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Chemistry
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Classroom Activities
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Absolute Zero
In "Building a Bulb Thermometer," students build and calibrate their
own bulb thermometers. Grades 6-8.
Can Buildings Make You Sick?
In "Air Sampling," students collect and observe airborne particles
in and out of the classroom. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Cancer Warrior
In "What's the Right Dose?" students determine the toxicity of salt
to an intracellular liver process using a dose response curve to
learn more about chemotherapy. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Einstein's Big Idea
In "Messing with Mass," students conduct an inquiry into the meaning
of m in E = mc2 by exploring how objects of mass interact during a
chemical reaction in a plastic bag. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Everest -- The Death Zone
In "The O2 Factor," students determine the concentration of oxygen
in the air. Grades 6-8.
Forgotten Genius
In "What It Takes to Change," students visit stations in the
classroom to investigate physical and chemical changes and then
apply what they have learned to a story about physical and chemical
changes that occur in everyday life. Grades 6-8.
Lincoln's Secret Weapon
In "Dive, Dive, Dive," students explore how principles of gas
behavior relate to diving in order to plan safe underwater
activities. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Mountain of Ice
In "Secrets in the Ice," students graph and analyze sodium,
chloride, and sulfate ion concentrations collected from an ice core
to learn about past atmospheric conditions. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Newton's Dark Secrets
In "Secret Symbols," students read and interpret a passage from a
famous alchemical text titled The Twelve Keys of Basil Valentine.
Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Origins: Where are the Aliens?
In "Mission: The Search for Life," students learn how planetary
spectra can be used to search for life on other worlds and analyze a
mystery planet �s spectrum for potential signs of life. Grades 9-12.
Race to Catch a Buckyball
In "Building a Buckyball," students construct a paper model of the
60-carbon-atom Buckyball. Grades 6-8.
Science Odyssey, A: Bigger, Better, Faster
In "Super Polymer," determine the absorbency of sodium polyacrylate
to understand some properties of a polymer. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Science Odyssey, A: Origins
In "The Dating Game," simulate radioactive decay and determine
half-life to understand the concept and its use in determining the
age of materials. Grades 6-8, 9-12.
Viking Deception, The
In "Extracting Colors," students make plant-based dyes and learn
about some the chemical pigments responsible for the color they
impart. Grades 6-8.
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