Chemical Dominos Project
This project was so much fun. We didn't actually create chemical domino's though, we instead created a game board that had to included chemical and mechanical changes. Our game board had to consist of the creation of gas, a double displacement, a single replacement reaction, and we had to light an LED. As stated before we had to create a game board, meaning the whole thing. We started off with choosing a theme, which was camping. As a group we worked to incorporate all the chemical reactions needed into our theme. Our group came up with some really good idea's. All of the reactions we came up with are stated below in the set up/game instruction, but I thought I would go ahead and share them with you here. Our first reaction was to "making eggs" in the morning, where we used a double displacement precipitate reaction to create the color yellow to represent "scrambled eggs." The player did this by mixing calcium nitrate and potassium chromate to react to form potassium nitrate and calcium chromate. Next, you would "blow up their air mattress" by using a single displacement reaction with vinegar, baking soda, and a balloon, where we added baking soda to vinegar to create a reaction that produced CO2 to blow up the balloon. Our third reaction was to turn on the "flashlight" for night time by using copper chloride and tin foil to break the circuit in our breadboard. Once the copper chloride wore through the tin foil, the circuit was broken, causing the LED light to turn on. Our final reaction was our "fireworks show" because you helped the ranger so much he invited you to watch. We did so by using different salts (strontium, lithium, calcium, and copper) along with a Bunsen burner to create different color flames as a light show. Below is a detailed explanation of what is going on in the chemical reactions. Our game also consisted of cards you would pick up at each space. The cards directly correlated to camping and would give you a survival item, or cause you to move backward or forward.
Reflection
In our project I saw no downfalls. I just wished we would have solidified our theme sooner, so we could have worked on it more. We all agree that it would have been nicer if we had more chemical reactions in our game for the entertainer. One other issue was gathering supplies. We had to search far and wide throughout our science building for the materials we needed. We also had to have enough to run our game 3-4 times on presentation night! Everything in this project went well. We had no issue with time management, everything was finished when we thought it would be. Down to cutting out the cards to our game the day presentation night was. It also looked really good. As a group we also created real game that you could play. I could actually see me and my brothers playing this on a rainy day. I am just going to say that our project was probably one of the best. I also was able to take a leadership role in this project and make sure we stayed on task to getting things done. I wasn't alone and just had one small portion of the leadership role. My other group members Lindsey, Angus and Colin all contributed in there own ways. In my opinion our grouped worked very well together, I mean just look at what we created! This was a very fun and interesting way to apply chemistry in a new aspect of life. This is most definitely something I wont forget.
Reflection
In our project I saw no downfalls. I just wished we would have solidified our theme sooner, so we could have worked on it more. We all agree that it would have been nicer if we had more chemical reactions in our game for the entertainer. One other issue was gathering supplies. We had to search far and wide throughout our science building for the materials we needed. We also had to have enough to run our game 3-4 times on presentation night! Everything in this project went well. We had no issue with time management, everything was finished when we thought it would be. Down to cutting out the cards to our game the day presentation night was. It also looked really good. As a group we also created real game that you could play. I could actually see me and my brothers playing this on a rainy day. I am just going to say that our project was probably one of the best. I also was able to take a leadership role in this project and make sure we stayed on task to getting things done. I wasn't alone and just had one small portion of the leadership role. My other group members Lindsey, Angus and Colin all contributed in there own ways. In my opinion our grouped worked very well together, I mean just look at what we created! This was a very fun and interesting way to apply chemistry in a new aspect of life. This is most definitely something I wont forget.