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Bubble-ology.
Reprinted with revisions. Jacqueline Barber. Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) series. Berkeley, Calif.: Lawrence Hall of Science, 1992.
Program Overview
The Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS) series includes more than 50 teacher's guides and handbooks for preschool through grade 10. About 35 of these are appropriate for middle school. The series also includes several assembly presenter's guides and exhibit guides. New guides and handbooks continue to be developed, and current titles are revised frequently. The series is designed to teach key science and mathematics concepts through activity-based learning. The time needed to complete GEMS units varies from about 2 to 10 class sessions.
Teacher's Guide
Recommended grade level:
5-8+.
In Bubble-ology, students use bubbles to investigate light and color, aerodynamics, chemical composition, surface tension, and technology. During this unit, they create an ideal bubble-blowing instrument, determine which brand of dishwashing liquid will make the biggest bubble, test the effect of different amounts of glycerin on the size of bubbles, apply Bernoulli's principle to keep a bubble aloft, and use color to predict bubble survival.
Bubble-ology consists of 6 activities requiring 8 to 10 class sessions of 45 to 60 minutes each. The module includes a brief introduction, a materials list, detailed instructions for preparing and conducting the lessons, and extension ideas. Useful summary outlines and reproducible student worksheets are included.
Key to Content Standards: 5-8 (see app. C)
UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES: Systems, order, and organization; evidence, models, and explanation; change, constancy, and measurement.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry; understandings about scientific inquiry.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Properties and changes of properties in matter; transfer of energy.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Abilities of technological design.
Price:
$9 (ISBN 0-912511-11-7).
Publisher/supplier:
LHS GEMS.
Materials: Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.
Topic Index listings linked to this entry
Use these listings to find related entries.
Aerodynamics, Physical Sciences: Flights of Imagination: An Introduction to Aerodynamics, ~ The Sky's the Limit! with Math and Science, ~ Transportation.
Bernoulli's principle, Physical Sciences: Motion, Forces, and Energy, Experiments with Bubbles, ~ Using the Learning Cycle to Teach Physical Science: A Hands-on Approach for the Middle Grades.
Bubbles, Physical Sciences: Bubble Festival, Experiments with Bubbles, ~ Soap Films and Bubbles.
Chemical composition, Physical Sciences: Science Projects about Chemistry.
Color, Physical Sciences: Sound and Light, Color Analyzers, ~ Experiments with Bubbles, ~ Light, ~ The Magic Wand and Other Bright Experiments on Light and Color, ~ Optics, ~ Physical Science Activities for Elementary and Middle School, ~ Science Projects about Light, ~ Targeting Students' Science Misconceptions: Physical Science Concepts Using the Conceptual Change Model, Earth Sciences: Science Experiments: Earth Science, Multi & Applied Sciences: Prime Science: Level C.
Light, Physical Sciences: Glencoe Physical Science, ~ Sound and Light, Color Analyzers, ~ Color and Light, ~ Energy and Communications: How Can We Send and Receive Information?, ~ Lenses and Mirrors, ~ Experiments with Bubbles, ~ How Everyday Things Work: 60 Descriptions and Activities, ~ Light, ~ Light, ~ The Magic Wand and Other Bright Experiments on Light and Color, ~ Optics, ~ Personal Science Laboratory Light Experiments, ~ Physical Science Activities for Elementary and Middle School, ~ Science Investigations for Intermediate Students, ~ Science Projects about Light, ~ Soap Films and Bubbles, ~ Targeting Students' Science Misconceptions: Physical Science Concepts Using the Conceptual Change Model, Life Sciences: Exploring Classroom Hydroponics, Earth Sciences: Project STAR: The Universe in Your Hands, Multi & Applied Sciences: Matter and Energy in the Biosphere, ~ Prime Science: Level B, ~ Prime Science: Level C, ~ SciencePlus Technology and Society: Level Blue, ~ Science 2000: Science 2 (Grade 8), ~ Scientific Theories, ~ Science on a Shoestring.
Surface tension, Physical Sciences: Bubble Festival, Experiments with Bubbles, ~ The Exploratorium Guide to Scale and Structure: Activities for the Elementary Classroom, ~ Fundamentals of Physical Science, ~ Off the Wall Science: A Poster Series Revisited, ~ Soap Films and Bubbles, ~ Using the Learning Cycle to Teach Physical Science: A Hands-on Approach for the Middle Grades, Multi & Applied Sciences: The Teaching Tank Discovery Book.
Technology, Physical Sciences: Energy and Communications: How Can We Send and Receive Information?, ~ Flight Lab, ~ LEGO Technic I Activity Center, Multi & Applied Sciences: Investigating Diversity and Limits, ~ The Technology of Paper, ~ Critical Issues in Today's World: A Module for Grades 4-7, ~ Science and Technology by Design: 3, ~ Technology Science Mathematics Connection Activities, ~ Transformations: Science, Technology and Society.
