Science makes things go boom

Welcome to my blog post on a blog. In a post. 

I quite enjoyed this project that we did in science, we leaned about atoms, types of matter, and  the ways in which they can be affected by various conditions; so without further ado, welcome to my science story.

Keystone 1:

For keystone 1, we mostly did learning. We learnt about matter, chemical and physical properties, and qualities and quant active observations. For our final product we created a “who am I?” Statement where we listed the qualities of an object. Here was mine:

Mass = 168.58g

Volume = approximately 270cm3 

Density = 0.62437037037037g/cm3

Physical properties:

– Primary colours are white, blue, and green. – qualitative.

– Roughly cylindrical in shape. – qualitative.

– It has a height of 19 1/2cm. – quantitive. 

Chemical property:

– It is non-toxic. – qualitative.

Click underneath to see what my object was.

Keystone 2: 

For keystone 2 we learned about the different states of matter and how different conditions effected certain events and reactions. To show our learning, we designed and tweaked an experiment. We had access to gummy bears and many other ingredients and we changed the environment the gummy bears were in and we saw how that effected the diffusion of the gummy bears. My full experiment is below:

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Cold tap water %2B gummy bear %2B vinegar %2B baking soda %2B food colouring. %28Test 4%29%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EIngredients%3A – 4 gummy bears – Some vinegar – A pinch of baking soda – A few drops of food colouring.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EPredictions%3A – The vinegar will make the gummy bear diffuse faster%2C as it is acidic. – The cold tap water will make the gummy bear diffuse slower than the room temperature water. – The vinegar and baking soda might counteract each other. – The fourth test will go very slow because of the lack of energy and the amount of substance in the water%2Fvinegar – Matter gets more concentrated with the reduction of heat%2C so the gummy bear in cold water – might be slightly smaller than the one in room temperature water. – The acidic vinegar might partially or completely dissolve the gummy bear.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EHypothesis%3A – The rate of diffusion will be affected by different factors presented to the situation. – The characteristics of the gummy bear will change depending on the substances and temperatures.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EObservations%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EDay 1%3A – Test 4 is already covered in bubbles%2C all others are quite normal. – Test 2 gummy bear has only 2 bubbles on it. Test 1%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%3Ca href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blog44.ca%2Fjamesst%2F%3Fattachment_id%3D198%22 rel%3D%22attachment wp-att-198%22%3E%3Cimg class%3D%22alignnone size-medium wp-image-198%22 src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blog44.ca%2Fjamesst%2Ffiles%2F2023%2F05%2FIMG_1836-300×166.jpeg%22 alt%3D%22%22 width%3D%22300%22 height%3D%22166%22 %2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3ETest 2%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%3Ca href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blog44.ca%2Fjamesst%2F%3Fattachment_id%3D192%22 rel%3D%22attachment wp-att-192%22%3E%3Cimg class%3D%22alignnone size-medium wp-image-192%22 src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blog44.ca%2Fjamesst%2Ffiles%2F2023%2F05%2FIMG_1829-300×225.jpeg%22 alt%3D%22%22 width%3D%22300%22 height%3D%22225%22 %2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3ETest 3%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%C2%A0%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3ETest 4%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%C2%A0%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EDay 2%3A %C2%A0All of the gummy bears have expanded%2C some more than others. – They were all very fragile.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3ETest 1%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%3Ca href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blog44.ca%2Fjamesst%2F%3Fattachment_id%3D199%22 rel%3D%22attachment wp-att-199%22%3E%3Cimg class%3D%22alignnone size-medium wp-image-199%22 src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blog44.ca%2Fjamesst%2Ffiles%2F2023%2F05%2FIMG_1837-300×165.jpeg%22 alt%3D%22%22 width%3D%22300%22 height%3D%22165%22 %2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EIt became incredibly fragile%2C and broke into pieces when extracting it from the beaker. – It is also very slippery. – The colour has stayed the same.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3ETest 2%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%C2%A0%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EThe gummy bear got much bigger. It was squishy and slippery like jello.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3ETest 3%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EI lost the photo on this one.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EThis gummy bear was the largest of the bunch – It was dyed mostly green%2C but some of the original colour was still showing due to the food colouring – It was also quite fragile.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3ETest 4%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3E%3Ca href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blog44.ca%2Fjamesst%2F%3Fattachment_id%3D197%22 rel%3D%22attachment wp-att-197%22%3E%3Cimg class%3D%22alignnone size-medium wp-image-197%22 src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blog44.ca%2Fjamesst%2Ffiles%2F2023%2F05%2FIMG_1834-300×225.jpeg%22 alt%3D%22%22 width%3D%22300%22 height%3D%22225%22 %2F%3E%3C%2Fa%3E%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3ETest 4 basically doubled in size. – It became less slippery and fragile than others. – It was also dyed green. – Its throat has been slit.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EConclusion%3A%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EQ%3A How does the presence of different substances affect the diffusion and the gummy bear%3F%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EA%3A The presence of different substances in the experiment changed how much the gummy gear grew and changed in a variety of ways.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EQ%3A Does the temperature of the water affect the diffusion and the gummy bear and%2For the other materials%3F%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EA%3A The temperature of the tap water didn%E2%80%99t really affect the growth. However%2C it might have affected the speed at which the gummy bear diffused.%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EQ%3A Does the presence of an acidic substance affect the diffusion and the gummy bear%3F%3C%2Fp%3E%0D%0A%3Cp%3EA%3A The presence of an acidic substance seems to have made the gummy bears bigger if anything%2C and made one of the gummy bears slightly melty%2C and it made both very slippery%2C the others were slippery as well%2C but these ones were particularly so. Final statement%3A Changing things about the situation the gummy bears were in affected what happened to the gummy bear in various ways.%3C%2Fp%3E[/wmd-toggle-tab][/wmd-toggle]

Keystone 3: 

For keystone 3 we created a video game pitch, mine was an adventure game where the player is a certain state of matter and element, and has to try to survive, and eventually they change to a different state of matter and element. And then we made it! Here is… *drumroll here. Atom Quest!

And the link if you want:

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/841045685

Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed!

05. May 2023 by James
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