of the plunger. When the plunger is pushed down on a smooth surface, it sticks. When the plunger gets pushed down, the air is forced out and cannot come back in because a vacuum is created inside. There is no space for the air to go inside, making it stick to the surface. We also learned about why ice melts faster on metal than on wood. We concluded that metal has less gaps/holes in their particle makeup. When the ice hits the ice, there are more collisions happening which heats up the ice and causes it to melt. The wood's particle makeup has more air pockets causing less collisions. 2. Which parts did I find confusing? The most confusing part of the lab was explaining why ice melts faster on metal. This process took forever for me to figure out. Once we understood the particle makeup of the materials, it helped me to understand particle collision better. 3. How can I apply this to teachin...