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G2 students will learn a sailing song.

Translate one line in the song into Chinese。

Away, roll to sea

远去，飘向大海

yuǎn qù, piāo xiàng dà hǎi

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'Dreams across the ocean' lyric video (performance track) - Sing Up Day 2023

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Have you ever stretched and launched a rubber band at someone? Put that energy to good use and build a rubber band-powered cotton ball launcher in this fun activity!

This activity is not appropriate for use as a science fair project. Good science fair projects have a stronger focus on controlling variables, taking accurate measurements, and analyzing data. To find a science fair project that is just right for you, browse our library of over 1,200 Science Fair Project Ideas or use the Topic Selection Wizard to get a personalized project recommendation.

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Make a Cotton Ball Launcher | STEM Activity

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Have you ever stretched and launched a rubber band at someone? Put that energy to good use and build a rubber band-powered cotton ball launcher in this fun activity! This activity is not appropriate for use as a science fair project. Good science fair projects have a stronger focus on controlling variables, taking accurate measurements, and analyzing data.

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https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/lunar-new-year-stem

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12 STEM Experiments for Lunar New Year | Science Buddies Blog

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12 free science and engineering activities to celebrate Lunar New Year with STEM!

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Summary

Introduction

Summertime often brings beautiful fireworks displays. Whereas you normally look up into the sky to see fireworks, in this activity we will take the bursts of color underwater-with chemistry. Although it is not exactly the same as real fireworks, you will be amazed by the color explosions you will see. Curious about what that looks like? See for yourself in this activity!

This activity is not recommended for use as a science fair project. Good science fair projects have a stronger focus on controlling variables, taking accurate measurements, and analyzing data. To find a science fair project that is just right for you, browse our library of over 1,200 Science Fair Project Ideas or use the Topic Selection Wizard to get a personalized project recommendation.

Materials

Prep Work

Cleanup

What Happened?

As you probably experienced, oil and food coloring do not mix well. This is because food coloring is a polar liquid, but oil is a nonpolar liquid. If you mix the two, you will see lots of little food coloring drops dispersed in the oil, but both liquids do not mix. When you add this mixture to the water in the glass, again, the oil will not mix with water, as this is also a polar substance. The oil will form a separate layer on top of the water, as oil is less dense (or lighter) than water. The food coloring, which is also heavier than oil and able to mix with water, sinks to the bottom of the oil drop or layer. As soon as it reaches the oil/water interface, it will start mixing with the water molecules through a process called diffusion.

That means that the food coloring molecules move from a high concentration of food coloring to a lower concentration of food coloring inside the water. This is why you do not see all of the water changing color immediately, but a slow mixing of both with some parts of the water still clear and others becoming colored. These color bursts and food coloring trails within the water might have reminded you of fireworks exploding in the sky and slowly falling to the ground. When you mix the solution with a fork or spoon, all of the food coloring molecules are spread equally within the water and the whole solution becomes colored.

On the other hand, if you mix the food coloring with the water, both liquids will mix immediately. When you add a drop of this mixture into the glass of oil, you should have noticed that the drop sinks all the way to the bottom of the glass, as water is denser than oil. At the same time, the food coloring stays mixed with the water, but does not mix with the oil. Even when you mix the solution with a spoon or fork, both liquids stay separated. You used this effect to make your own lava lamp when you did the extra activity!

Digging Deeper

You probably know the saying "oil and water do not mix," which is true. But why is that so? Some liquids do mix to become a homogeneous mixture, while others do not. This depends on their miscibility. Whether a liquid mixes with another is dependent on their individual molecular structures. Molecules can be classified into polar and nonpolar molecules. When atoms come together to form a molecule, they share negatively-charged electrons in a chemical bond. Sometimes, one atom attracts the electrons more than the other atom does, which results in a slight separation of the charge into a positive and negative pole within the molecule, which is also called an electric dipole. When this happens, the molecule is usually a polar molecule. Molecules that have an equal charge balance are nonpolar molecules.

A simple rule, "like dissolves like," can tell you which liquids mix or not. This means that liquids with similar polarity are miscible, whereas liquids with different polarities do not mix. Water is a polar liquid, which means its molecules have electric dipoles. On the other hand, oils are nonpolar, which is why they do not mix well with water. When liquids do not mix, they separate to build two separate layers on top of each other. Which layer is on top depends on the density of each liquid. The density is a measure of mass per unit of volume, which means that the heavier liquid will sink to the bottom and the lighter one will float on top.

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For Further Exploration

To create some more diverse color explosions, mix a range of food coloring colors with oil in a small bowl. Then mix the food coloring drops into the oil with a fork. Instead of using a dropper, this time, carefully pour the whole oil-food coloring mixture into the glass of water to create multiple color explosions under water. What happens with the oil-food coloring mixture in the glass of water? Can you see the underwater color explosions? How does it look similar to real fireworks?

Turn this activity into a homemade lava lamp! Use an empty one- or two-liter plastic bottle and fill it with about two inches of water. Add a couple of drops of food coloring and fill the bottle with vegetable oil. Then add about one quarter of an Alka-Seltzer® tablet. What happens to the oil and food coloring when you add the Alka-Seltzer tablet?

Instead of using water and oil, try to mix food coloring and oil with other liquids. What do you think happens when you add a mixture of oil and food coloring to another liquid such as 50% isopropyl alcohol? Does the oil or food coloring mix with the alcohol? Do you see any separation of liquids into layers?

Activities

Have you ever seen a lava lamp? They were the height of 1960's "groovy" room decorations. A few minutes after turning it on, a lava lamp has blobs of colored liquid floating towards the top of the lamp and then drifting back down. Making an actual lava lamp that you plug in would require some effort and unusual supplies, but you can create a non-electric version in just a few minutes with the help of the fizzing power of Alka-Seltzer. In this activity you can find out how to make your own... Read more

Do you like both, arts and science? Then this is the perfect activity for you! You will create beautiful marbled paper cards and practice science at the same time! The only materials you need are shaving cream, food coloring, and sheets of paper. It might get a bit messy, but that is part of the fun! Read more

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Careers

Everything in the environment, whether naturally occurring or of human design, is composed of chemicals. Chemists search for and use new knowledge about chemicals to develop new processes or products. Read more

The role that the chemical technician plays is the backbone of every chemical, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical manufacturing operation. Chemical technicians conduct experiments, record data, and help to implement new processes and procedures in the laboratory. If you enjoy hands-on work, then you might be interested in the career of a chemical technician. Read more

When you hear the word chemicals, you might think of laboratories and scientists in white coats; but actually, chemicals are all around you, as well as inside of you. Everything in the world is made up of chemicals, also known as matter, or stuff that takes up space. Chemistry is the study of matter-what it is made of, how it behaves, its structure and properties, and how it changes during chemical reactions. Chemistry teachers are the people who help students understand this physical... Read more

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Summertime often brings beautiful fireworks displays. Whereas you normally look up into the sky to see fireworks, in this activity we will take the bursts of color underwater-with chemistry. Although it is not exactly the same as real fireworks, you will be amazed by the color explosions you will see.

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How Tails Help a Kite to Fly | STEM Activity

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Build a homemade simple sled kite and test how tail length affects how well the kite flies.

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Balance the Forces Within a Mobile | STEM Activity

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In this fun activity, build your own mobile and find out how to balance all its pieces.

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Connect with G1 Music - circle game song

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Connect with G1 Music - circle game song

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Learn a Chinese song 《找朋友》

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Erika's libary deco 2023

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Different Grade levels will do the grade appropriate activities concerning about CNY.

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Different Grade levels will do the grade appropriate activities concerning about CNY.