syllabus

book

title

demonstrations & labs

4.8

labs

air pressure

vapor pressure

liquid pressure

• siphon cans (hidden siphon) - aqueducts
• candle & flask
• collapsing can
• lowering boiling point by cooling
• fountain
• upside-down glass
• mariott's bottle
• balloon in bell jar, evacuated
• tornado tube & tornado video
• shaving cream in vacuum
• water rockets
• Hero's engine
• hydrogen gas production
• CH4 bubbles
• cloud formation
• air pressure rockets
• balanced ping pong ball
• lung demonstration

4.8

labs

P-3.2

C-1.3

buoyant force; density

• cartesian diver
• raisins & 7-up
• suspended weight
• density; salt/fresh; hot/cold
• egg in salt water
• salad oil vs. water
• comparison of diet coke & regular coke
• hot air balloon
• hydrogen balloon  vs. CO2 soap bubbles
• methand soap bubbles
• ebony sinks, pumice floats
• dry ice putting out flame
• pumice rock; aquarium

3.2

inductive reasoning

P-6.4, 6.5

acids & bases

• anthocyanin; cabbage
• acid rain test kit

3.5

brainstroming

C-3.3; 5.3

oxidation

• KClO3 & gumi bears, wood
• steel wool & rust
• dry ice; (vinegar and baking powder) put out flame
• copper penny; hydrogen reduction

4.1

modes of learning

P-2.1

center of gravity

• block of wood
• balancing flask
• hinge
• meter stick and fingers
• center of gravity of california.
• male vs. female center of gravity

4.12

human lab

P-7.6;7.5

vision

• blind spot
• american flag
• rgb lights, complimentary colors
• moving fish
• eye model
• eye chart
• pupil dilation; contraction; ipsilateral
• pin hole lens  7.5
• color wheel
• refraction: lasers
• refraction: penny in cup
• strobe & rotating disk:  put the bird in the cage

5.10

health

• epidemiology
• smoking demonstration
• microscopic view of bacteria

4.11

videomicroscope

videomicroscope

• can you recognize (dollar bill, stamps, etc.)
• elodea (cytoplasmic streaming)
• biology labs (volvox, amoeba, paramecium, etc.)
• diatoms slides
• staining tissues (cheek cells)
• telemacrozoom
• classroom books
• staining demonstration
• petrified wood vs. real wood
• flower dissection
• fluorescent stamps
• silver crystal formation  (agno3 + cu)
• crystals:  hematite, salt, coppersulfate
• pentium chips

plant tramsport

• celery & dyes
• carnation colors
• micrograph of xylem
• osmosis in carots
• celery in salt water/ fresh water
• weigh celery - weight loss / gain

transport

• potassium permanganate & methylene blue in agar
• carrot cored (root pressure)
• cytoplasmic streaming in elodea
• celery & dyes; carnation colors
• perfume
• dye in beakers
• osmosis & eggs
• nh4oh and hcl in tube