Right now in science we are learning about the oceans. On Friday, we examined two samples of water (A and B), then put a small amount of each sample into a small dish and placed the dishes in the window sill for the weekend. Students made various hypotheses about what they believed may happen. Today we got to check out what actually happened and discuss our findings. Students found nothing in the "A" dish, and salt crystals left in the "B" dish. It was now clear to everyone that sample B was salt water and sample A was fresh water. One group's results weren't as great as everyone else's. It appears that something happened to their sample B (maybe it spilled somehow or perhaps there was a small leak in the dish). We discussed that this happens to scientists often, and repeating the experiment would be necessary. It's amazing that you can even learn from the mistakes sometimes!
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