Kinetic Particle Theory
24/7
Today, we had our first lesson on the kinetic particle theory. It was very fun. From the Unit Summary I previously did on the Kinetic Particle Theory, I learnt that it was the theory that states of matter had particles in them. At first, I thought that it was really easy. But I was wrong. I soon learnt the topic in a deeper level and learnt many new things.
Miss Goh had us watch any video about diffusion of molecules, which was what she called "Self-directed learning" and later we had to do the survey on it. I felt that the videos were really useful and helped us to learn about diffusion in a very interesting way. I watched many videos about diffusion in our daily lives. I learnt that that if you put food colouring into milk and stick a toothpick into the centre, the colours will diffuse and make patterns in the milk. See the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-bn9zssak
Miss Goh had us watch any video about diffusion of molecules, which was what she called "Self-directed learning" and later we had to do the survey on it. I felt that the videos were really useful and helped us to learn about diffusion in a very interesting way. I watched many videos about diffusion in our daily lives. I learnt that that if you put food colouring into milk and stick a toothpick into the centre, the colours will diffuse and make patterns in the milk. See the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-bn9zssak
27/7
Today, we learnt about the formation of particles in a solid, liquid and gas. It was really interesting.
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30/7
I was absent in school today but according to my friends, I did not miss much. Miss Goh just went through the answers for the Kinetic Particle Theory worksheets, which I went through on my own, borrowing one of my friend's worksheets.
31/7
Today we observed a really interesting trick Miss Goh showed. The candle was put off, when smoke was emitted, Miss Goh lighted some part of the smoke and the candle miraculously flickered on again! It was a magical phenomenon and many of us tried guessing on how it worked.
Later, Miss Goh also asked us to research on how candles work and we were really intrigued. We were then asked to write our findings on the whiteboard. I learnt that the candle is made up of the wax and the wick (which must be absorbent).
Later, Miss Goh also asked us to research on how candles work and we were really intrigued. We were then asked to write our findings on the whiteboard. I learnt that the candle is made up of the wax and the wick (which must be absorbent).
2/8
Today Miss Goh showed us some application which was so cool! We could add, compress, heat, cool and do basically anything and watch the pressure rise or decrease! After lesson, I was so fascinated that I kept trying to search for that application to download to no avail. I was very sad and broke down in tears.
Next, we were asked to do our HBL presentation. I immediately started shaking so bad. But in the end we did not do it as there was no time. But next lesson we will have to face the music...
Next, we were asked to do our HBL presentation. I immediately started shaking so bad. But in the end we did not do it as there was no time. But next lesson we will have to face the music...