Bring Science Alive! Matter Interactive Student Notebook Sample

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Atoms and Elements OBSERVING PHENOMENA

1. Record the mass of the balloons before and after you inflated them. Then, determine the mass of the air in each balloon.

Balloon

Mass of Balloon Before (g)

# of Breaths

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2

B

3

C

4

D

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Mass of Balloon After (g)

Mass of Air in Balloon (g)

Phenomenon: Balloons have more mass when filled with air, despite air being invisible to the eye.

2. What questions do you have about this phenomenon?

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1. Sort the objects that you saw in your classroom by whether or not they are made of matter.

Matter

Non-Matter

2. List the objects in the video that can be classified as matter or non-matter.

Matter

Non-Matter

3. Describe the difference between matter and energy to your partner.

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N O T E B O O K 1 - Atoms

1. Look carefully at the list of objects and number them from smallest to largest, with “1” being the smallest and “5” being the largest. ant atom cell dust particle ping pong ball I N V E S T I G AT I O N 2

1. Record how many times you could cut the foil in half.

2. Record the following numbers in standard form.

Scientific Notation

Standard Form

2.23 x 1022 atoms 1.43 x 10-10 meters 3. Record the following numbers in scientific form in your notebook.

Standard Form

Scientific Notation

11,100,000,000,000,000,000,000 cuts 3,500,000,000,000 centuries 3,500,000,000,000 centuries as years © Teachers’ Curriculum Institute

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4. Record the size category you were given here.

5. Choose five objects and sort them by the size category you were given.

Objects

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Predicted Order

Actual Order

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N O T E B O O K 2 - Engineering Tools to Observe Atoms

1. Heinrich Rohrer and Gerd Binnig were trying to solve the problem of seeing atoms directly. List the criteria and constraints of the problem they were trying to solve.

Criteria

Constraints

2. Suppose you were an engineer trying to solve the problem of identifying the element of an atom. You need to build a tool to do so. What are your criteria? What constraints do you think you might have?

Criteria

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N O T E B O O K I N V E S T I G AT I O N 3

1. Record your topic here.

2. Record the elements related to your topic here.

3. What important information will you include in your periodic table? Record your notes here.

4. Organize your lists into groups. Record the name of each group in the top row, and list all of the elements in the group below.

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5. Create your periodic table below. Be sure to include a key so everyone can read your table.

3 - Classifying Elements

1. Copper, silver, and gold are three elements often grouped together. They are also often called coinage metals. Why do you think that is?

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N O T E B O O K 4 - The Periodic Table

1. Many scientists organized elements into tables. Compare Dmitry Mendeleev’s periodic table to John Newlands’ periodic table. What similarities do you notice? What differences do you notice? Write a paragraph explaining your observations.

Dmitry Mendeleev’s periodic table

John Newlands’ periodic table

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N O T E B O O K 5 - Using the Periodic Table

Use the periodic table to answer the questions that follow.

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1. What are the names of the following elements?

• Cu • Li • Ni • O • Pd • Po • Pt • S • Zn 2. Look closely at the location of each of these elements on the periodic table. Make a prediction: which elements have similar properties to each other and why?

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N O T E B O O K MAKING SENSE OF PHENOMENA

Phenomenon: Balloons have more mass when filled with air, despite air being invisible to the eye.

1. Use what you have learned to explain this phenomenon.

2. Record your notes from your internet research on one of the following categories of the periodic table: • • • • •

Noble gases Radioactive Elements Transition Metals Semi-metals Non-Metals

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3. Write a paragraph that describes what makes them similar to each other, and different form other groups of elements.

4. List the common uses of the category you researched.

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