Search the Internet-Assignment 4

Title of Activity: Solids, Liquids, and Gasses

Reference Section:

Science Kids (c) (unknown publishing date). Science Kids. Retrieved Oct. 13, 2010, from

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/gases.html and

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/reversiblechanges.html

Grade Level: 5

Subject: Science

Brief Description of Activity:

Students will go two different links of a website, in which they will have to: first, distinguish objects as being a solid, a liquid, or a gas; second the students will distinguish whether certain solvents will dissolve and also whether some change are reversible or irreversible.  The students will complete the questions on the web page.  The websites students will visit are http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/gases.html and  http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/reversiblechanges.html.  If the student completes this they may search the main website for other chemistry games/experiments.

General Learner Outcome:

• Describe the properties and interactions of various household liquids and solids, and interpret their interactions.

Specific Learner Outcomes:

1. Recognize and identify examples of the following kinds of mixtures:

      ·  a solid and a liquid; e.g., sugar and water

      ·  two or more liquids; e.g., milk and tea.

2. Apply and evaluate a variety of techniques for separating different materials.

3. Distinguish substances that will dissolve in a liquid from those that will not, and

demonstrate a way of recovering a material from solution.

4. Distinguish reversible from irreversible changes of materials

ICT Outcomes:

C.6.2.1   select and use technology to assist in problem solving

F.3.2.2   work collaboratively to share limited resources

P.5.2.3   navigate the internet with appropriate software

Rationale for Computer Integration:

Integration of computers in the classroom has utility when teaching students within the subject of science. It can be messy and time consuming to always perform science experiments when teaching students about science inquiry. Using internet applications allows for the ideas and motions of the experiment to be explored without set up or clean up times. This gives students the opportunity to work at their own pace, make their own choices, and even gives them the grace to change their choices without heavy time restrictions or repercussions (if they make incorrect choices).