Taryn Van Hemert

  What did you learn this week? This week we talked about why cans sweat and get water droplets on it when they are cold and in a warmer area. We also talked about why ice melts slower when in a metal container than on wood.  Are you able to relate what you learned to what you already knew? Yes! I already knew that condensation was because the cold bottle/can is met with a warmer outside. I never understood the science behind it. Although I still do not understand it 100%, I am much closer to understanding why this happens than I was before. The faster particles in the air bumps into the slower particles on the can, making gas to liquid. In the summer, there is more condensation because there is more water (humidity) in the air. In the winter, there may be less condensation because 1. It is colder out and 2. There is less water in the air (humidity).   How can you apply what you've learned to your teaching in the future? I can apply this to my teaching in the future becau...

What did you learn this week?     This week we learned about different types of water and how the different outcomes it can have on M&M shells when they are mixed. There were three groups. The control group, the sugar water group, and the hot water group. We all evenly placed our M&Ms onto a plate and then poured enough of our certain type of water into the plate to just barely cover the entire bottom of the plate. We then had to take pictures every 30 seconds to see our progress. My group was the sugar water group and we had the least amount of progress (progress being the colors from the M&Ms fading into the water). This is because the sugar takes up space making it so there isn’t room for the M&Ms to shed their coating. The group whose M&Ms shed the most was the hot water group. This is because hot water has more energy to make the coating melt off. The first picture below was our group (sugar water) at 0 seconds. The second picture was our group at 3 mi...

  What did you learn this week     This week we reviewed our homework 11 assignments and had to write on a white board three things we learned, two things we found interesting, and one question we have from the reading. I will attach my group’s white board below.      Another thing we did in class was we performed multiple different experiments on the following items: big eraser, small eraser, big paper clip, small paper clip, small birthday candle, big birthday candle, big marble, small marble, small crayon, big crayon, big wood block, small wood block, old penny, and new penny. We explored how the different sizes or different ages of the materials would perform in different experiments. The different experiments were: Mass, Volume, Electricity, Ability to Float, and whether or not they were Magnetic.  How can you apply what you've learned to your teaching in the future?     Some of the things I learned from the reading like the different gr...

What did you learn this week     Something I learned and thought was interesting this week is that if you are confused by a reaction or something happening then that can mean you are truly intelligent because you understand how things should work and when they don't the way you think they should, you question it.  How can you apply what you've learned to your teaching in the future?     Some things I can apply to my future teaching would be the different mini experiments that we did in our lab today. There were six stations of mini experiments. Those stations were: 1. Cold Soda  2. Plunger Push 3. Melting Ice 4. Coke Float  5. Baking Soda and Vinegar 6. M&Ms in Water We had to come up with questions about each experiment and what confused us. I think this is a really great concept to do with my future students because asking questions can ignite curiosity.  I included pictures from some of these experiments below.  What are new or remaini...