Objectives:
Tasks:
Task 1: Explore the Periodic Table of the Elements
Visit the Chem4kids site. Choose an element on the periodic table that you find interesting. Take five minutes to read about your element and answer the following questions:
1. What is the name of your element?
2. What is your element's weight (or rank) in the periodic table?
3. What are three interesting facts that you would like the class to know about your element?
Task 2: Phases of Matter
Task 3: The Crushing Weight of Air:
Enjoy a dramatic demonstration of the crushing weight of air!
Task 4: Air Weight Lab
Perform the Weight of Air Lab to prove that air has weight.
Task 5: Buoyancy Lab
Perform this Buoyancy Lab or Buoyancy Lab* and discover why things float.
Watch these videos to learn more about Buoyancy:
https://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsforcesandtime/buoyancy/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0SnFCs9z1g&feature=fvwrel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As3kJrCzhnE
Once you have watched all of the videos, you can play this Balloon Game that simulates how to pilot a Hot Air Balloon.
https://www.brainpop.com/games/hotairballoon/
Task 6: Neutral Buoyancy Challenge
Work with a group to complete the Neutral Buoyancy Balloon Challenge.
- Define atom, element, and molecule and other terms on "Term Log".
- Explore the periodic table and teach the class about one element
- Describe the three phases of matter (Define: Solid, Liquid, Gas, Plasma) Lab*
- Prove that air has weight (Define: Mass, Volume, Density, Weight, Gravity) Lab*
- Describe how balloons float (Define: Ascend, Descend, Altitude, Atmosphere, Air Pressure, Buoyancy ) Lab*
- Discuss, as a class, everything you know about atoms and molecules.
- Watch this Brain Pop Video about the periodic table.
- Explore the Chem4kids site to learn about matter and the periodic table.
Tasks:
Task 1: Explore the Periodic Table of the Elements
Visit the Chem4kids site. Choose an element on the periodic table that you find interesting. Take five minutes to read about your element and answer the following questions:
1. What is the name of your element?
2. What is your element's weight (or rank) in the periodic table?
3. What are three interesting facts that you would like the class to know about your element?
Task 2: Phases of Matter
- Visit the Big Room where you'll take on the role of an atom or melecule and discover what happens as the temperature gets turned up on your class.
- Download and complete this Phases of Matter Study Guide or (Modified Phases Guide*) to solidify your understanding of the phases of matter.
- Phases of Matter Lab
Task 3: The Crushing Weight of Air:
Enjoy a dramatic demonstration of the crushing weight of air!
Task 4: Air Weight Lab
Perform the Weight of Air Lab to prove that air has weight.
Task 5: Buoyancy Lab
Perform this Buoyancy Lab or Buoyancy Lab* and discover why things float.
Watch these videos to learn more about Buoyancy:
https://www.brainpop.com/science/motionsforcesandtime/buoyancy/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0SnFCs9z1g&feature=fvwrel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As3kJrCzhnE
Once you have watched all of the videos, you can play this Balloon Game that simulates how to pilot a Hot Air Balloon.
https://www.brainpop.com/games/hotairballoon/
Task 6: Neutral Buoyancy Challenge
Work with a group to complete the Neutral Buoyancy Balloon Challenge.
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