Case 2 Your Name: Unit Topic: Science Focus Lesson Topic:College Mentors For Kids STEM Activity Grade

Level: 5th-8th Overview of the Lesson During this activity the students will be able to review their background knowledge of how chemical reactions balance, the clues of chemical reactions, and the types of chemical reactions by observing the eruption of elephant toothpaste. 15-20 students per lesson Upper Elementary-Middle School students Each student has a buddy that they will have the option to work with during the lesson. Large classroom with round tables Small White boards Wireless internet One instructor station with projector

Description of Learners

Description of Learning Environment

Intended Learning Goals

The students should understand what a chemical reaction is, and how they work. They will be able to tell us what kind of chemical reaction is taking place, because of the video at the beginning of the lesson. Chemical changes happen when new substances are made from an original substance. Given the materials for the reactions, students will be able to identify the properties of a chemical reaction. The explanation should include the type of chemical reaction occurring.

Lesson Content

Learning Objectives

 Given the information, students will be able to understand what a chemical reaction is, and how it relates to Elephant Toothpaste. Standards SCI. 5.1.1 Describe and measure the volume and weight of a sample of a given material. SCI. 5.1.4 Determine if matter has been added or lost by comparing weights when melting, freezing, or dissolving a sample of a substance. SCI. 6.1.7 Explain that energy may be manifested as heat, light, electricity, mechanical motion, and sound as is often associated with chemical reactions. SCI. 8.1.7 Explain that chemical changes occur when substances react and form one or more different products, whose physical and chemical properties are different from those reactants. Required Materials 16 oz. empty plastic water bottle for each group (5 empty water bottles) cup 20-volume hydrogen peroxide for each group (2 cups) Squirt of Dawn dish detergent for each group 3-4 drops of food coloring for each group (5 bottles) 1 teaspoon yeast dissolved in 2 tablespoons very warm water for each

 Procedures

group (5 tsp.) Funnel for each group (5 funnels) Foil cake pan with 2-inch sides for each group (5 pans) Lab goggles for each student (15-20 goggles) Lab smock for each student (15-20 smocks) 1 popsicle stick for each group (5) Paper and pen for each group

Directions: 1. Split students into groups of 3 or 4. 2. Send groups to already set up tables. 3. Stand up the bottle in the center of the cake pan. 4. Put funnel in opening. Add 3-4 drops of food coloring to cup of the peroxide and pour the peroxide through the funnel into the bottle. 5. Add a squirt of the Dawn detergent to the peroxide in the bottle. 6. Make a prediction. What do you think will happen when we add yeast to the hydrogen peroxide mixture? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _ 7. Use your prediction to write a hypothesis, which is a cause-effect statement. Finish the hypothesis below. If yeast is added to the peroxide mixture, then 8. Pour the yeast mixture into the bottle and quickly remove the funnel. Write down your observations here: Watch students to maintain all safety

Assessment

precautions Watch students to ensure they are listening to the instructions Watch students to ensure all steps are carried out correctly Read through the students observations of what happens during the Elephant Toothpaste Activity. References
"The Amazing Elephant Toothpaste."regent.edu. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2014. <http://www.regent.edu/acad/schedu/pdfs/ "Steve Spangler Science." Elephant's Toothpaste. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Mar. 2014. <http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/e xperiments/elephants-toothpaste>. Farley, Katie. "Foam It! Making "Elephant Toothpaste"." Katie Farley. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Mar. 2014. <http://www.katiefarley.com/wpcontent/uploads/2013/04/Foam-It-ElephantToothpaste-Lesson-Plan.pdf>.

Conklin, Jr., A. R., & Kessinger, A. (1996). Demonstration of the Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide. Chemistry Everyday for Everyone, 73(9), 838. Retrieved March 5, 2014, from http://pubs.acs.org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/d oi/pdf/10.1021/ed073p838 Hansen, L. D., Garner, J. L., Wilson, B. J., Cluff, C. L., & Nordmeyer, F. R. (1996). Teaching Concepts in Beginning Chemistry with Simple Exploratory Experiments. Chemistry Everyday for Everyone, 73(9), 840-842. Retrieved March 5, 2014, from http://pubs.acs.org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/d oi/pdf/10.1021/ed073p840

http://pubs.acs.org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/pdf/10.1021/ed073p840 This journal was about how students find science more interesting when they are doing hands-on activities and actually getting to participate in the science, instead of just watching it happen. They learn more from it and they pay more attention to what is going on. When they get to participate and see what is actually happening, this changes the attitudes of students and may make them think of science as a more positive thing.

http://pubs.acs.org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/doi/pdf/10.1021/ed073p838 This journal just talks about the different things you can do with hydrogen peroxide. Which is what we used in part of our experiment. It was helpful to read because we could see how hydrogen peroxide reacted compared to how it reacted in our experiment.