Reflection
This lab was very fun. We completed this lab in our Chemistry class, and it was designed to ask why certain mentos or cokes would change the size of the explosion. Each lab group in our class was given an explosion to create, examples include, diet coke, and regular mentos vs regular coke, or regular coke vs sprite. Our group was assigned to gather the materials for diet coke vs regular coke. Then on the day of the lab, all the groups did their explosion and gathered the data on which explosion was the biggest. For our group we gathered that the diet coke had a bigger reaction. Then we were asked to fill out a lab report, where we researched why we came up with the results we did. We found that the diet coke had a bigger reaction because there was less sugar/additives, so the diet coke was less dense.
I feel that this assignment addresses thinking and problem solving skills because my group demonstrated thinking and problem solving skills because we analyzed our results, and had to come up with a conclusion as to why the diet coke had a bigger explosion. We also used this skill when writing our hypothesis, because it caused us to critically think, and solve our question/problem using the scientific method in our lab report.
From this lab I am most proud of releasing the mentos into the coke at the same time as my partner Simona. I am proud of this, because there were some complications when actually completing this lab, but we were still able to release our mentos at the same time.
I developed my thinking and problem solving skills during this lab because this was the first time that I had really done all the steps of a lab, so I was able to learn how to use my skills in this real life scenario. I improved on this skill, by redoing my lab notes to get a better understanding.
The most difficult thing about this lab was researching the science of why the diet coke had a bigger reaction because there was not a lot of readily available information on this. Another difficult thing about this was the setting up of the explosion, because it was a very cumbersome thing to do.
I could improve on my lab report, by writing in neater handwriting, and giving a more detailed/in depth hypothesis. On the actual lab, if I could do it again I would have gotten something more substantial than a small piece of paper to use as a barrier before I dropped the mentos.
This relates to what I have learned in the past, because when I was little I did this experiment a lot. My parents and I would always choose this asa fun experiment, because it looks really interesting. So with this experiment, I was able to find out the science behind the explosion.
I can apply this to future learning because I will use this knowledge on how to do a lab reflection for all my science classes for the rest of high school and college.
I feel that this assignment addresses thinking and problem solving skills because my group demonstrated thinking and problem solving skills because we analyzed our results, and had to come up with a conclusion as to why the diet coke had a bigger explosion. We also used this skill when writing our hypothesis, because it caused us to critically think, and solve our question/problem using the scientific method in our lab report.
From this lab I am most proud of releasing the mentos into the coke at the same time as my partner Simona. I am proud of this, because there were some complications when actually completing this lab, but we were still able to release our mentos at the same time.
I developed my thinking and problem solving skills during this lab because this was the first time that I had really done all the steps of a lab, so I was able to learn how to use my skills in this real life scenario. I improved on this skill, by redoing my lab notes to get a better understanding.
The most difficult thing about this lab was researching the science of why the diet coke had a bigger reaction because there was not a lot of readily available information on this. Another difficult thing about this was the setting up of the explosion, because it was a very cumbersome thing to do.
I could improve on my lab report, by writing in neater handwriting, and giving a more detailed/in depth hypothesis. On the actual lab, if I could do it again I would have gotten something more substantial than a small piece of paper to use as a barrier before I dropped the mentos.
This relates to what I have learned in the past, because when I was little I did this experiment a lot. My parents and I would always choose this asa fun experiment, because it looks really interesting. So with this experiment, I was able to find out the science behind the explosion.
I can apply this to future learning because I will use this knowledge on how to do a lab reflection for all my science classes for the rest of high school and college.
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