Addy's Science Blog (Elem Science Methods I)

Week 15 Blog - Elementary Science Methods (Addyson Junge) May 11, 2025                                                                  Figure 1 What did you learn this week? This week, we explored ways in which we can teach the chemical reaction with baking soda and vinegar (Figure 1). My group and I conducted a few "experiments" to find ways to explain to upper elementary students how this phenomenon worked. We knew we had to catch our students' attention, so we thought about performing the chemical reaction for them. At first, we discussed some ways we could show students how the mass does not decrease or increase, but instead, show them the creation of a new mass, a new material. In this case, we learned that the chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar makes carbon dioxide, the same gas...

Week 14 Blog - Elementary Science Methods (Addyson Junge) May 1, 2025                                                 Figure 1 What did you learn this week? This week, during our lab, we got the option to conduct one of the two phenomena we did during week 11. Our group decided to go more in-depth on the "Melting Ice" lab. We were initially confused as to why the ice melted faster on a metal surface than on a wooden surface. Throughout the lab, we started to gain a better understanding of why the ice melted faster on metal because of the density of particles. We then produced our flip video, for which we had created a layout on a whiteboard (Figure 1). In our lecture, we talked more in-depth about phase changes and why that happens. We continued to look into how temperature affects different atoms/molecules.  Are you able to relate what yo...