Plants

Plants

AIM: TO LEARN ABOUT THE NATURE OF PLANTS

Plants fall into two categories:

1. Evergreen

2. Deciduous

Find three examples of each:

Evergreen: 

1. 

 

2.

3.

Deciduous;

1.
2.   

3.  

LEAVES

Example: 
Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound
Leaf colour: Green
Photo of leaf: 

Plant drawing:

MY LEAF COLLECTION

1.

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound
Leaf colour:Green 

Photo of leaf:------------------------->
Plant drawing:

2. 

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:------------------>

Plant drawing

3.  

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:--------------------->
Plant drawing:

4. 

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:
Plant drawing:------->

5.  

Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound

Photo of leaf:--------------------->
Plant drawing:

RESEARCH 4 TYPES OF PLANTS

Carnivorous plants
Pine trees 
Fruit trees
NZ Natives

Example

Title: NZ Natives
Examples: 
1. 
2.
3.
4.

Habitat: Where do they live?
Country:
Climate:

What is that white powder?

What is that white powder?

Today you will be a forensic chemist. 

A bag of white powder has been confiscated by the airport customs.  You need to find out what white powder it is?

Aim: To learn about the makeup of different white powders.

There are  a number of different white powders in our everyday life. Some of these are harmful and others are not. Test the four white powders listed to see which one has been found at the airport.

Here are some examples of everyday kitchen white powders.

Flour, Cornflour, Sugar, Salt, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, Icing Sugar, Tartaric Acid

Citric Acid, Gluten Free flour

You will be given a small amount of 4 white powders on your cardboard. On the black cardboard using a magnifying glass look at the powders.

Look at them under your magnifying glass and record what you see. 

These are the four powders we will be using. Upload a photo of each powder. 

1.  Cornflour
2.  Baking Soda
3.  Salt
4.  Sugar 

Before you add the iodine, vinegar or water you will need to divide each powder into 3.

Materials

1.  Salt
2.  Baking soda 
3.  corn flour
4.  sugar
5.  
6.   
7. 

Steps

1. get your paper.
2. get your ingredients.
3. put the name of your ingredients.
4. put the water or vinegar in the ingredients.

Findings:

	Sugar	Salt	Baking Soda	Cornflour
Appearance	cubes	crystal	powder	bubbles
Texture	hard	hard	smooth	smooth
Smell	sweet	sour	sour	sour
Iodine
Water
Vinegar

Write a paragraph about your findings.

Making Sherbet

Once you have completed your blog and cleaned up all your equipment you can make sherbet.

Using the following recipe you can make sherbet.

Sherbet recipe

Recipe: 

1 tsp of powdered drink crystals (eg refresh)
1/4 tsp citric acid
1/2 tsp icing sugar
1/4 tsp -baking soda.
Put all ingredients into a zip lock bag, stir, and enjoy.

Materials:

1.  

2.  

3.  

4.  

5.  

Steps 

1.
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 

Findings:

Sherbet
Taste
Colour

Conclusion

Home chemistry

Home Chemistry - Crazy Crystals

Aim: To learn about a saturated solution and how to make crystals

Definition of solution: 

A liquid mixture, when something is dissolved into a liquid (eg: sugar in water) 

Definition of saturated: 

Having or holding as much as can be absorbed of something (when no more sugar or borax can be dissolved into the water)

In groups of three you will make three different types of crystals and compare the results.

Borax Crystals

Ratio; 3 Tablespoons Borax per 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)Salt

2)Borax

3)Hot water

4)Sugar 

5)Cups

Process

Step 1:Get your cups with your ingredients.

Step 2:Get your Hot water and put in the cup with the ingredients.

Step 3:Mix your hot water and with your ingredients.

Step 4:Get your stick and put your string in the stick and put your pipe cleaner.

Step 5:Put your name.

Step 6:Put in the tray.

Sugar Crystals

Ratio: 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)Sugar.

2)Cups.

3)Hot water.

4)Salt.

5)Borax.

Process

Step 1:Get your cups with your ingredients.

Step 2:Get your hot water and put in the cup with the ingredients

Step 3:Mix your hot water and with your ingredients.

Step 4:Get your stick and put your string in the stick and put your pipe cleaner.

Step 5:Put your name.

Step 6:Put in the tray.

Salt Crystals

Ratio: 4 Tablespoons salt to 1/2 cup water

Materials

1)

2)

3)

4)

5)

Process

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Step 4:

Step 5:

Step 6:

Findings

Describe your crystals in the table below.

Crystal Type	Shape (Describe the shape)	Size (of individual crystals)	Hardness (Crumbly to Rock Hard)
Borax	I fail because it did work	Small	Crumbly
Sugar
Salt

What crystals worked out best and why?:

Conclusion:

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After watching the videos as a class, explain how the following crystals are formed:

Type	Explanation
Salt	sea water,pond,sun,evaporates water.
Sugar	sugar cane,chop it up,squish/roll,juice heat,evaporate water,sugar crystalises.
Snowflakes	dust,water freezers to it.

CRYSTAL TYPES

AIM: TO LOOK AT THE 7 DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRYSTALS

Salt Crystals

Sugar Crystals

Borax Crystals

7 different crystal shapes

The 7 types of crystals Type Number of sides 2 examples Image Triclinic 7 Turquoise Rhodonite Monoclinic 8 sides Orthombic 6 sides  Trigonal 10 sides Hexagonal 8 sides Cubic 6 sides Tetragonal 12 sides