Class on Thursday, November 13

Today, we started off by getting any questions we had answered by Dr. E. After that, Dr. E. reminded us of the changes she made to the calendar. Then, we talked about the final project again to clear up any confusion. After we were done with all of this, we restarted the lab we started last week, since we were rushed and ran out of time last Thursday. The lab was called "A Good Sock" and it was to demonstrate that insulation slows the flow of heat. It compared the insulation effects of socks, using a dry cotton sock, a wet cotton sock, and a wool sock. We used Lab Quests for this activity, and surprise, surprise..........ours didn't work!! The temperature probes were not working correctly, so we used the data from the group next to us. Our Lab Quest was the only one not working, but then eventually Dr. E. got it to work, but it was too late to start over so we just continued with using the data from the other group. It was interesting to see the results from this lab. We concluded as a class that wool is the best insulator out of the three socks. This would be a fun experiment to do with my class someday. I would probably only do it if I feel more comfortable with Lab Quests because right now I am not very good with technology but it was fun to use it today for this lab.