Meg Trotter - 42103746

Lesson 8: Missing Shell Length: 2 x 20-30 minute lessons Objective: for students to identify gas as a clue of a chemical reaction, and use their observation skills to make and refine predictions. Key scientific knowledge: - Some chemical reactions produce a gas. - Chemical reactions happen in our bodies all the time. Science outcomes and indicators: INVS2.7 Conducts investigations by observing, questioning, predicting, testing, collecting, recording and analysing data, and drawing conclusions. ST2-12MW identifies the physical properties of natural and processed materials, and how these properties influence their use ST2-4WS investigates their questions and predictions by analysing collected data, suggesting explanations for their findings, and communicating and reflecting on the processes undertaken Other KLA links: PDHPE PHS2.12: Discusses the factors influencing personal health choices. explains the need for good health practices discusses food needs for growth and activity Resources: - containers - vinegar - raw eggs - paper towel Lesson outline: Part A: INTRODUCTION With the class as a whole, ask the children to remember the previous lesson, and in particular the currants in the lemonade. Ask them to describe what this reaction looked like and what was happening (tiny bubbles of gas formed around the currant and then they escaped at the surface of the lemonade). EXPERIMENT Explain experiment: We are going to put a raw egg into vinegar and leave it for a few days (students can have their own egg each depending on resources). Hypothesis: What do you think will happen to it? Add eggs to vinegar and observe bubble start to form on the egg. Hypothesis review: Now that we have observed the short-term reactions, have our hypotheses changed at all? Part B: EXPERIMENT A couple of days later, return to the eggs and observe what has happened. The shell should have dissolved completely and the remaining egg should be full and slightly rubbery. Scoop them out of the vinegar and wipe it off with paper towel. Feel the egg and observe it closely (touching, squeezing etc). CONSOLIDATION Facilitate a class discussion about what happened, and the students hypotheses. Question them about what they witnessed and whether the events were surprising or predicted. Why has the shell dissolved? (acid in the vinegar reacts with the calcium to form carbon dioxide gas) Why is the egg soft and rubbery? (water in the vinegar can pass through the membrane)

Meg Trotter - 42103746 REAL-WORLD CHEMICAL REACTIONS Our bones and teeth store calcium in our bodies. What do you think would happen to our bones if we ingested lots of calcium? What do you think would happen if we didnt ingest any calcium? What about if we drank lots of acidic food and drink, like soft drink?

Support: Teacher supported discussion

Extension: Research the effects of acidic food and drinks on the body

Indigenous perspective: Story sharing and returning to a previous experience (non-linear learning)