Saturday, September 25, 2010

Reflections on science experiences, laboratory sessions, field work and excursions

This year, I have taken part in many science experiments in the science laboratory, and I would like to share some of my personal experiences in these activities that I have taken part in.

Laboratory sessions and experiments I have taken part in
Throughout the year, I have taken part in various science experiments which took place in the science laboratory. An examples of these sort of activity in Term 1 was getting to know more about the Bunsen burner, and knowing how to operate it. Further activities in Term 2 and 3 required the use of the Bunsen burner, such as separating salt from a mixture of salt and sand, boiling of water, etc. Also, there were other activities such as measuring the heat intensity of two different containers with different colours, etc. Also, there were many different sort of activities according to the practical worksheets we were given. I feel that the idea of having practical worksheets to do while we did the experiments was a good idea, as it was partially to make sure that we learnt from the experiment, well as to make sure that we understood the topic of the experiment (elements, compounds, mixtures, cells, distillation, etc.)
The greatest takeaways from these activities was that they were a fun way to learn our science topics and I feel that this should be the same for next year as well.

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