Kylie Hamers- Science methods

                                                                   What did you learn this week? This week, I learned that the reason why roads in Iowa constantly have cracks in them is because of the extreme heat in the summer and the freezing cold in the winter. The particles are constantly expanding and contracting, which causes the roads to crack. Additionally, I learned that solids have a well-defined shape and volume because the particles vibrate relative to their neighbor, but they do not move around. Liquid particles can slip and slide past each other, which is why liquids have a specific volume but not a set shape.                Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew? In prior classes, I had learned that solid...

                                                                       What did I learn this week?       This week, we conducted an experiment where we soaked M&M's in water. I learned from the Press book reading that the higher the temperature of an object, in this case the MnM, the faster the particles move and the quicker the dye spreads out. The dye spreads out faster because the particles that make up the M&Ms are moving faster. When we conducted the experiment, red spread the fastest and the furthest, so I can assume that the atoms that make up the red M&M are at a higher temperature than the other colors.                     How can you apply what you learned to what you already...

                                                      What did you learn this week?  This week, I learned about experiments I can conduct for future students so they can construct an understanding of the matter. The matter is complex, but in this experiment, we broke up certain parts of matter in each object into certain topics. Sink or float, volume, mass, magnetic, and electric. For each object, we conducted an experiment to answer each topic, so that in the future students can visually observe the phenomenon.                                          How can apply what I learned to what I already know?  I remember as a kid conducting experiments to see if...

                                                   What did you learn this week?      This week, I learned that when you put Diet Coke and regular Coke into the water, only the regular Coke sinks.  Although I do not know why the regular Coke sinks, my group concluded that the regular Coke may have more sugar, which makes it heavier and sinks. Additionally, Diet Coke may have more carbonation, which is made of air, so it floats.                          How can you relate what you already knew to what you learned?  This week, we combined baking soda and vinegar in a bag and closed the bag. As we observed the bag, I remember watching the vinegar and baking soda make bubbles and fizz as a kid. I also reme...

                                                         What did you learn this week?     This week, we went to School of the Wild and studied science outdoors. I learned about the change in Iowa's landscaping. Iowa has changed from mainly prairie and wetlands to mainly farmland. The farmland has directly affected the water because the pesticides used on the plants flow into the water. Also, birds that are kept at school in the wild if they cannot live in the environment alone. Factors that affect the birds are they being hit by humans, humans keep them as pets, or they are becoming extinct and they want to preserve the bird.                                          How can you apply wh...