the science is right! come on down with dr. tony tony liversidge, edge hill

The Science is Right!

Come on down

with Dr. TonyTony Liversidge, Edge

Hill

Gone in 10 Seconds•The three states of matter are?

•Pressure = Force/?

•The alveoli in your lungs have a surface area roughly equal to?

•The names of all the stars in the universe are?

Guess the QuestionHere are the answers, now what are the questions?

•A magnetA magnet

•Igneous rocksIgneous rocks

•Hot air baboonHot air baboon

Crack the CodeYour mission is to put the following steps into the right sequence in order to carry out the experiment. This OHT will self destruct in 5 minutes …

1. Examine what you are left with2. Pour the ground up rock salt into a half full 250 ml

beaker of water3. Heat the basin on a tripod using a Bunsen burner to

evaporate all the water4. Put one large spatula full of rock salt into a mortar

and grind it up using a pestle5. Set up a filter funnel with filter paper in a clamp and

stand over an evaporating dish6. Stir for 3 minutes with a glass rod7. Filter the contents of the beaker through the funnel

and into the evaporating basin

Fast Talker

How many of the following can you say in 30 seconds?

•Types of energyTypes of energy

•Chemical elementsChemical elements

•Organs in the human bodyOrgans in the human body

What am I?

You have to try and guess what I am in as few questions as possible. I can only answer YES or NO!•An electric motorAn electric motor

•Crude oilCrude oil

•A kidneyA kidney

Mnemonics•EM SpectrumEM Spectrum (radio, micro, IR, visible, UV, X, gamma)•Passage of light through the Passage of light through the eyeeye (conjunctiva, cornea, aqueous humour, pupil, lens, vitreous humour, retina)•Fractions in crude oilFractions in crude oil (bitumen, fuel oil, diesel oil, paraffin, petrol, refinery gas)

Tip of my Tongue

What am I going to say next?

•The distance it takes to stop a car The distance it takes to stop a car depends on ……depends on ……

•The three main phases in the The three main phases in the evolution of the atmosphere are evolution of the atmosphere are …………

•After swallowing a bolus of food ……

Play Your pH Right

Look at the bottles/tins/cans of household substances in a row and try and say whether the next substance has a pH which is higher or lower or the same than the previous one.

Beginning with the letter

•A plant

•An animal

•An element

•A piece of scientific equipment

•A form of energy

•An organ

•A planet, star or constellation

Filtration Urethra

Reabsorption Urea

Water Carbon dioxide

Evaporation Urine

Lung Bladder

Sweat Nephron

Kidney Alveoli

Concept Links

Longest Word

What is the longest word that you can make using only chemical element symbols?

Professionalism

Chemical Badges

You all have a badge with an element on it. You need to join with others to make the following chemicals:

• Sulphuric acid• Glucose• The largest molecule that you can!

What Does it Mean?Can you match the graph to the container?

Lenton, Stevens and Illes (2000) SSR 82 (299)

Change the Words

Change one word in each of the following sentences so that it is scientifically correct:1. When an alkali metal like sodium reacts

with cold water it produces oxygen

2. Glucagon converts glucose to glycogen

3. Alpha particles are electrons

Countdown

Who can make the longest scientific word from the letters given?N E E R T F I L C ON E E R T F I L C O

Y T A E R I N S D E MY T A E R I N S D E M

E V E S T D I I GE V E S T D I I G

Beat the ClockYou will be competing against other teams and will be asked a series of questions. If you get a question correct you will be given ONE part of a science equation which you need to stick onto the board.

When you have answered all the questions correctly you will have all the parts of the equation and you will then need to rearrange these parts into the right order.

The team to do this correctly in the shortest time wins!

Whose Bag is This?• Prism • Apple • Cradle

• Newton• Cross • Tin of peas • Pair of jeans

• Mendel• B Vitamins • Penicillin • Pancreas

• Dorothy Hodgkin

How Many Words?

How many other words can you make from the following scientific ones?TransparentTransparent

OxidationOxidation

ReproductionReproduction

Loopy Links

Can you make up a ‘loopy link’ for the following?

Why is a proton like a slice of Why is a proton like a slice of bread?bread?

Why is an enzyme like a star?Why is an enzyme like a star?

Why is a microwave like a Why is a microwave like a dustbin?dustbin?

Word JuxtaposeET. ETVISIONVISIONFOOD-FOOD-FOOD-FOOD

INTESTINEP+H+O+T+OC/E/L/LGLY COION<01010 1010

Family Fortunes (1)We asked 100 year 8 pupils to name 5 body systems•Digestive 65%•Blood 50%•Nervous 45%•Reproductive 30%•Excretory 19%

Family Fortunes (2)We asked 100 year 11 pupils to name 5 chemicals beginning with the letter S•Sodium 80%•Sulphur 55%•Silver 45%•Silicon 44%•Strontium 27%

Odd One Out

•Newton, Faraday, Einstein, Curie

•Einstein, Newton, America, Neptune

•Football, Bomb, DNA, X-Ray

Take Your PickPick a numbered box for a question:

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