Transcript EAST surface tension and cohesion Final

Instructor: Dianne Phillips
Team Members:
Cassie Despain
Jordan Buettemeyer
Nimesh Modi
Students in the Summer 2009 Physical
Science class, at Northwest Arkansas
Community College, worked together to
discover chemistry activities dealing with
surface tension and cohesion.
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Future Physical Science students need a lab
manual to facilitate activities and to enhance
learning experiences.
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Our contribution to the lab manual will include
an activity that demonstrates surface tension
and cohesion and allows students to experience
and discover this concept in a hands-on way.
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The lab manual will be shared with
future K-12 teachers.
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Publish lab manual for future Physical Science
students.
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Develop activities to maximize learning about
surface tension and cohesion.
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To provide a hands-on experience in learning
these concepts.
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NorthWest Arkansas Community College:
› Physical Science class
› Elementary and Secondary Education majors
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Area Public Schools: Future Teachers,
taking Physical Science, will have a
collection of hands-on activities to use
with their future students.
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Chemistry concepts:
› surface tension: cohesion of water, where water is
attracted to itself.
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cohesion - when water is attracted to itself
› adhesion – when water is attracted to other liquids
› Hydrophilic (water loving) and hydrophobic (water
hating)
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Microsoft Office: Power Point, Word
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Digital camera
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Internet
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Communication
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Collaboration
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Technology
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Time management and organization
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Research possible concepts and
experiments.
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Select activity the is simple enough for K-12
students, yet appropriate for a college level
physical science classroom .
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Create and refine experiment.
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Construct power point to present
information.
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Video
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Power point
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Pictures
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Experiment
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Contribution to lab manual
Video of Experiment
 Dr. Bill Durham (chemistry professor at
the University of Arkansas)
 Dianne Phillips (EAST Facilitator)
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