Science at Bangor & in the News
This week closed out the third marking period. It's hard to believe that we've completed 3/4 of the school year and only have 1 marking period left. On Friday I had to say good-bye to Science 9 :( For my last week of class, we spent time researching and testing things that affect the size of the geyser when Mentos are dropped into a bottle of pop. The students came up with some really creative ideas to test. Since we couldn't test them all, we selected one of the proposed ideas--that there is something in dark colored pop that makes the Mentos-pop geyser bigger. We went outside on Thursday to test this with 7 different types of pop: Diet Coke, regular Coke, Dr. Pepper, Root Beer, Sprite, Ginger Ale, & Orange Crush. Our results were consistent with this idea with Diet Coke & Root Beer having the tallest geysers and Orange Crush having the shortest. We had BHVTV film the experiment, so you can watch our geysers by clicking here. When I get pictures back from the yearbook staff, I will share those out through your Bangor email accounts. For the 4th marking period I'll be teaching Science 6 with Mr. Hoch down in the middle school during 1st hour. I will be in the high school the rest of the day, so come visit me sometime, Science 9! I really enjoyed spending the 3rd marking period with you all & will miss you!
In chemistry we reviewed kinetics, thermodynamics, and equilibrium throughout the week. We wrapped up the third marking period with a test over these ideas. I hope everyone is enjoying a chemistry-free weekend while I grade & plan what we will be doing during the 4th marking period. Chemistry students-I promise you that you will get to make Mentos-pop geysers too! We will be starting our investigation just before spring break. We've got a week & a half to go before break, there is light at the end of the tunnel!
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