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Responding with Wonderment and Awe
We did an exploration of forces between particles with six different stations. One station involved using the fume hood, four involved the burning of a substance, and the last one consisted of rock salt, a hammer, and a board.

This station out of all six seemed the most boring, pointless, and obvious. While we were heating all these different substances and observing their reactions of the flame, all we were doing here was smashing rock salt. This was a false judgement. Although this specific station appeared to be boring, it really was not. Yes, all we did was smash salt, but when Mrs. Knowles explained the science behind breaking the rock salt's bonds, it turned out to be the most interesting. Since the rock salt was held together by a metallic bond, it's bonds do not break, but are merely shifted and when they are shifted the particles repel against each other, causing the breaking of the salt.

Out of all the stations, I only remembered the specifics of this station. All we did was smash salt, but the explanation of the forces of the salt really interested me. Learning about the science behind ordinary, everyday things is what intrigues me the most as it gives answers to the most basic questions that we tend to look past.