What's going on in Mr. Solarz' Class? - 6

Reflection Questions:

How did the temperatures of the water in the two red Solo cups compare at the beginning?
What happened to the temperature of the cold water over time?
What happened to the temperature of the warm water over time?
How did your graph show what happened?
After 15 minutes, what did you notice about the lines on your graph?
What happened to make the temperature of the cold water get warmer?
What happened to make the temperature of the warm water get colder?
Use your line graph to predict what the temperature of the warm and cold water would be after 10 more minutes. Record your predictions below. Why did you choose these temperatures?
Which direction did the heat energy move?

Answers:

One temperature was cold and one was hot. One was 41.6° F and the other was 104.1°F.
The cold water got warmer. At the end of the data collections the cold water was 65.5°F.
The warm water got colder. At the end of the data collections the warm water was 70.5°F.
The graph showed showed what happened by collecting data from thermometer.

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These four videos represent my best explanations of energy transfers:

WATER FOUNTAIN - Electrical to Motion to Gravitational Electrical makes Light (Sound is a byproduct)

PLASMA ROCKET LAMP - Electrical to Light to Motion
(Sound is a byproduct)

Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

What was your favorite station? Why?
Which object was most difficult to figure out? Why was it so hard to figure out the energy transfers in this object?
Why did you choose the four videos above? What criteria did you use to select those?
Was it always possible to know for sure what kinds of energy transfers occurred?

Answers

My favorite station was the Plasma Rocket Lamp. I liked it because it was fun to mess around with.
The Galileo thermometer was the most difficult. It was the most difficult because it's energy transfers were hard to figure out.
I chose the videos above because they were the videos I talked the most in. The criteria I used were the videos I talked most in.
It is not always possible to know what the energy transfers are. Even the smartest man alive might not know what they are.

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Energy in Action vs. Stored Energy

1/8/2019

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Stored Energy

Reflection Questions:

Based on my examples above, my best definition of "Energy is Action" is:

Energy in Action

Answers:

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Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.
By Audrey Hepburn

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TryEngineering Together

11/8/2018

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Questions:

Answer

Why might TET be a good addition to our classroom?
How might this program help me learn?

TET is going to be a good addition to our classroom because we are going to be learning and having fun.
TET will help me learn by getting in touch with experts in science, technology, enginnering, and math.

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Erosion and Deposition

10/11/2018

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Reflection/Synthesis Questions:

What were you trying to create in today's lab?
What improvements did we make to the model from trial to trial? After you list each improvement, explain why we made that change and explain if it helped or not.
What did the final model demonstrate for us? Was there anything that didn't work out? If so, what were we not able to demonstrate?
What would have been challenging for you if you were asked to do this entire lesson on your own?

Answers:

We were trying to make a meandering and natural-looking temporary river.
The Second trial we added a big piece of play-doh in the middle and we mixed gravel, rocks, and dirt
The final model demonstrated what a river did in the natural world