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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Reaction Products Investigation

What do you think you will see in your evaporation dish tomorrow? How will you determine if the white precipitate is baking soda or some other substance?

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Wrap Up Questions

1.  What happened to the bag?
2.  What made the bag puff up like a pillow?
3.  Where did the gas come from?
4.  What did you find out by doing the reaction in a bag that you couldn't find out doing the reaction in a cup?
5.  How much gas formed as a result of the reaction?
6.  How does the volume of gas compare to the volume of substances you put into the bag?
7.  How did the reaction differ between the 2 bagged experiment?
8.  Which reaction produced more gas?
9.  What happened when we put all 3 reactants in the bag and added water?

Vocabulary
Reactant
Product
Reaction

Write a conclusion for the lab...
Explain the lab
Restate the problem and your hypothesis
Was your hypothesis support/not supported
What did you learn

Monday, May 12, 2014

Fizzing Bags

What differences and similarities did you observe between the reaction of calcium chloride/baking soda and citric acid/baking soda?

Monday, April 7, 2014

Mystery Solutions

What was the same for each solution?  How did you determine if the concentrations were the same or different for each of the solutions?

Monday, March 31, 2014

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Lizard!!!

Extra credit....first student to identify this lizard, tell me what it eats and its ideal habitat.  Ready...GO!!!

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

KoolAid Recipe?

Were all the solutions we made today the same?  Was the concentration of each solution the same?  Were some solutions more diluted than others?  How could you tell?  What was the solvent and solute?    

Monday, March 17, 2014

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Just for Fun :)


Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Making a Solution

In today's lab, which of the measurements were direct and which were derived? What other examples can you think of for direct and derived measurements? Why do you think we saw such a variance in our measurements today? What did your measurements prove in terms of the final mass of solutions?

Monday, March 10, 2014

How does Earth's Water Compare?

Jumping Penny

What principle helps explain how you were able to move the penny into the container/over the counter without touching it?  Explain how this works.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Saturation Lab

What was the solute, solvent, and solution in today's lab?  How did you know that your solution became saturated?  Was your prediction accurate?