Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Welcome Back !

Hello students and families from Thousand Oaks. This year we started off with the traditional diet coke and mentos experiment. Here you can watch a quick video of our activity. Students, please answer the question posed last week regarding your theory on the reaction of diet coke and mentos .



What is your theory on the diet coke and mentos phenomenon ?

Thursday, May 28, 2009

Lake Anza Soccer

why do these crazy children have there mouths open?

Tilden Camping Trip

What sort of fate awaits these exuberant youth?

Lake Anza


Why are these dudes squinting ?

Wednesday, May 27, 2009


What kind of wildlife did you observe?

Before Photo


What do you suppose these teachers are thinking ?

What did you enjoy at the lake ?

Tilden Camping Trip


What did you learn or observe on the hike ?

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Mixture Web Questions

GO to the first link on the page mixture soluability
Then click on Chemistry on the left side of the page
Find the corresponding experiment to your table number and answer the questions about the experiment- make sure to add one of your own and sign your names!

Table 1- Go to States of Matter
1. Why does the K go up everytime you change molecules?
2. Make a table for the K Measurements for solid, liquid and gas for each molecule.
3. Why are there different K measurements for each molecule?
4. What did this game teach you?
Write another question about this experiment:

Table 2- Go to Salts and Solubility
1. What happens when you add water?
2. What happens when you drain water?
3. Why and when do they stick together?
4. Why do the ones that are already sticking together not go out when you drain the water?
Write another question about this experiment:

Table 3 - Go to Models of H Atoms
1. On Billard ball setting, why do the little stars bounce off the ball?
2. What changes happen when you switch to white from monochromatic?
3. Why are there different colors?
4. Does anything change when you speed up the process?
Write another question about this experiment:

Table 4- Go to Greenhouse Effect

1. What happens when you click the Ice Age button?
2. What do the red dots represent?
3. What do the yellow dots represent?
4. What does the thermometer tell you?

Write another question about this experiment:

Table 5- Go to Gas Properties
1. How much pressure does it take to go all the way up?
2. How does heat affect the gas and pressure?
3.How does the cold affect the gas and pressure?
4. What is different between the volume and the temperature?
Write another question about this experiment:

Table 6- Go to Reversible Reactions
1. How does the reversible reaction change?
2. Can you predict how the dots will react when you add heat?
3. Can you predict how the dots will react when you remove heat?
4. Does it change anything if you raise one side higher than the other side?
Write another question about this experiment: