The Project
The chemical dominoes project is a project that is designed to help us advance our understanding of chemical reactions through building our own board game.
Evidence
The theme for our board game was "The Fairly Odd Parents". This theme gave us the opportunity to delve into one of our favorite childhood television shows and incorporate scenes or main ideas from the show into our board game. The game begins in Timmy Turner's room where you decide who rolls first by each player rolling a dice. The player with the highest number roll gets to go first and conduct the first reaction. This reaction of a production of gas is represented by Timmy's fish tank where his fairly odd parents live. After each roll, a player gets to pick a card from a stack that has a scenario on it. This will give them an event from the show and decide whether they advance a few extra spaces or have to move back some spaces. The next chemical reaction occurs at the first orange square on the board. This synthesis reaction is represented by Timmy's celebrity friend, Chip Skylark. Chip is known for his very shiny teeth so it fits that this reaction creates a very bright white light to represent that.
The second square is an action-space where a scenario is presented to the player that lands on it. If they roll a 5 or 6 then they fail their math test but if they roll any other number, they get to advance that amount of spaces. The next orange reaction square is a double displacement reaction where potassium iodide and lead nitrate are combined to change a liquid from a clear color to a vibrant yellow color. This is represented by the school bus that Timmy takes to school everyday. The last action-sqaure is represented by a computer and if the player rolls a six then they get sucked into the computer and need to return to the beginning of the game. If the roll other than a six they get to advance that amount of spaces and come one step closer to winning the game.
Once a player reaches the end of the game, cross the rainbow path and enter fairy world. By placing their game piece into the hole at the end of the game and pushing down, they flip a switch that turns on an strip LED lights that wrap around the wands. This shows that the player has found the lost wands and returned them to the fairly odd parents, winning the game.
The second square is an action-space where a scenario is presented to the player that lands on it. If they roll a 5 or 6 then they fail their math test but if they roll any other number, they get to advance that amount of spaces. The next orange reaction square is a double displacement reaction where potassium iodide and lead nitrate are combined to change a liquid from a clear color to a vibrant yellow color. This is represented by the school bus that Timmy takes to school everyday. The last action-sqaure is represented by a computer and if the player rolls a six then they get sucked into the computer and need to return to the beginning of the game. If the roll other than a six they get to advance that amount of spaces and come one step closer to winning the game.
Once a player reaches the end of the game, cross the rainbow path and enter fairy world. By placing their game piece into the hole at the end of the game and pushing down, they flip a switch that turns on an strip LED lights that wrap around the wands. This shows that the player has found the lost wands and returned them to the fairly odd parents, winning the game.
Concepts
Single Replacement Reaction - a type of chemical reaction where an element reacts with a compound and takes the place of another element in that compound.
Double Replacement Reaction - a type of chemical reaction where two compounds react, and the positive ions (cation) and the negative ions (anion) of the two reactants switch places, forming two new compounds or products.
Synthesis Reaction - a type of reaction in which multiple reactants combine to form a single product. Synthesis reactions release energy in the form of heat and light, so they are exothermic.
Decomposition reaction - a type of chemical reaction where one reactant yields two or more products.
Cation - a positively charged ion
Anion - a negatively charged ion
Double Replacement Reaction - a type of chemical reaction where two compounds react, and the positive ions (cation) and the negative ions (anion) of the two reactants switch places, forming two new compounds or products.
Synthesis Reaction - a type of reaction in which multiple reactants combine to form a single product. Synthesis reactions release energy in the form of heat and light, so they are exothermic.
Decomposition reaction - a type of chemical reaction where one reactant yields two or more products.
Cation - a positively charged ion
Anion - a negatively charged ion
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Reflection
This project was a great learning experience for myself and my group. We were very productive at the beginning of the project when coming up with ideas and planning for the project and towards the end when we had to make sure that the project was finished in time. We managed to split up most of the work so that we were efficient with out time towards the end of the project.
Although we did get our project done in time and to the standard that our group was happy with, we did struggle during certain points of the project. After we decided on our theme we were given multiple days in the makers space to work on constructing our project. During this time we were not very efficient getting little done on our actual game board. This caused us to later have to come in and work after school on the project. during the project, group members weren't able to come to class and contribute as much as was needed. This was detrimental to the project but i feel that it helped me individually. It gave me a chance to realize that people aren't always going to do their part and that sometimes it is necessary to take leadership and contribute more than originally expected.
Overall this was a fun project that helped me learn more about chemical reactions, helped me grow my creativity, and helped me gain the necessary skills to continue working on projects in the future more efficiently.
Although we did get our project done in time and to the standard that our group was happy with, we did struggle during certain points of the project. After we decided on our theme we were given multiple days in the makers space to work on constructing our project. During this time we were not very efficient getting little done on our actual game board. This caused us to later have to come in and work after school on the project. during the project, group members weren't able to come to class and contribute as much as was needed. This was detrimental to the project but i feel that it helped me individually. It gave me a chance to realize that people aren't always going to do their part and that sometimes it is necessary to take leadership and contribute more than originally expected.
Overall this was a fun project that helped me learn more about chemical reactions, helped me grow my creativity, and helped me gain the necessary skills to continue working on projects in the future more efficiently.