For this project, we were assigned a board game to make that kids could play and learn some fun concepts of chemistry. We had to include double replacement, single replacement, a production of gas, chemical and physical changes of energy, and lighting an LED light bulb. We also had to build the board game with blueprints, instructions, and safety cards.
MY PROJECT:
MY PROJECT:
My groups projects theme was Pirates of the Caribbean. There is a path of islands which is each spot and step to get to the treasure in the middle. Along the way there are docks where you must complete a chemistry task in order to keep rolling and moving forward.
One of the tasks is making a balloon rise with Carbon Dioxide. Here the player had to fill a balloon with baking soda and pour it over a Erlenmeyer flask. The equation to show this reaction is:
One of the tasks is making a balloon rise with Carbon Dioxide. Here the player had to fill a balloon with baking soda and pour it over a Erlenmeyer flask. The equation to show this reaction is:
Another stop the player would have to make a piece of zinc disappear. To do this a group member wearing appropriate gear placed a piece of zinc in a cup of hydrochloric acid. This is a single replacement reaction where the hydrogen in the hydrochloric acid would be replaced with the zinc, creating zinc chloride and making the zinc block go away. Bubbles would then form due to the hydrogen from the reaction, showing a chemical change. The equation to show this reaction is:
The last stop was very fun. The player was challenged to create fire that is bright red. The player had to dip a popsicle into three different salts until they find the strontium to emit a extreme red color when a group member puts a flame over the salts.
To win the game the player gets to the end of the board and lights the LED. The equation to explain how we did this is following:
To win the game the player gets to the end of the board and lights the LED. The equation to explain how we did this is following:
I really enjoyed this project because I learned more details about double displacement and single replacement equations, and chemical and physical changes in chemistry. y group worked very well together and we divided the work evenly. I think that everyone did a very equal amount of work. Half of our group worked on the final step of our project for a long time while the other half worked on the design and smaller steps of our board game. The game is a fun and perfect game to learn small areas of chemistry using easy terms for kids to understand.