Learning about inquiry based learning is a mind blowing but yet complex idea or skill to obtain. This week in lab I did a lab working with getting to the know the scientific method. If I were to use this lab in teaching it would have than went into the properties of milk.
I felt that my classmates were engaged wondering what was going to happen. I had to help push them in the right direction as from as coming up with a question because they knew we were dealing with milk and soap and the one group thought we were making soap.
In all realty the lab to show how following a procedure or not following one in the right order can have different affects on the outcome. If you put food coloring in first, than milk, and last dish soap it did not do a whole lot just like if you did it with milk instead of water. Where as when you put milk in first, added drops of food coloring, and last the dish soap there was a reaction.
A weakness for me was not knowing the content as to why this happened but writing the lesson plan I focused on the procedure and the steps of the scientific method. I also needed more questions that would make them think at a higher level.
On a good note though they were engaged and participating.
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