Once again you will have a portfolio to complete this trimester it's in chemistry.
The final portfolio for this trimester will contain:
these pieces have been done or will be done in class include them as well.
6 Completed Portfolio Projects Due by
Monday February 12 ,2001 (yes, this is third trimester).
intermediate
deadlines - 2 projects due Dec 4, additional 2
projects due by January 29th
these will count towards your 2nd trimester grade. 5% of
your average.
remember to visit the useful links page for help with your research and projects.
PORTFOLIO CHOICES:
LAB ( the lab must be written up see format page, bring in any products you make to share with the class)
Many of the lab activities that we have done in class have extension activities, choose one to do.
Here's a fun follow up to the cabbage juice lab , about acids and bases http://scienceview.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/juicebar.html
Try a lab from this page - Three men and a balloon - NOVA video we saw the beginning of it in class
The mini- lab on page 363 building models of octane with raisins, gumdrops and toothpicks looks fun and interesting, try it.
here is a choc chip recipe to try (my FAVORITE kind of cookie). Bring the cookies to class and write up your recipe and why cooking is chemistry.
Try the explore activity on page 441. Find out why copper surfaces often turn green. What happens and why? Write up a full report (lab)
The lab on page 310 of the textbook may be done at home. Write up a full report (lab)
The lab on page 352 of the textbook may be done at home. Write up a full report (lab)
The lab on page 363 of the textbook may be done at home. Write up a full report (lab) and bring in your isomer models.
Or... build the isomers online at http://antoine.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/senese/tutorials/isomer/index.cgi
The lab on page 454 of the textbook can be done at school by appointment. Write up a full report (lab)
Complete the unit project for either unit 4 (page 411) or unit 5 ( page 492) from your textbook.
Design and conduct an experiment to discover the heat insulating capabilities of a variety of materials. Write up a lab report of your findings and bring in the materials. (lab)
Do up to two more home experiments and write them
up. (lab) homelabs
can be found here or in the portfolio bin in the room.
There are also many good books on the topic available in the lab and
library.
Meet with Mrs. Cowlin to talk about pigments and their origins. Conduct an experiment to discover the fading rate of a variety of pigments. or conduct an experiment to make your own dyes using plant materials. (see poster in science room about native American dyes) (Art / lab)
Meet with Mrs. Cowlin and design an experiment/ project to learn more about the chemistry of glazes. What minerals/ elements give the glazes their colors? Select 5 glazes, put them on a tile or 5 small tiles. Note their color before and after firing. Bring the tiles to class. (Art / lab)
Want to try something different try ....You Can with Beakman and Jax or Bill Nye the Science Guy's NyeLabs Online
Try one of the labs in the book, A+ projects in Chemistry, by Janice van Cleave available in the PCDS library on reserve.
Try the lab about acid rain's effects on building materials from the USGS. available in the portfolio bin. (lab)
Build one of the molecular models (available as a kit to check out for a night). Bring the completed model to class. Look at the model pictures here, print out the one you built. (art/lab)
look here for some projects... http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/worldbook/atozscience/
Do a biography on the scientist (chemist) of you choice. (not the same as your element project) See the list on page 324 of your textbook for ideas. (research)
Prepare a summary of the Motorola case for the class.
Report (oral) on sub-atomic particles and the big bang theory. (research)
Report on the elements in foods. What exactly are nutrients, vitamins and minerals? (research)
Many of you are interested in sports nutrition. Write a sports nutrition guide for your sport. A good reference text is Nancy Clark's sports nutrition guidebook.
Read one of the feature articles from this web site summarize it, and prepare a demonstration for the class. topics include the aromatics, bliss molecule and the poisoned needle.
Follow up on our reading of Silent Spring. What chemicals are we concerned about today? What has changed since Silent Spring was written? (research)
Research the origin of chemical pollutants in our drinking water supplies. How does the water in Phoenix measure up against the national average. Prepare a report for the class. This has been in the newspaper recently week of Jan 10-14.2000 (AZ rep. available in the PCDS library) (research)
Investigate fireworks. What gives them their colors? What ignites them? What launches them into the sky? Why don't they explode prematurely? (research) see http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/kaboom/elemental/
Research the origins of Polymers. Draw a picture
of a polymer or build a model. Describe its composition and use.
(research/lab)
Conduct the Slime lab.
Watch the video The diamond deception on NOVA released February 1, 2000 and answer the study questions. Look at the web pages here the diamond deception NOVA
Calculate the difference in the density of pennies pre and post 1982. Explain alloys and the minting of coins. Handouts are in the portfolio basket (math)
Make a bar graph demonstrating the distribution of the elements in the earth's crust. Explain the origins of the elements on the earth. (math)
Complete the "using math" activity on page 361 of your textbook.
Complete the "using math" activity on page 365 of your textbook.
Complete the "using math" activity on page 426 of your textbook.
Complete the "using math" activity on page 453 of your textbook.
Complete the "using technology" activity on page 469 of your textbook.
Meet with Mrs. Cowlin to talk about pigments and their origins. Conduct an experiment to discover the fading rate of a variety of pigments. or conduct an experiment to make your own dyes using plant materials. (see poster in science room about native American dyes) (Art / lab)
Meet with Mrs. Cowlin and design an experiment/ project to learn more about the chemistry of glazes. What minerals/ elements give the glazes their colors. Select 5 glazes, put them on a tile or 5 small tiles note their color before and after firing. Bring the tiles to class. (Art / lab)
Work on a clay tile in the Art room. Measure the loss of mass and volume when it is fired, why does this occur? (Art / lab)
Draw a picture or paint your vision of what occurs on a molecular level when two chemicals combine. Ex. Fire, baking bread, mixing baking soda and vinegar. (art) this web site could use some art!!
Look at the web page using science to solve art crimes. http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/081art_sci/index.html write a summary of what you have learned here.
Read the book A Civil Action by Johnathan Harr,Vintage Books 1996 . Visit this web site "beyond a civil action" study the facts, the timeline and the map of wells and corporations. Complete the study questions about this book /movie and its implications. The book is on reserve in the PCDS library. It was released as a movie 12/25/98. This can count as a double portfolio (2 credits for this work)
Read the book Frozen Fire by James Houston, Aladdin Books, 1977. Answer the study questions and activities. The book is on reserve in the PCDS library.
Read the book Our Atomic World by Melvin Berger Frankilin Watts,1989. . Complete the study questions and activities. The book is on reserve in the PCDS collection.
Not exactly literature... check out the video Science in the Saddle from the PCDS library. Watch it and answer the study questions.
Using the symbols of the periodic table as your letters. Write 10 words on a poster or index cards. Define them. Example: ScIENCe is spelled with scandium, Iodine, Erbium, Nitrogen, Cerium.
Be courageous, learn the elements song and be ready to sing it by heart in morning meeting on Wednesday February 1st. Here are the words and a real audio version to listen to.