Personal
Growth
N S C I
2 3 2 Kelsey
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Prior
Knowledge­
We
as
a
group
were
asked
to
"look
at
the
lava
lamp
and
draw
a
picture
to
answer
the
question,
How
does
energy
flow
through
the
lava
lamp?"
The
photo
to
the
left
is
a
description
of
how
we
believed
the
energy
flowed
through
the
lamp.
Electrical
Energy
moves
from
the
electrical
cord
to
the
light.
Heat
energy
transfers
to
the
lava
lamp,
which
turns
it
from
a
solid
to
a
liquid.
Kinetic
energy
increases
while
potential
energy
decreases.
As
lava
loses
its
heat
energy
it
falls
back
down
because
it
is
denser
as
a
solid.
As
the
lava
hits
the
gases,
heat
energy
transfers
to
potential
energy
and
is
released
into
the
surrounding
area.
This
explanation
for
the
energy
flow
was
wrong
and
I
was
mislead
because
I
did
not
learn
the
correct
concepts
such
as
radiation,
conduction
and
convection.
I
also
did
not
know
that
there
were
so
many
different
forms
of
energy
that
played
a
part
in
the
energy
flow
in
a
lava
lamp.
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Educated
Thought­
We
as
a
group
were
asked
to
"look
at
the
lava
lamp
and
draw
a
picture
to
answer
the
question,
How
does
energy
flow
through
the
lava
lamp?"
The
photo
to
the
left
is
a
description
of
how
we
believed
the
energy
flowed
through
the
lamp
after
learning
the
different
ways
of
heat
transfer.
Light
is
radiating
heat
to
the
coils.
The
coils
become
hot.
The
coils
are
touching
the
wax
and
are
heated
through
conduction.
Molecules
in
the
wax
take
up
more
room
when
heated
causing
density
to
decrease,
which
makes
the
particles
rise
due
to
convection
and
then
fall
due
to
convection.
This
is
because
as
they
move
from
the
heat
source
they
cool
and
transfer
the
heat
to
the
glass.
The
glass
radiates
heat
out
of
the
system.
During
this
assignment
several
of
my
aspects
of
knowledge
changed.
When
we
began
this
experiment
I
did
not
even
know
what
a
lava
lamp
was
made
of.
I
did
not
know
there
were
so
many
different
pieces
inside
the
lava
lamp,
such
as
the
coils
and
light
bulb.
Once
I
knew
how
the
lava
lamp
was
put
together,
I
then
learned
the
three
different
ways
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heat
was
transferred.
Before
the
lesson
I
was
looking
at
the
kinetic
and
potential
energy,
I
now
knew
three
new
concepts
of
heat
transfer
methods.
In
class
we
discussed
convection,
conduction
and
radiation
and
how
these
heat
transfers
occur
in
our
everyday
lives.
This
helped
me
take
the
knowledge
I
learned
in
the
lecture
and
apply
it
to
the
lava
lamp.
The
handout
given
in
class
that
talked
about
the
different
transfers
also
gave
me
a
better
understand
of
how
heat
transfer
works.
The
activity
that
helped
me
the
most
though
was
the
Bill
Nye
video
on
heat
transfer.
This
helped
everything
come
into
perspective.
During
the
video
each
type
of
heat
transfer,
convection,
conduction
and
radiation,
was
shown.
Children
showed
how
each
heat
transfer
worked
in
real
life.
For
example,
to
show
convection
the
children
were
holding
their
marshmallows
over
a
fire.
By
seeing
the
heat
transfers
working
in
real
life
I
could
apply
it
to
the
lava
lamp.
I
am
a
visual
learner;
so
watching
Bill
Nye
literally
show
how
heat
was
transferred
helped
me
to
understand
the
concepts.
Our
science
class
this
year
has
helped
me
learn
what
types
of
activities
help
me
to
fully
understand
a
concept.
We
are
able
to
read,
listen,
watch
and
physically
experiment
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to
understand
our
Earth.
Through
this
project
and
many
other
assignments
in
the
class
I
was
able
to
watch
myself
learn
new
concepts
in
one
class
period
because
I
was
learning
in
so
many
different
ways.