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 I really liked this week of comparing the traits of multiple objects. It really challenged my thinking when I was super sure of the way theses objects would react the to be wrong. I really loved that as the instructor you brought us back together as a class to show the different ways that tinfoil can react when its just sitting flat on the water vs crumpled into an airtight ball. I would use this as a classroom teacher as a hands on way for students to start understanding the properties of matter.

 This week we worked on the m&ms melting in water again and used sugar to see whether they melted quicker or slower. I love this idea for children relating a common candy they are all interested in with an experiment, This is a lesson that is relatable to most of their lives. I think the way we went back to a previous activity like this one that we have done before is always a good idea because it builds prior knowledge from the first lesson and creates a more in depth understanding of a topic when we are just focused on one. 

 I really liked the discussion we had at the end of the class where you had us share our findings but also explained in cases where things like tinfoil might not float and explain why that is. I think this weeks lessons taught me a lot because even the things I was making confident predictions about were not always true so that process of going through the why behind every scientific reaction taught me a lot.  I think for young children I would have them record their predictions first using a packet to record answers and the do the tests and also record this on paper so they could have somthing they could go back to and reference for future science lessons.