Atmospheric Chemistry Wrap-up

Hard to believe we are already at the end of Unit 2! We've spent the last two weeks looking at the behavior of gases and how they relate to our weather & atmosphere. We looked at the relationships between pressure, volume, and temperature - investigating them using a U-tube.
[not that u-tube... ]



This U-tube!

We explored the connections between these gas laws and weather events, creating some pretty entertaining animations in the process.

Here's just one of many fun examples: http://www.powtoon.com/show/b2o6JVZ4By5/

Yesterday we put our knowledge & skills to the test to explain how & why you can crush a soda can with atmospheric pressure: 

Did you figure out the whole explanation? Get all the right measurements? Use the correct gas law?

Today is our Unit Exam & next week we start the Story of the Atom: from Alchemy to Nuclear Chemistry. How has our understanding of matter changed over time?