Applied Science, 12/14, Period 1

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There was a platter of Christmas cookies with coffee, hot chocolate, and milk on the side on a table at the back of the lab. The lab tables were covered with less savory supplies.

"Welcome to your final," Tyler said. "I am sure those of you who have taken a class with me before will be astounded to hear that our last lab is making soap. Technically" -- he grinned -- "we are creating the alkali salt of a fatty acid." He went through a thumbnail lecture on the science of that. "If you've done it before, try to do it better, or add scents or herbs this time."

"Before you start on the soap process, please write 150 words or so on what you learned from this class. Thanks. You guys were a good group."

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Re: Final: Paper [12/14]

[heromaniac]

Momoko struggled a bit, but finally ended up writing about how it had helped her learn that science was fun but also hard work and that sometimes you could learn from mistakes what you could never have learned if everything worked right and that there was science everywhere and even when you weren't looking.