Physical Science
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| Physical Science |
| Chemistry |
| Microdensity of Plastics: The purpose of this experiment is to find the density of a small piece of plastic and to use the density to identify the type of plastic. This lab utilizes micropipettes and analytical balances. |
| Boyle’s Law: The purpose of this laboratory activity is to determine the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas: Boyle’s Law. |
Mixtures & Compounds : The purpose of this experiment is to show that mixtures and compounds are not the same thing. |
| Half Life Simulation: Students use M&Ms to investigate the concept of half-life. |
| Accuracy and Precision : The purpose of this experiment is to determine the density of water and calculate the accuracy of the density determination and the precision of the density determination. |
| Paper Chromotography: The purpose of this experiment is to separate the inks in magic markers using paper chromatography. |
| pH Testing: The purpose of this activity is to give students hands-on experience in testing the pH of various common solutions with different techniques. Those techniques are litmus paper (blue and red), pH paper and pH pens. |
| pH of Households: The pH of various household substances are determined using litmus paper, a pH meter, and/or the 39 drop method. |
| Red Cabbage Indicator: In this lab students will explore the unique qualities of red cabbage which allow it to be used to find the pH’s of various household products. |
| Periodic Table Game: Interactive activity for students to learn how the periodic table is arranged. |
| Isotopes of Pennies: The purpose of this exercise is to determine the number of pre and post 1982 pennies in a film canister without removing the lid. |
| Chemical Reactions: The purpose of this lab is to show visual evidence of the law of conservation of mass during a chemical reaction. |
| Endothermic vs Exothermic Reactions: The purpose of this lab is to explore chemical and physical changes that release or absorb heat. |
| Mystery Solutions: The purpose of this lab is to determine the identity of six unknown solutions. |
| Demonstrations: These demos are used to teach and show students the interesting properties and uses of liquid nitrogen. Other demos include dry ice, fire, and color demonstrations. |
| Molecular Motion Kit: This kit includes two molecular motion demonstrators and magnets. |
| Properties
of Matter: This STC kit covers the topics listed
below. Lesson 1 - Our Ideas About Matter Lesson 2 - Determining Density Lesson 3 - Density Predictions Lesson 4 - Do Gases Have Density? Lesson 5 - Temperature and Density Lesson 6 - Applying the Heat Lesson 7 - Just a Phase Lesson 8 - Changing Matter and Mass Lesson 9 - The Mystery Object Lesson 10 - Starting the Anchor Activity Lesson 11 - Pure Substance or Mixture? Lesson 12 - What Happens When Substances Are Mixed with Water? Lesson 13 - How Much Solute Dissolves in a Solvent? Lesson 14 - Mass, Volume, and Dissolving Lesson 15 - Separating a Soluble and an Insoluble Substance Lesson 16 - Researching Solvents Lesson 17 - Separating Solutes Lesson 18 - Changing Mixtures Lesson 19 - Assessing Our Progress Lesson 20 - Breaking Down a Compound Lesson 21 - Examining and Grouping Elements Lesson 22 - Combining Elements Lesson 23 - Chemical Reactions Involving Metals Lesson 24 - Countering Corrosion Lesson 25 - Mass and Chemical Reaction |
| Physics |
| Magnetic Field Demonstration: Materials include bar magnets and a magnetic field demonstrator. |
| Simple Circuits: This activity allows students to observe that electricity follows a path from a power source through a light bulb and back to the battery. They also learn to manipulate a switch and observe that it can function as a tool to complete or interrupt a circuit. |
| Energy, Machines and Motion Unit: A Science and Technology Concepts (STC) is a unit on energy, machines and motion. Activities include: making a battery, charging a battery, the force of friction, the incline plane, the pulley, the lever, motion of a mousetrap, and the roller coaster. |
| Audio Generator: Comes with an audio signal generator. |
| Rive Ray Set: The equipment for this set includes a rive ray box and optics set. Mirrors , Lenses |
| Intro to Bridges: This K’NEX activity allows the students to build bridges using K’NEX pieces. |
| Roller Coaster Science: The activities for this include working with a preassembled K’NEX roller coaster. |
| Ripple Tank Activity: This activity investigates the motion of waves and its application to reflection, refraction, interference and diffraction in using surface waves in water to variable depth. This activity comes with a ripple tank and wave generator. |
Bell Jar and Vacuum Set: The equipment for this set includes a two stage high vacuum pump with gauge and a universal vacuum plate. |
| Optics Bench Set: The equipment for this set includes 6 student optics benches and one teacher optics bench. Each bench includes an assortment of optic gratings. |
| Pulley Demonstration: The equipment for this demonstration includes a crossbar, numerous pulleys (single sheave, triple tandem and quadruple sheave) and various massed weights (50g, 100g, 200g and 500g). |
| Phun with Air Puck Physics: This lab will show elastic and inelastic collision and the physics principles behind them. |
| 2 L Bottle Rocket Launcher: This activity includes a teacher-led manual and self-study manual. |
| Various Physics Demos: These demos include rotating stool, gyroscope bicycle wheel, center of gravity paradox, bed of nails (for balloons), diffraction glasses and diffraction gratings. |
| General Physics Equipment: Conductometer, Digital Multimeters, UV Pocket Lanterns. |
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