Addy's Science Blog (Elem Science Methods I)

Week 13 Blog - Elementary Science Methods (Addyson Junge) April 27, 2025     Figure 1                                             Figure 2                                              Figure 3 What did you learn this week? This week, we revisited the M&M experiment that we did in Week 11, but this time, we focused on the "why" question: "Why does it do this?" To answer this question, we had to run a basic experiment with one plate of M&Ms, then record our data (Figure 1). For our next experiment, we wanted to see the effect sugar had on the saturation of M&M color. So, we ran another test, but this time with two plates, one with 1 Tbs of sugar and the other with no sugar, side-by-side, and recorded our da...

Week 12 Blog - Elementary Science Methods (Addyson Junge) April 20, 2025     Figure 1 What did you learn this week? Today, I learned to think like an adult/teacher and a child/student. As I went through the lab activity, I had several predictions and explanations as to why something floated or sank, weighed heavy or light, conducted electricity or not, and was magnetized or not (Figure 1). However, when I had to put on my "child" cap, this activity seemed slightly more difficult. I kept asking the question, "Why does this happen?" During the lecture, we talked more about property types and how that affects characteristics, such as density, volume, mass, etc.  Which parts did you find clear and which were confusing? Something I found clear was the idea of water being 1 g/mL. Not only did this make a lot of sense to me, but it was also super in terest in g. Something else I found clear was that when you cut something in half, it does not change the material. As stated...

  Week 11 Blog - Elementary Science Methods (Addyson Junge) April 13, 2025                        Figure 1                                  Figure 2                                  Figure 3                         Figure 4                                 Figure 5                                  Figure 6 What did you learn this week? This week, we learned about 6 different science phenomena by doing hands-on experiments as elementary students. We were cha...

  Week 10 Blog - Elementary Science Methods (Addyson Junge) April 6th, 2025                         Figure 1                                 Figure 2                                 Figure 3 What did you learn this week? This week, we checked on our fast plants, which were at the end of their life cycle (Figure 1). During class, we learned more about evolution and natural selection, doing some new activities. We did a "Prey Bean" activity that represented natural selection throughout generations (Figure 2). We later found that predators inherit traits that help them catch prey (Figure 3). At the end of the week, during our lecture section, we took Exam 3, which was nice to have a small reflection of the course material.  ...