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Interactive Notebooks / Doodle Notes:
We will use a combination of Interactive Notebooks and Doodle Notes.
What does chocolate have to do with Matter?
Chocolate is actually a fairly complex material - to make good chocolate you have to understand what it's made of and how each part will interact with the others.
Introduction to Viscosity and Flow Rate:
Notes completed in class along with 3 demonstrations.
Viscosity Comparison of Different Liquids:
Water
Soap
Honey
Corn Syrup
Viscosity Comparison of Different Temperatures of Corn Syrup:
Warm
Cold
Room Temperature
Marble Drop Test:
Marble dropped into cylinders containing different liquids.
After discussing the demonstrations, students designed their own experiments to test the viscosity of chocolate and carried out the tests with varying degrees of success.
The experiment is analyzed with the questions above.
Density of Matter:
Notes to describe what density is and how it is calculated. Students are given data for different types of chocolate and asked to calculate the density of each for their SMAK-G projects.
Calculations provided for practice on left (output) page.
This unit can involve the following cross-curricular projects:
Le Petit MasterChef - Grade 8 Science, Food Studies, French & Math Project
SMAK-G Chocolate Company - Grade 8 Math, Science, Language Arts & French Project
Launch Into Hydroponics - Grade 8 APEGA Project
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