Here is the place to post your reflection on the Visualizing Molecules Lab.For this reflection, you should answer the following questions:1. What did I learn from this lab?2. Was it better to work with models instead of just the chemical formulas? Why or why not?3. What questions do you now have about molecules?This reflection is due Friday, October 24th.
The Orange Shagamuffins
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Visualizing Molecules Lab
I thought this lab was one of the best labs I have ever done. I thought that because we got to do hands on activates and we got to build things out of gum drops. Even before we got to play with gum drops we made things with legos and made puzzles. I like to be given tiny little pieces of something and then build something really cool with it, so this was the lab for me. Also I though my group was very entertaining. Our group laughed and told stories but still did our work. We worked really hard to get the accurate information and have our molecules look just like the real ones. So this lab was very fun and educational all at the same time.
There are so many things I learned throughout this lab. For example, I learned that when a bond is broken, it takes more energy than actually putting together a bond. I alwasy thought it was the opposite way. I also learned that for CO2 + H2O to turn to C6H12O2+O6+H2O, the molecule went through a short amount of steps, which in the case of my partner and I, was difficult. But the molecule made it so short and seem so easy, when, in our eyes, was more difficult than it appeared. I think that it was much better to work with a 3D version of the molecule instead of a formula because we could actually do what the cell did, other than infer what it did with a chemical formula. It was so much easier to understand the concept of a molecule and what a chemical formula actually means. I do have one question...How in the world does a molecule turn from one thing to another like cellular respiration...goes from something big to something small in the least amount of steps??
I like this lab a lot because it was hands on and you got to build things while learning about them at the same time. Are group and I did a good job and made all the structures out a gum drops we were supposed to do. I think this was the best lab because it was hands on and I love hands on work. I also love putting things together and I hope we do something else liked this lab again. I also love using candy as the components for this lab and that made it much more interesting with candy.
I learned many new chemical reactions like photosynthesis CO2 +H20 SUNLIGHT
------> + C6 H12+ 06 + 02+H20 after we wrote down the chemical reaction we sketched the drawing. I think it was much better to bulit molecules with gum drops intsted of writing the chemical reacton because it helpd me understand molecules much better doing then writing. I think the purpose of this Gum Drops Lab is to make cerain molecules very important to life.
I thought this lab was really fun, probably because it was hands-on. i liked how we built the structures with gum drops, they were really easy to work with. I also liked when we used the legos, and the puzzle. I like the gum drop part of the lab better though. I really liked how we worked together opposed to by ourselves. I learned that it takes more energy to break a bond, then to put together a bond. I think it was a lot better to work with gum drops instead of chemical equations. I find that i learn and remember things a lot better when i'm working hands-on. I liked this lab a lot and hope to do another one like it soon!
I learned from the Visualizing Molecules Lab that gumdrops and molecules can be very alike in their shapes and the way they can be put together.
I thought it was better to work with models instead of the chemical formulas because the models are easier to understand.
One question I have, is there a limit on how many atoms can be inside a molecule at the same time?
This lab was really fun and I really liked it. I love to do hands on things and it really helps me understand everything more clearly. I learned a lot from this lab. I learned what a chemical bond was and what photosynthesis and cellular respiration is better than I understood it before. The models were a lot easier to comprehend with instead of the chemical formulas because the models are hands on and fun and the chemical formulas are harder to understand. I hope that we can do another lab like this!
Visualizing Molecules Reflection.
By Pinkbabex5
This was a really fun lab. From doing the visualizing reflection lab I learned a lot about molecules. I learned about what the molecules look like, and what chemical bonds are. I liked how this was a hands-on-activity. I makes it a lot easier for me to understand when I can see and make the models myself.
in my point of view, this lab was fun. (well more so then some other labs we have done) and it was creative and constructive also. it taught us how bonds break and how new bonds are made. the only pain was putting the glucose backtogether after it broke in the bag. if i could make any changes to the lab, i would make the gumdrops not spicy, and clean so we could eat them, and i would make every ones hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon the same color.
I thought the lab was fun but it took up some time when we put the glucose molecules back in the bags because it always fell apart and we had to put it back together, otherwise it was interesting. it was cool hoe yo could take the waters and carbon dioxides, break them apart and make glucose.
I really liked doing this experiment. I thought it was fun but at the same time I learned a lot. I like to do hands on activities because I can understand the lesson better. It was better to work with models then just having the chemical formulas I thought. I learned about photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Even though we went over this last year I still got a better understanding of it. I also learned about chemical bonds. I think making molecules out of gumdrops was a good idea. Overall I really enjoyed doing this lab.
Wait, is the test going to be on cellular respiration,[the formula], how it works; same with photosynthesis?
Is it also going to be on that chart that you made us copy down[supplies,product&&waste]?
Can you please make it clear in class what we're having the test on for me to study??
Thanks.
WOW! Great Lab! Well, I thought this lab was fun because we got to do hands-on stuff like building molecules with gumdrops! another thing is that we had alot of fun too.
I learned alot from the Visualizing Molecules Lab. One thing I learned from this lab is how different elements bond together to form thinkgs like glucose for example. I also learned how the elements broke apart into things such as water or carbon dioxide. I think that working with modles (in our case gumdrops) is better to work with then the chemical formulas because working with the models is a hands-on, fun way to interact with what you are learning about. For me, the funner something is, the easier it will be to learn.
i thought this lab was fun. I like doing things with modles because i learn better doing than listening. i learned what oxygen looked like. i never thought it would look like this. How do 2 hydrogens and oxyge make a liquid?
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