Experiments

• Homemade Ice Cream- In relations to Chapter 8 Solutions, students made a solution of their own, HOMEMADE ICE CREAM! To do so, students had the following materials:

        *A sandwich zip lock bag                        *Table Salt                       

        *A gallon size zip lock  bag                      *Ice

        *Creamer                                               *Milk

        *Vanilla                    `                          *Spoon

First, the students mixed together the vanilla, milk, and creamer together by pouring the ingredients into the sandwich zip lock bag. Next, the students received ice in a gallon size zip lock bag. I came around and poured salt onto the ice and told them to place the smaller zip lock bag into the gallon sized one. Then, I told them to add energy to the bags by shaking them for five minutes, and at last, their homemade vanilla ice cream was complete.

• Chemical Reaction- In relations to Chapter 7 Chemical Reactions, students got a chance to witness a chemical reaction. The following materials were used:

            *2 seltzer tablets

            * 2 plastic cups

            * tap water

            *clock

First, the students placed a whole seltzer tablet in on cup. Then they crushed the second tablet and placed it in the second cup/ At the same time, they filled both cups halfway with water. Then they had to time how long the tablet in each cup fizzes. Last, they answered questions pertaining to the reaction on page 202 in their science books.

• Musical Elements- To insure that my students fully remembered the first 25 elements on the periodic table, I came up with an idea to help them remember them. I created a game call MUSICAL ELEMENTS, in which they studied the first 25 elements on the periodic table, and then added music to them. To play the game, each student stood at the element symbols placed on the floor of the room. Next, they walked around the elements when I started the music and stopped when I turned it off. The element they were standing at when the music was stopped, they had to tell me what the name of the element was by knowing what the symbol was. If they got it right, they continued to play the game. If their guess was incorrect, they had to sit down