Blog Post #11

 1. This week we learned about matter and what it is as well as did some stations that we jumped around to learn some more. We first started by having a conversation about what matter is and what counts as matter and what things are made of matter. We figured out that pretty much everything is made of matter and that we are made of the same matter that stars are made of. We then moved on to the stations part of the lab and had a bunch of different stations where we looked at different scientific phenomena. I did not know about the one that had the ice melt quicker in the pan than on the wood and I thought that was really interesting to learn about. We also looked at things like condensation, buoyancy, suction, and many more. I learned a lot this week about different phenomena and matter. 

2. I was able to relate what I learned to what I already knew. I knew a little about matter but it was hard to remember exactly what I already knew about it but I did know that it makes up pretty much everything that exists and it is in people. I did not know what counted as containing matter or not but after having our discussion section it cleared up a little more on what contains matter but also brought up the idea that there are a lot of grey areas when it comes to the idea of what contains matter. 

5. I remaining question I still have is what is matter? I get the idea that it is what makes up all things pretty much but I am still confused about what exactly makes up matter and what is it? Also, how does matter relate to other scientific phenomena?