Science at Bangor & in the News
We wrapped up our chemistry unit on interacting particles by talking about energy in reactions. We used energy bar charts (affectionately known as LoL charts since that's what the charts look like) to show what happens to energy in a chemical reaction. We were able to show transferring energy between the thermal energy account (how fast the particles move) and the chemical energy account (how the atoms in a molecule are arranged). We also showed how energy can come into a reaction system from outside or be released into the surroundings from the reaction. This is a complicated process to learn and I'm very proud of how the students kept sticking with it & asking questions until they understood what was happening & why reactions happen the way they do.
In Science 9, we continued our study of motion using tumble buggies. This week we started the buggies from different points & sent them in the opposite direction of one another. We used this to start talking about how it is more useful to show an object's position at certain times instead of just how far an object has gone from its starting point. We will continue to learn about motion for the next couple of weeks.
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