Hot Air Balloons

• What causes hot air balloons to rise?• What are the parts of a hot air balloon• How do you move the balloon horizontally?• How do you launch and land a hot air balloon?• What do hot air balloons have to do with states of

matter?

– http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/feature_ent.html?id=c373e9fee203bf568f6a17245d830100

– http://science.howstuffworks.com/hot-air-balloon.htm– http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/feature_ent.html?id=c373

e9fee203bf568f6a17245d830100

Thermostats

• How does a thermostat work?

• What are the parts?

• What does a thermostat have to do with chemistry?– www.howstuffworks.com

Bulb Thermometers

• What are the parts of the bulb thermometer?• Describe what makes the liquid in the thermometer rise

when it is hot outside. – How does this relate to states of matter?

• Describe what makes the liquid in the thermometer fall when it is cold outside.– How does this relate to states of matter?– http://www.howstuffworks.com/therm1.htm– http://www.answers.com/topic/dry-bulb-temperature– http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem99/chem99323.htm– http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/Atmosphere/temperature/the

rmometer.html

Pop-up Turkey Thermometers

• What are the parts of the pop-up turkey thermometer?

• Describe what makes it “pop up” when the turkey is done. – How does this relate to states of matter?

• How can you reuse “pop up” thermometers? – How does this relate to states of matter?

Dry Ice

• What is dry ice? • How is dry ice made?• How is dry ice used?• How does dry ice relate to states of matter?

– http://www.howstuffworks.com/question264.htm– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_ice– http://www.occc.com/abc/dry-ice.htm– http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/Dry_Ice.html

Amorphous Solids ( butter, plastic)

• What are examples of amorphous solids?• Why are the properties of an amorphous

solid?• What do amorphous solids have to do with

states of matter? • What are some applications for

amorphous solids?– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amorphous– http://www.utmem.edu/physpharm/.003a.html

How is glass made?

• What kind of substance is glass?

• How is glass made?

• How are we able to “mold” it into all sorts of shapes?– www.howstuffworks.com

Hydraulics

• How does a hydraulic system work

• Where are hydraulics used?

• What do hydraulics have to do with chemistry?– http://www.howstuffworks.com/hydraulic.htm– http://home.wxs.nl/~brink494/frm_e.htm– http://www.nextenergy.org/industryservices/Hybrid__

Hydraulics.asp– http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question294.htm

Plasma TV’s

• How do plasma tv’s work?

• What are the parts of a plasma tv?

• Why are they thought not to last as long as other TVS (non-plasma)?– www.howstuffworks.com

Liquid Nitrogen or Oxygen

• What is liquid nitrogen (or oxygen)?• How is it made?• What are its uses?• What are its properties?

– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_oxygen– http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/chemweek/Airgases/airgases.html– http://www.pa.msu.edu/sciencet/ask_st/051293.html– http://www.naspensacola.navy.mil/logistics/loxlin.html– http://wwwsafety.deas.harvard.edu/services/nitrogen.html– http://wwwsafety.deas.harvard.edu/services/oxygen.html

Popcorn

• What is in the popcorn kernel?• What are the parts of a popcorn kernel?• What causes a popcorn kernel to pop?• What would cause popcorn kernels not to pop?• What does popcorn have to do with chemistry?

– http://www.jollytime.com/kids_corner/science1.asp– http://www.factmonster.com/index.html– http://www.factmonster.com/spot/popcorn1.html– http://amos.indiana.edu/library/scripts/popcorn.html

Fireworks…What causes the colors and how do they work?

• What are fireworks made of?

• What are the parts of fireworks?

• What causes fireworks to explode?

• What causes the different colors of fireworks?– www.howstuffworks.com

How airbags work?

• What are airbags made of?

• How do airbags work?– www.howstuffworks.com

Handwarmers

• What are the components of a handwarmer?• Why do we have to break it or squeeze it to

“activate” it?• What type of reaction is happening ( in terms of

heat) and what is “releasing the heat”?• http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/

consumer/faq/how-do-handwarmers-work.shtml

How Batteries Work

• What is found inside a battery?

• What reaction is occurring?

• What is the difference between a “dead battery” and a “charged battery”?

The Hindenberg

• What was the “Hindenberg”?

• What is the “chemical theory” behind the disaster?

• What could have prevented such a disaster from happening? (Lesson learned?)

• What properties enabled such a disaster to occur?

Corrosion of the Statue of Liberty

• What is happening to the Statue of Liberty?

• Why is the destruction of Statue of Liberty happening? (Explain in terms of pH)

• What changes could be made to help prevent the destruction?

• What reaction is occuring?

•ENERGY

Radiation from Cell Phones

• How is cell phone radiation caused?

• What are the health risks of cell phone radiation?

• What can you do about cell phone radiation? – http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phon

e-radiation1.htm– http://www.answers.com/topic/radiation

Prisms and Visible Light

– http://www.answers.com/topic/visiblelight– http://www.answers.com/topic/visiblelight

Infrared Light and Remote Controls

• How do infrared remote controls work?

• What are the parts of an infrared remote?– http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/remote-c

ontrol4.htm– http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-remote-cont

rols-work.htm

Radar

• What is “radar”?

• How does radar work?

• How is radar used?

• What type of waves are “radar waves”?– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar– http://science.howstuffworks.com/radar.htm– http://earth.rice.edu/mtpe/geo/geosphere/topic

s/remotesensing/25_radar.html

Lasers and Laser Pointers

• How does a laser pointer work?

• What “waves” are associated with lasers?

• What are the parts of a laser pointer?

• What are other uses of lasers?– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_pointer– http://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/Laser-

Pointer.html– http://science.howstuffworks.com/laser8.htm

MRI

• What does MRI stand for?• Describe how an MRI test is done.• How does the MRI machine work …include the

job of the electromagnets.• Advantages and disadvantages of MRI’s• Diagram of the MRI machine and its parts

– http://www.howstuffworks.com/mri.htm– www.phschool.com (Electricity and

Magnetism Book) – http://www.mritutor.org/mritutor/WhatisMR.html– http://neurocog.psy.tufts.edu/images/magnetic_resonance_imaging.htm

X-Ray Machines

• What is an x-ray?• How do x-ray machines work?• Are x-rays bad for you?• How do x-ray machines in airports work?• What are some other uses of x-rays?

– www.howstuffworks.com– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray– http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blxray.htm– http://www.answers.com/topic/x-ray-machine-2

The Physics Behind Basketball

• How does basketball illustrate Newton’s laws?• What is the relationship of basketball to the following

motion “concepts”– Velocity– Gravity– Force– Friction– Potential Energy– Kinetic Energy

• http://mrfizzix.com/basketball/• http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/physicsof/basketball.html• http://www.hesston.edu/ACADEMIC/FACULTY/NELSONK/Physics

Research/Basketball/Paperpg.htm• www.howstuffworks.com• http://home.nc.rr.com/enloephysics/sports.htm

The Physics Behind Gymnastics• What is the relationship of gymnastics to the following motion

“concepts’– Kinetic energy– Potential energy– Gravity– Friction– Force– Mass– Speed– Acceleration– Newton’s Laws of Motion

• http://www.geocities.com/bright_effect/physics.html• www.howstuffworks.com• http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/mphy/np/gym.html• http://www.k12.nf.ca/gc/Science/Physics3204/Projects2003/SlotC/ProjectC7/

mainpage.htm• http://home.nc.rr.com/enloephysics/sports.htm

The Physics Behind Figure Skating

• What is the relationship of figure skating to the following motion “concepts’– Kinetic energy– Potential energy– Gravity– Friction– Force– Mass– Speed– Acceleration– Newton’s Laws of Motion

• http://home.nc.rr.com/enloephysics/sports.htm• http://www.bsharp.org/physics/stuff/skater.html• www.howstufworks.com• http://madsci.org/posts/archives/feb98/887635696.Ph.r.html• http://madsci.org/posts/archives/feb98/887635696.Ph.r.html

Microwaves

• What kind of waves are “microwaves”?• How are microwaves used?

– In oven• What are the parts of a microwave oven?

– In radar

• What is the health risk of microwaves?

– www.howstuffworks.com– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave

Black Lights

• What is a black light? • How do black lights work?• What are uses for black lights?

– http://science.howstuffworks.com/black-light.htm

– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_light– http://science.howstuffworks.com/black-light2.

htm

MagLev Trains

• What is maglev transportation?

• How do maglev trains work?

• What are advantages and disadvantages of maglev trains?

– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev_train– http://www.howstuffworks.com/maglev-

train.htm