Critical Thinking

During this lab me and my partner demonstrated critical thinking by taking a diffferent setup path than our fellow classmates. Instead of mixing the Pb(NO3)2 with the KI and water separately, we mixed the Pb(NO3)2 with water, and in a separate test tube we mixed the KI and water, than we combined them in order to ensure no unwanted reactions happen due to too small initial volume of water. If we were to do this lab again, i would more gradually heat the test tubes in order to ensure an accurate temperature reading.