Chemistry Experiments Inside The New SLC
The new SLC building brought more than just a new gym; it also brought along two fully equipped science labs with sinks and bunsen burners! The tenth grade students in Mrs. Marcia Siebert's Chemistry class were more than excited to try out the new equipment in their unit on chemical bonds.
“In preparation to begin a unit on learning about the different types of chemical bonds,” Siebert explained, “students did an exploratory lab on the properties that will be observed when each representative bond type is put through a series of physical tests. In the lab, they saw how differently the substances respond to the physical tests. These responses will lead to the correct identification of each bond type once they learn about the nature of the bonds in class. The end result of the lab is once they learn about the bond types in class, to apply that knowledge and correctly identify what bond each substance had. They will then write an official lab report using their knowledge and results to support their predictions.”
Donning protective eye wear and aprons, the students set out to mix, dissolve, and their favorite part, light the bunsen burners to see what would happen when their solutions were heated.
Titus Pettersen said, “I enjoyed the hands-on science experience!”
While Bella De Los Reyes agreed, “Seeing and doing and the experiment is better than just reading about it in a textbook!”