Investigating Solids, Liquids & Gases with Toys Science Book

 

Toys, gadgets, and fun-to-do experiments help students explore states of matter and changes of state. Boil water while cooling it with ice, demonstrate how air takes up space...using a bottle that burps and investigate the realtionship between pressure and volume of a gas...with a marshmallow inside a syringe! Innovative investigations like these will empower middle and high school students to explore the states of nater and changes of state-using inexpensive toys and common household items like balloons, paper bags, Silly Putty, facial tissues and plastic Easter eggs. The programs promote toys and household items as ideal science materials because they're already a user-friendly, everyday part of a young person's world.

• 24 activities
• 283 pages
• Middle and high school grades

Table Of Contents

• Program Staff
• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Introduction
• What Is Teaching Science with TOYS?
• What Are TOYS Teacher Resource Modules?
• Inside This Teacher Resource Module
• Activity List
• Safety Procedures
• Content Review
• States of Matter
• Solids
• Liquids
• Gases
• Hard-to-Classify Matter
• Density
• Effects of Temperature and Pressure
• Changes of State
• Liquid-to-Gas Transitions
• Gas-to-Liquid Transitions
• Solid-to-Liquid Transitions
• Liquid-to-Solid Transitions
• Solid-to-Gas Transitions
• Gas-to-Solid Transitions
• Energy Changes
• References for Content Review
• Pedagogical Strategies
• Using National Standards for Science Education
• Assessment
• Effectively Incorporating the Activities in the Classroom
• References for Pedagogical Strategies
• States of Matter Activities
• Properties of Matter
• BedBugs
• Mystery Eggs
• Balloon in a Bottle
• Burping Bottle
• Tissue in a Cup
• Showing That Air Has Mass
• Marshmallow in a Syringe
• Moving Molecules
• Non-Newtonian FluidsLiquids or Solids?
• Rock Candy Crystals
• Crystals from Solutions
• Changes of State Activities
• Crystals by Freezing
• Boiling Water in a Paper Pot
• Boiling Liquids in a Syringe
• Boiling Water with Ice
• Liquid to Gas in a Flick
• Disappearing Air Freshener
• A Cool Phase Change
• Using Dry Ice to Inflate a Balloon
• The Phase Changes of Carbon Dioxide
• Balloon-into-a-Flask Challenge
• Crushing an Aluminum Can
• Hats Off to the Drinking Bird
• Appendices
• Masters for Assessment Models
• Shopping List
• Activities Indexed by Science Topics
• National Science Education Standards Matrix