Mystery Box

The Mystery Box lab was definitely a "mystery" activity that is for sure. I found the directions of this lab to be a little unclear because a lot of classmates, along with myself, had a misunderstanding on what exactly was being asked for us to find in the mystery boxes. I assumed that we were simply trying to find out what objects were inside of the boxes, instead the idea was to find out what type of barriers were inside the boxes and where and how they were positioned. This was frusterating because with us misunderstanding the directions, we completely dismissed the whole idea of the lab. Although we caught on quickly, I still felt that the whole lab was a waste of time because I really didn't get much out of this. This taught me something about the importance of explaining what you want students to do and make sure they are all on the same page on what is being asked otherwise your activity is worthless.