Chemical Dominoes

For my Chemical Dominoes Board Game my group and I created "Explosion Land!" Explosion Land is a 4 player game where you each take turns rolling a dice and moving your fun handcrafted animal character through the perilous terrain of explosion land. If you land on one of the many yellow squares you set off one of the chemical reactions of explosion land. We created our board by painting the terrain black and tracing out a winding path with pencil which we later painted red and blue. We used a lot of air drying clay in our project. We used it to create our character pieces and we used it to create our volcano and the wall surrounding it. We later painted these. In the process of creating Satan we hot glued pop-cycle sticks together to create his body and I took apart a thing of moving tape to create his horns which I was planning on using to pop his balloon head.

The first of our reactions is a elephant toothpaste Volcano which is a decomposition reaction; Second is Satan's head blowing up due to the gas created by baking soda and vinegar(double displacement and decomposition reaction); Third is a blinding flash of light when magnesium is lit at a high temperature(synthesis reaction); Fourth is another light, signaling that the game has ended and that someone has won (single replacement reaction).

A single replacement reaction works by replacing one part of a compound with another molecule. A double displacement reaction is when two compounds trade molecules with each other. A synthesis reaction is when separate molecules come together to form a compound. A decomposition reaction is when a compound is broken up into its molecules.

I think this project was a fun experience. It was great to be able to use the makers space for the first time and to have Ms. Vogl show me how to use all the power tools that I didn't use for anything else besides making swords and such. I think I did a great job inspiring the other class periods and my own to do the same. I think I did a good job of keeping my group moving forward. I was keen on insuring we didn't waste too much time on things that did not matter to our project while also making sure that our project was unique, non-repetitive, and aesthetically pleasing. I think that my crunch time productivity and leadership helped us pull everything together just in time. I think that I need to do a better job of being more empathetic and patient for my other group mates. When we had trouble coming up with or deciding on ideas I had a hard time sitting around rather than just getting stuff done. I also think that I could do a better job of not having to rely on others knowledge of chemistry and that instead I should put in more effort to teach myself so that I can help out when it comes to balancing equations, identifying reactions, etc. Overall I am very happy with our end product (cool and collective), I feel it was a positive learning experience (contientous learner), and I feel that I have a better understanding of how to individually interact with each of my group mates (cultural competence/ cooperation).