Reflection for 2011.

Today is the last day of Enrich for 2011. Here is a copy of my reflection for the year:

Today For Science At Enrich

Today at Enrich for science we made our own lava lamp again. But this time we used sherbet instead of baking soda, oil, food coloring and water. The sherbet didn't work very good so we used baking soda, citric acid and tartaric acid. Mine and Conor's one worked good. After that we made hokey pokey.

Debating

Today at Enrich I went to a workshop called debating. My team was the negative team. The debate was about "Should Homework Be Banned?". Our team got 6 points and the other team (positive) got 4 points. My reason why homework should not be banned was that if you didn't have homework you would not go very far and it would be hard to study at university.

By louie@enrich.net.nz

Hi Louie.

It was great to see your enthusiasm in our science talent development session today. You are becoming more confident when sharing your ideas about why we get the results we do, and what it all means! You worked well with Conor today to create your own fire extinguisher, and to inflate the balloon with the gas produced by mixing baking soda and vinegar together. You listened patiently during my workshop on Twice Exceptionally Gifted Children, and shared ideas of your own to make connections regarding this learners strengths and weaknesses. Keep up the great effort Louie!

Katie

Today at Enrich.

Today at Enrich we made our own fire extinguishers out of baking soda and vinegar. It was the gas that put the candle out. We also made a pump thing to blow up balloons. We filled the bottle with vinegar then a few teaspoons of baking soda and put the ballon over the top and it inflated because of the gas the baking soda and vinegar produced.

Hi Louie.

I was really impressed with your effort during science talent development today. You followed the steps of the scientific method so well. We had a clear result with our last experiment on the effect different substances would have on the melting time of ice. The ice cube that had been sprinkled with salt melted a lot faster. When you couldn't tell me why this was, you went and investigated on the Internet. It is so important to do this when completing scientific investigations - we want to know the reason why we got the results we did. Well done Louie - make sure you keep investigating/researching to clarify your understanding for future science experiments.

Katie.

Today at Enrich.

Today at Enrich for science we did a few experiments. For one of the experiments we put out a plastic sheet and poured water with nothing in it on it. This is our control. On the other plastic sheet we poured some water with salt in it. After a while we checked it and nothing much had happened. We also did some experiments with ice-cubes. There were Raro, sugar and plain ice-cubes. We had to see which ice-cube melted the fastest. The plain ice-cube melted fastest.

By Louie