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7/28 AM Lab Observations

Submitted by Geneva Tolliferreo on Tue, 07/28/2009 - 12:42pm.

KNOW IF STUDENTS ARE ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING or if they are ASTHMATIC!                This should be the 1st order of business.

Moving on...this was a great lab for basic and general inquiry, giving students the opportunity to go through the process and experience getting results.

Had more 'givens' been in place, results would have been more specific.  Had everyone started with the same information (quantity, weight, temperature, containers, heat source, etc.); had all the variables been the same, and then the results varied, then I believe we would have had a more inquiry based discussion as to how and why that happened.

The hands-on, practice if you will, is an excellent way to engage students allowing them to have fun and explore the process.  Applying the practice to genuine information would lead to a more meaningful lesson.

 

 

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