This take home quiz was very easy for me but I did enjoy practicing using scientific notation. Even though there wasn't any questions pertaining to scientific digits, they can be extremely confusing to me. I think it's mostly when zero is at the end of the number that I do not know whether to count it or not. Overall, I am pretty good with scientific notation and thought this was a good worksheet.
Alkynes of trouble ice creamFor this lab, I made ice cream from scratch and created my own label for the ice cream. I decided to make it called Alkynes of Trouble which is a very dorky science pun. From this I learned what alkynes are and also how to make ice cream. Ingredients:
Looking back: The results of my experiment were very tasty. I decided to make vanilla ice cream and add Oreos and Reese's because I thought it would fit well with the title (Alkynes of Trouble). Especially because many of my friends said that was a gross combination! The process was to add the heavy whipping cream, milk, sugar, and vanilla in a pot and melt down the sugar. Once the sugar dissolved, which occurred because I applied energy (heat) and increased molecular motion, I put into the fridge and let it cool overnight. When I came to class the next day, I divided the ingredients. I then turned on the ice cream machine, which was partially frozen so ice could be transferred into the cream. When it was mixing, I added the cookies and peanut butter cups to mix in the ingredients. The ice cream mixed for 10 minutes. When I then took it out of the machine, it was really liquified and icy so I put it into the freezer. Looking beyond: I did get desirable results, but I do feel as if it wasn't creamy enough. It was really icy which led me to think about what I might've done wrong. I think I put it into the ice cream machine too long and didn't freeze it enough. Or I didn't put it in long enough. Either way, it was delicious and the consistency was okay, but not great. I tried really hard to make good ice cream and think of a punny name, but it did take me much longer than I wanted it to. I don't think it should've taken me as much time as it did to write up the lab either. Overall, I did do a good job at this lab, but if I had used less time I think it would've been more beneficial to my final grade. Looking outward: I collaborated with Brianna, but we made separate ice creams. I think that this was really good because we were able to buy ingredients together and bounce off ideas. Also, it was easier for me because she went first and I was able to see the pros and cons of doing certain things. I think we both individually performed really well, but I also think that our collaboration really helped. Looking forward: If I were to do this lab again, I would've used less time to do this and make a more interesting ice cream flavor. I also should've documented better, because I lost/didn't take a bunch of photos. There wouldn't be anyway to keep this lab going unless I made more ice cream with my label, but I am not interested in doing this. Overall, I would have done it almost the exact same as how I did it; with a person to bounce ideas off of, but not to make ice cream with. |