Thursday, October 28, 2010

Thursday, 28 through Friday, 29 October, 2010

Students will be able to:
use information from laboratory experiments and classroom discussions to
-identify unknown elements based on their colors in a flame test.

Students did the flame test lab to identify metallic elements by their characteristic color in a flame test. Since all students were present, there will be no make up lab posted.

However, if you want to learn more about how the characteristic colors of metals has been used in society, click one of the links below:

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/12051-physical-science-the-chemistry-of-fireworks-video.htm?sort=date&page=348

http://www.fireworks.com/safety/chemistry-fireworks.asp

On Friday, the class reviewed the mini assessment before attending the planned assembly.