Gas Law Group Project

Introduction

Gases are everywhere.  In your body, in your food, in your surroundings, from the air you breathe to the water fish "breathe," gas is there.

Gas is a unique phase or state of matter because it has no definite shape or volume.  Scientists have discovered that gases can be predictable manipulated by adjusting pressure, volume, temperature, and the amount of gas present.

Four scientists in particular have contributed to the understanding of gases; the contribution their understanding gives is called the Ideal Gas Law Equation.  A fifth scientist has provided a handy way to deal with multiple gases existing in the same container.  This is where your group adventure begins.

Task

 
Each member of the groop will choose one of the scientists and produce a presentation on the scientest and his gas law. The students will then work together on putting together a presentation the Ideal Gas Law, and how their scientist work contributed to the law. 
  1. Students will study their selected gas law.
  2. Students will create a Google presentation or Prezi to demonstrate understanding of their selected gas law.
  3. Students will use their presentation to educate their group about their selected gas law to see how their law works in the Ideal Gas Law Equation.
  4. The group will produce a presentation on the ideal gas law.
  5. Each student will take an online quiz regarding the gas laws

Process

 

Choose your roles.  There are three students in each group.  Each one of you will take on the role of one of the scientists that discovered a gas law.  You may be Boyle, Charles, Gay-Lussac, Dalton, or Avogadro.  

After choosing a scientist you must follow in their footsteps and discover (build an understanding of) the concept that they uncovered.  You will then create a Prezi or Google Docs presentation to show your peers.  You will need to turn in your presentation for an individual grade.

Scientist Responsibilities:
Boyle
  - Site 1 - Gas Laws: Boyle's Law:  Use this site for understanding and data for your presentation.
  - Site 2 - Gas Laws: Use this site for understanding for your presentation.
  - Site 3 - Virtual Laboratory: Boyles'Law: Use this site to gather data for your presentation.
  - Site 4 - Animated Gas Lab: Freeze the conditions Mass and Temperature on the right side of the page.  Use this site for understanding for your presentation.

Charles
  - Site 1 - Gas Laws: Charles's Law:  Use this site for understanding and data for your presentation.
  - Site 2 - Gas Laws: Use this site for understanding for your presentation.

-Site 3- Virtual Laboratory: Charles's Law. Use this site to gather data for your presentation

  - Site 4 - Animated Gas Lab: Freeze conditions the Mass and Pressure on the right side of the pag.  Use this site for understanding for your presentation.

Gay-Lussac
  - Site 1 - Gas Laws: (Listed as Amonton's Law)  Use this site for understanding for your presentation.
  - Site 2 - Virtual Laboratory: Ideal Gas Law: Use this site for understanding and data for your presentation.
  - Site 3 - Animated Gas Lab: Freeze the conditions Mass and Volume on the right side of the page.  Use this site for understanding for your presentation.

Dalton
  - Site 1 - Gas Laws: Read through the material.  Use this site for understanding for your presentation Gather data using the simulation toward the bottom of the page.
  - Site 2 - Gas Laws: Dalton's Law:  Use this site for understanding for your presentation.
  - Site 3 - Dalton's Law of Partial Pressure

Avogadro
  - Site 1 - Gas Laws: Avogadro's Law:  Use this site for understanding and data for your presentation.
  - Site 2 - Gas Laws: Use this site for understanding for your presentation.
  - Site 3 - Animated Gas Lab: Freeze the conditions Pressure and Temperature on the right side of the page.  Use this site for understanding for your presentation.

Responsibility of All:
Understand Pressure
  - Site 1 - Pressure:  Provides a thorough background on pressure and the use of pressure measuring tools.
  - Site 2 - Kinetic Molecular Theory  Lots of information for all members of your group
  - Site 3 - 

See the Ideal Gas Law in action
  - Site 1 - Ideal gas Equation: Kahn academy explains the Ideal gas law. 
  - Site 2 - Gas Laws: Ideal Gas Law and the Gas Constant:  
  - Site 3 - 

Minimum Presentation Requirements:

Brief background of your Scientist (Wikipedia is acceptable for this assignment)
  - Lifetime
  - Ethnicity
  - Field of Study (Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, etc.)
  - Any notable achievements or concept discoveries other than the selected gas law

The Selected Gas Law
  - Shown as an equation
  - Equation is explained or defined
  - A data table showing sample data
     - Correctly labeled rows and columns
     - Necessary units of measurement shown
  - A graph depicting the sample data
     - Correctly labeled X and Y axises
     g- Concise/Accurate Title for Graph

Your Understanding
  - What role does your law play in the Ideal Gas Equation?  To put it another way, how do you understand your law to fit into the Ideal Gas Equation?

An example of a presentation is attached in the Google Classroom site. Be aware this presentation is not real. It has all parts needed to receive full credit for the assignment

Evaluation

 

I hope that each of your groups successfully studied, understood, and taught the gases laws to one another.  That knowledge should have come together to show you the value of the Ideal Gas Equation.

Your grade is based on the following: 

Individual Project: 20 pts

Group Project: 20 pts

Daily Work: 5 per day or 20 pts

Below is the Rubric for the individual project:
Evaluation Rubric
  1 2 3 4 Score
Brief background of your Scientist Included two of the following:
1) Lifetime (XXXX-XXXX)
2) Ethnicity
3) Field of Study
4) Notable Achievements

Few or insignificant typographical errors.		 Included three of the following:
1) Lifetime (XXXX-XXXX)
2) Ethnicity
3) Field of Study
4) Notable Achievements

Few or insignificant typographical errors.		 Included:
1) Lifetime (XXXX-XXXX)
2) Ethnicity
3) Field of Study
4) Notable Achievements

Few or insignificant typographical errors.		 Included:
1) Lifetime (XXXX-XXXX)
2) Ethnicity
3) Field of Study
4) Notable Achievements

No typographical errors.		 6
Selected Gas Law Explained Included two of the following:
1) Law as an equation
2) Law explained or defined in understandable terms
3) Data of sample data
4) Graph depicting sample data

-Data table is not properly labeled, may be including units
-Graph is not properly labeled

Few or insignificant typographical errors.		 Included three of the following:
1) Law as an equation
2) Law explained or defined in understandable terms
3) Data of sample data
4) Graph depicting sample data

-Data table is not properly labeled, may be including units
-Graph is not properly labeled

Few or insignificant typographical errors.		 Included three of the following:
1) Law as an equation
2) Law explained or defined in understandable terms
3) Data of sample data
4) Graph depicting sample data

-Data table is properly labeled and includes units
-Graph is properly labeled

No typographical errors.		 Included:
1) Law as an equation
2) Law explained or defined in understandable terms
3) Data of sample data
4) Graph depicting sample data

-Data table is properly labeled and includes units
-Graph is properly labeled

No typographical errors.		 7
Explain your understanding of your law in the Ideal Gas Equation 1) Understanding is nonsensical (little or no understanding)
2) Understanding is not clearly expressed to peers

Few or insignificant typographical errors.		 1) Understanding makes some sense (partial understanding)
2) Understanding is not clearly expressed to peers

Few or insignificant typographical errors.		 1) Understanding makes sense
2) Understanding is not clearly expressed to peers

No typographical errors.		 1) Understanding makes sense
2) Understanding is clear

No typographical errors.		 7

Conclusion

 
 
 
You have successful completed "The Ideal Gas Law and Constant" WebQuest.

Submit your presentations, or a link to your presentation to Mr Sakshaug

Take the quiz, found in Google Classroom