Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Laboratory Exercises for Physical Sciences

Here is a list of the physical science laboratory curricula we received at OSSM:

Temperature and Reaction Rates

Acids and Bases in the Bathroom and Kitchen

Reactions of Ions

Oxidation-Reduction in a Shake

Electrolysis I- Turning water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen

Lemon Voltage

Modeling Energy Flow in Stars- this is the bumble ball experiment.

Period of a Pendulum

Graphing Your Motion- this lab used the Vernier motion detector setup.  Free download at http://www.vernier.com/cmat/msv.html

 

2 comments:

  1. Excellent...thanks, Mr. Crosswhite.
    jsmeyer

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  2. I can send you the labs as pdf files. Please do remind me in the fall when I return to my desk and scanner. Any thing you have to offer in the way of suggestions are greatly appreciated. I want to improve my 6-8th grade general science curriculum and incorporate more labs this year.

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