Chemical Dominoes

Intro:

For this project my group and I were instructed to make a board game consisting of the different kinds of chemical reactions we learned about. My group decided to make a ¨Zoo Break¨ board game. The game was set up very similar to Candy Land but throughout the game there were a series of chemical reaction that you have to trigger in order to move on. I really liked that this project allowed us the freedom to experiment chemical reactions on our own in order to pick the ones we like.

Terms:

Double Displacement Reaction: A reaction in which the positive and negative ions of two ionic compounds exchange places to form two new compounds.

Single Replacement Reaction: A reaction in which one element is substituted for another element in a compound.

Precipitate: In aqueous solution, precipitation is the process of transforming a dissolved substance into an insoluble solid from a super-saturated solution. The solid formed is called the precipitate.

Chemical Reaction: A process that involves rearrangement of the molecular or ionic structure of a substance, as opposed to a change in physical form or a nuclear reaction.

Product: In chemistry, a product is a substance that is formed as the result of a chemical reaction.

Decomposition Reaction: The process or effect of simplifying a single chemical entity into two or more fragments

Synthesis Reaction: the artificial execution of chemical reactions to obtain one or several products.

Solubility: The degree to which a substance dissolves in a solvent to make a solution. Solubility of one fluid in another may be complete or partial.

Aqueous: An aqueous solution is any solution in which water (H₂O) is the solvent. In a chemical equation, the symbol (aq) follows a species name to indicate that it is in aqueous solution.

Reflection: I felt that I did well working collaboratively in my group. My group split up the workload well and we were all productive in the makers space. This felt good because in one of my last projects the group didn't work evenly. I really noticed the difference with a group that put in equal effort. I also felt that I did a good job problem solving. I worked well with my group in identifying problems and solving them. Two things that I plan to work on with future projects are critical thinking and creativity. At times the calculations have been a bit challenging for me. Next time I want to put in more time studying the formulas. With creativity we went with a very basic or standard project. I'd like to step it up next time and do more designing to encourage myself to be more creative.