SOrry Chemistry:
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Project Description:
For this project we had to create a board game and add some type of Rube Goldberg to it. We were required to have some chemistry component as well. My group incorporated chemistry by having reaction spots. If you landed on a reation spot, you could pick between capturing a gas, creating a double displacement reaction, creating a single displacement, or destroying a metal. We had all of the solutions and materials need to create all of these reactions, and we even had an instruction sheet too.
The spots with the yellow circles are the Rube Goldberg spots. If you land on the Rube Goldberg spot, you get to run the Rube Goldberg, which then rolls the dice. You multiply whatever you roll by two and move forward that amount of spaces. We added this with the intent of making this "Sorry Chemistry" game go by a little faster. We also made the game pieces little test tubes. If a player landed on a reaction spot, we provided each player with a list of reactions, and they would have had to create a reaction. Each reaction created a different color, and which ever color was made would allow the player with that colored game piece to move forward an additional 5 spaces. This would also increase the speed of our game.
The spots with the yellow circles are the Rube Goldberg spots. If you land on the Rube Goldberg spot, you get to run the Rube Goldberg, which then rolls the dice. You multiply whatever you roll by two and move forward that amount of spaces. We added this with the intent of making this "Sorry Chemistry" game go by a little faster. We also made the game pieces little test tubes. If a player landed on a reaction spot, we provided each player with a list of reactions, and they would have had to create a reaction. Each reaction created a different color, and which ever color was made would allow the player with that colored game piece to move forward an additional 5 spaces. This would also increase the speed of our game.
Chemistry concepts:
We had a total of 5 reactions. Our first reaction was to capture a gas. We used carbon dioxide gas to blow up a balloon. The materials that we used for this reaction were a beaker, acetic acid (AcOH), sodium bicarbonate, and a balloon. For our second reaction we did a double displacement reaction. For this one we put two clear solutions, potassium iodine and lead nitrate, into a watch glass, and a yellow color was created. This double displacement reaction was an example of a color change. The third reaction was a double replacement reaction. We put 5 drops of NaOH into a watch glass, and added 1 drop of indicator solution to it. Then we added hydrocloric acid to the watch glass, and a color change occured. The new color indicated that the base in the solution had been neutralized and that the solution was becoming acidic. For the single displacement reaction we put zinc into a 10ml beaker and added hydrocloric acid to the beaker. The hydrocloric acid reacted with the zinc, and caused it to fizz and bubble.
Reflection:
I thought that this project was pretty fun, and I learned a lot about different types of reactions. I learned about how to capture a gas, how to create a double displacement reaction, and how to create a single displacement reaction. My group faced a bit of a problem with time management. Towards the end of the project, we spent lots of time outside of class working on our project. A positive thing about this project is that I learned how to manage my time more wisely. We weren't given lots of time to complete this project, so I think that my group should have spent less time brainstorming ideas. I was also improve my group-working skills. Every time I work on a group project I seem to improve skills. At the beginning of the project my group could have worked a bit quicker and could have been more productive. That would have resulted in not having to work on the project for so long outside of class. I think that my group could have assigned a task to each person, to make sure that we all contribute roughly the same amount of work. Overall, I thought that this project was a great learning experience.