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Hot Air Balloons
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What causes hot air balloons to rise?
What are the parts of a hot air balloon
How do you move the balloon horizontally?
How do you launch and land a hot air balloon?
What do hot air balloons have to do with states of
matter?
– http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/feature_ent.html?id=c373
e9fee203bf568f6a17245d830100
– http://science.howstuffworks.com/hot-air-balloon.htm
– http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/feature_ent.html?id=c373
e9fee203bf568f6a17245d830100
Thermostats
• How does a thermostat work?
• What are the parts?
• What does a thermostat have to do with
chemistry?
– www.howstuffworks.com
Bulb Thermometers
• What are the parts of the bulb thermometer?
• Describe what makes the liquid in the thermometer rise
when it is hot outside.
– How does this relate to states of matter?
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Describe what makes the liquid in the thermometer fall
when it is cold outside.
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How does this relate to states of matter?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/therm1.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/dry-bulb-temperature
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem99/chem99323.htm
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/Atmosphere/temperature/ther
mometer.html
Pop-up Turkey Thermometers
• What are the parts of the pop-up turkey
thermometer?
• Describe what makes it “pop up” when the
turkey is done.
– How does this relate to states of matter?
• How can you reuse “pop up”
thermometers?
– How does this relate to states of matter?
Dry Ice
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What is dry ice?
How is dry ice made?
How is dry ice used?
How does dry ice relate to states of matter?
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/question264.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ice
http://www.occc.com/abc/dry-ice.htm
http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/Dry_Ice.html
Amorphous Solids ( butter, plastic)
• What are examples of amorphous solids?
• Why are the properties of an amorphous
solid?
• What do amorphous solids have to do with
states of matter?
• What are some applications for
amorphous solids?
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous
– http://www.utmem.edu/physpharm/.003a.html
How is glass made?
• What kind of substance is glass?
• How is glass made?
• How are we able to “mold” it into all sorts
of shapes?
– www.howstuffworks.com
Hydraulics
• How does a hydraulic system work
• Where are hydraulics used?
• What do hydraulics have to do with
chemistry?
– http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydraulic.htm
– http://home.wxs.nl/~brink494/frm_e.htm
– http://www.nextenergy.org/industryservices/Hybrid__H
ydraulics.asp
– http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question294.htm
Plasma TV’s
• How do plasma tv’s work?
• What are the parts of a plasma tv?
• Why are they thought not to last as long as
other TVS (non-plasma)?
– www.howstuffworks.com
Liquid Nitrogen or Oxygen
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What is liquid nitrogen (or oxygen)?
How is it made?
What are its uses?
What are its properties?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_oxygen
http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/Airgases/airgases.html
http://www.pa.msu.edu/sciencet/ask_st/051293.html
http://www.naspensacola.navy.mil/logistics/loxlin.html
http://wwwsafety.deas.harvard.edu/services/nitrogen.html
http://wwwsafety.deas.harvard.edu/services/oxygen.html
Popcorn
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What is in the popcorn kernel?
What are the parts of a popcorn kernel?
What causes a popcorn kernel to pop?
What would cause popcorn kernels not to pop?
What does popcorn have to do with chemistry?
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http://www.jollytime.com/kids_corner/science1.asp
http://www.factmonster.com/index.html
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/popcorn1.html
http://amos.indiana.edu/library/scripts/popcorn.html
Fireworks…What causes the colors
and how do they work?
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What are fireworks made of?
What are the parts of fireworks?
What causes fireworks to explode?
What causes the different colors of
fireworks?
– www.howstuffworks.com
How airbags work?
• What are airbags made of?
• How do airbags work?
– www.howstuffworks.com
Handwarmers
• What are the components of a handwarmer?
• Why do we have to break it or squeeze it to
“activate” it?
• What type of reaction is happening ( in terms of
heat) and what is “releasing the heat”?
• http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/co
nsumer/faq/how-do-handwarmers-work.shtml
How Batteries Work
• What is found inside a battery?
• What reaction is occurring?
• What is the difference between a “dead
battery” and a “charged battery”?
The Hindenberg
• What was the “Hindenberg”?
• What is the “chemical theory” behind the
disaster?
• What could have prevented such a
disaster from happening? (Lesson
learned?)
• What properties enabled such a disaster
to occur?
Corrosion of the Statue of Liberty
• What is happening to the Statue of
Liberty?
• Why is the destruction of Statue of Liberty
happening? (Explain in terms of pH)
• What changes could be made to help
prevent the destruction?
• What reaction is occuring?
•ENERGY
Radiation from Cell Phones
• How is cell phone radiation caused?
• What are the health risks of cell phone
radiation?
• What can you do about cell phone
radiation?
– http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cellphone-radiation1.htm
– http://www.answers.com/topic/radiation
Prisms and Visible Light
– http://www.answers.com/topic/visiblelight
– http://www.answers.com/topic/visiblelight
Infrared Light and Remote Controls
• How do infrared remote controls work?
• What are the parts of an infrared remote?
– http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/remotecontrol4.htm
– http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-remotecontrols-work.htm
Radar
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What is “radar”?
How does radar work?
How is radar used?
What type of waves are “radar waves”?
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar
– http://science.howstuffworks.com/radar.htm
– http://earth.rice.edu/mtpe/geo/geosphere/topic
s/remotesensing/25_radar.html
Lasers and Laser Pointers
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How does a laser pointer work?
What “waves” are associated with lasers?
What are the parts of a laser pointer?
What are other uses of lasers?
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_pointer
– http://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/LaserPointer.html
– http://science.howstuffworks.com/laser8.htm
MRI
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What does MRI stand for?
Describe how an MRI test is done.
How does the MRI machine work …include the
job of the electromagnets.
Advantages and disadvantages of MRI’s
Diagram of the MRI machine and its parts
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/mri.htm
www.phschool.com (Electricity and
Magnetism Book)
http://www.mritutor.org/mritutor/WhatisMR.html
http://neurocog.psy.tufts.edu/images/magnetic_resonance_imaging.htm
X-Ray Machines
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What is an x-ray?
How do x-ray machines work?
Are x-rays bad for you?
How do x-ray machines in airports work?
What are some other uses of x-rays?
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www.howstuffworks.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blxray.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/x-ray-machine-2
The Physics Behind Basketball
• How does basketball illustrate Newton’s laws?
• What is the relationship of basketball to the following
motion “concepts”
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Velocity
Gravity
Force
Friction
Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
• http://mrfizzix.com/basketball/
• http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/physicsof/basketball.html
• http://www.hesston.edu/ACADEMIC/FACULTY/NELSONK/PhysicsR
esearch/Basketball/Paperpg.htm
• www.howstuffworks.com
• http://home.nc.rr.com/enloephysics/sports.htm
The Physics Behind Gymnastics
• What is the relationship of gymnastics to the following motion
“concepts’
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Kinetic energy
Potential energy
Gravity
Friction
Force
Mass
Speed
Acceleration
Newton’s Laws of Motion
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http://www.geocities.com/bright_effect/physics.html
www.howstuffworks.com
http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/mphy/np/gym.html
http://www.k12.nf.ca/gc/Science/Physics3204/Projects2003/SlotC/ProjectC7/
mainpage.htm
• http://home.nc.rr.com/enloephysics/sports.htm
The Physics Behind Figure Skating
• What is the relationship of figure skating to the following motion
“concepts’
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Kinetic energy
Potential energy
Gravity
Friction
Force
Mass
Speed
Acceleration
Newton’s Laws of Motion
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http://home.nc.rr.com/enloephysics/sports.htm
http://www.bsharp.org/physics/stuff/skater.html
www.howstufworks.com
http://madsci.org/posts/archives/feb98/887635696.Ph.r.html
http://madsci.org/posts/archives/feb98/887635696.Ph.r.html
Microwaves
• What kind of waves are “microwaves”?
• How are microwaves used?
– In oven
• What are the parts of a microwave oven?
– In radar
• What is the health risk of microwaves?
– www.howstuffworks.com
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave
Black Lights
• What is a black light?
• How do black lights work?
• What are uses for black lights?
– http://science.howstuffworks.com/blacklight.htm
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_light
– http://science.howstuffworks.com/blacklight2.htm
MagLev Trains
• What is maglev transportation?
• How do maglev trains work?
• What are advantages and disadvantages
of maglev trains?
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev_train
– http://www.howstuffworks.com/maglevtrain.htm