Makenna Kopf's Science Methods 1 Blog

                                                Week 15 Lab 05/07/25        This week in lab, we started off by reviewing the experiments we did a few weeks ago and talked about which ones we felt the most confident in. I feel the most confident in the condensation, why ice melts faster on wood, and the plunger on the table. I still have some questions about the M&M melting activity because I feel like every time we did it, the results were different. Overall, all of those activities we did were very fun and I learned a lot doing them. Then, we spent an hour designing a lab for students in 5th grade and how matter is conserved. We used baking soda and vinegar and a balloon to show how the mass does not change, even after a reaction happens. However, after doing the experiment with the balloon multiple times, the weight changed. Which was du...

                                       Week 14 Lab 04/30/2025 This week in lab, I learned a lot. We did simulations over solids, liquids, and gas and learned how the particles of these three move, and what their interactions are. Then, we used a plunger as an example to learn about solids. Then, we learned about why drinks make condensation when it is warm outside and made a flip grid video, overall this week I learned a lot.  From what we did in lab this past week, some of it was prior knowledge for me. I have learned about different types of matter in my prior science classes, however I did not know much about the particle motion and interactions of the types of matter. I also did not know why pop cans create condensation. Overall, a lot of what we did this week was new knowledge that I enjoyed learning.  Lastly, from what we learned this week, I will be able to apply it to my...