Halloween Activities Science Dry Ice Lesson Demonstration Sublimation MS-PS1-4
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If you want to BLOW YOUR STUDENTS' MINDS with a dry ice demonstration this Halloween or any time during your chemistry or matter unit (during remote learning or in class) by introducing or reinforcing states of matter changes, then this is the activity for your upper elementary or middle school classes! Easily aligned to NGSS MS-PS1-4 Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed.
It’s a FUN and EXCITING yet very SIMPLE and EASY teacher demonstration on the sublimation (state change from a solid directly to a gas) of DRY ICE!! My students LOVE it and talk about it all year long! Great for elementary or middle school teachers when learning about physical changes and/or solids, liquids, and gases or as a Halloween Lab! This lesson comes with a step-by-step guide with questions and answers for each experiment and reflection questions which can be graded!! It requires some set up but totally worth the prep!!!
Students will experience the following:
- Observing white "smoke" sinking
- Touching and popping white bubbles of CO2
- Hearing "screaming" CO2
- Observing the smoke ring launcher
- Observe bubbles "floating" in an aquarium
- Drink carbonated apple juice made from dry ice
- Witness the "world's largest bubble" made with expanding CO2
- Learn about what dry ice is, what it does, and other uses
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Safety Discussion – DO NOT TOUCH THE DRY ICE except with heavy duty gloves. Do NOT store dry ice in an enclosed container. It expands as it sublimates!
Materials Needed:
• 1 lb dry ice per class
• Cooler (wrap the dry ice in a blanket to prevent sublimation)
• Heavy duty gloves for handling
• Warm/hot water (hot plate and beaker)
• Food coloring
• Liquid dish soap
• 2-4 large plastic graduated cylinders or flasks
• Bubble wand and bubble solution
• Paper plate (for the bubble solution)
• Large round bowl or witch’s caldron
• Paper towels for clean up
• Large table or desks pushed together covered in newspaper or butcher paper
• 20 gallon Fish aquarium or large clear container
• Quarter or any other coin
• Smoke ring launcher: Plastic solo cup, plastic wrap, rubber band (cut hole in bottom, secure plastic wrap around the top with a rubber band)
• Optional: Small cup of apple juice per student
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