Not a while ago we did a lab... a skills lab! It was to help us with the unit that we are finishing off with. We were learning about the structure of the earth. This lab was supposed to help us with our studies about the mantel. To be exact the lab was called Modeling Mantle Convection Currents. We had to fill a bucket kind of thing with really cold water, then we had to fill in a small container with boiling hot water and put in food coloring and cover it with tin foil. We put the small container inside and poked a hole in side the tinfoil. But before we made the tiny hole with a pencil we put tiny circle shaped pieces of paper from the hole puncher and sprinkeled them on to the surface of the water. So then when we poked the hole the fod coloring started spreading around and moving the pieces of paper and started to create continents and only 1 fell so it was like Atlantis. This lab was very educational and helpful, although not many people could complete the lab correctly from the 1st time
but everyone could do it the 2nd time. Next time we should try to read the directions more properly and most importantly follow them. 