This project was for our groups to create a board game which displayed various types of chemical reactions. These reactions included: a single replacement reaction, double displacement reaction, production of a gas, lighting of an LED, and physical and chemical changes in energy.
Materials required were safety measures and instructions, board game instructions, a blueprint of our game, and explanations and equations of all reactions.
The theme of our board game was ZEN, based off of our group member initials, Zoe, Eli, and Nick. We divided our board into four sections, which were: Mt. Fuji, an elephant toothpaste reaction; a lemon garden, a lemon battery lighting a bulb; various color changing ponds, double displacement reactions; and a single replacement reaction for a metal.
Instructions
Goal: The objective of the game is to reach the middle and head down the unique path to get to the finish. When a player reaches the middle they can choose between Reaction #1, #2, or #3. The person who gets to the finish wins and gets to do the last reaction #4.
Playing Instructions
Set up each playing piece at a “start”
Take a card (start with player 1)
Do what the card says
Move onto next player
After reaching the middle turn onto the shortest path, and choose a reaction
The first to reach the end of the shortest path wins the game and gets to perform the last chemical reaction
After using card put it to the side
When all cards have been used, re shuffle and continue
Safety Instructions
Don’t touch anything unless told
Don’t touch your face if your hands have come in contact with any chemicals
Use pipet fillers whenever pipetting any fluid
Use plastic gloves when handling any hazardous materials to prevent skin contact.
Label and date all chemical mixtures that are made up and kept for future use
Dispose of all used solutions in an approved manner as directed by Ms.Vogl
Return all chemicals you are using to their proper storage space. Be familiar with the use of the eye-wash, the laboratory shower
Long hair and loose clothing must be confined
Thoroughly wash your hands after leaving the laboratory
Never direct the open end of test tube toward yourself or anyone else
Equations of Reactions:
Single Replacement
Mg+CuCl2 ---> MgCl2 + Cu
In the single replacement reaction, Magnesium replaces Copper based on its position on the Activity Series, which states which metals can replace other metals in a single replacement reaction. The result is Magnesium Chloride and Copper from the starting materials Copper Chloride and Magnesium.
Double Displacements
Cu(NO3)2 +Na2CO3--->CuCO3+2NaNO3
Cu(NO3)2+(NH4)2SO4--->CuSO4+2NH4NO3
Pb(NO3)2+K2CrO4--->PbCrO4+2KNO3
In double displacement reactions there are 2 compounds with a cation and an anion. Each of the two cations gain the other compound’s anion making 2 completely new and different compounds.
Production of a gas :
The rapid decomposition of the Hydrogen Peroxide by reacting with our catalyst, Potassium Iodide, releases a burst of oxygen. All the oxygen is trying to escape and it expands the former liquid into a foam like form.
2H2O2--->2H2O+O2
H2O2+KI---->H2O+KIO-
KIO-+H2O2--->H2O+O2+KI-
Materials required were safety measures and instructions, board game instructions, a blueprint of our game, and explanations and equations of all reactions.
The theme of our board game was ZEN, based off of our group member initials, Zoe, Eli, and Nick. We divided our board into four sections, which were: Mt. Fuji, an elephant toothpaste reaction; a lemon garden, a lemon battery lighting a bulb; various color changing ponds, double displacement reactions; and a single replacement reaction for a metal.
Instructions
Goal: The objective of the game is to reach the middle and head down the unique path to get to the finish. When a player reaches the middle they can choose between Reaction #1, #2, or #3. The person who gets to the finish wins and gets to do the last reaction #4.
Playing Instructions
Set up each playing piece at a “start”
Take a card (start with player 1)
Do what the card says
Move onto next player
After reaching the middle turn onto the shortest path, and choose a reaction
The first to reach the end of the shortest path wins the game and gets to perform the last chemical reaction
After using card put it to the side
When all cards have been used, re shuffle and continue
Safety Instructions
Don’t touch anything unless told
Don’t touch your face if your hands have come in contact with any chemicals
Use pipet fillers whenever pipetting any fluid
Use plastic gloves when handling any hazardous materials to prevent skin contact.
Label and date all chemical mixtures that are made up and kept for future use
Dispose of all used solutions in an approved manner as directed by Ms.Vogl
Return all chemicals you are using to their proper storage space. Be familiar with the use of the eye-wash, the laboratory shower
Long hair and loose clothing must be confined
Thoroughly wash your hands after leaving the laboratory
Never direct the open end of test tube toward yourself or anyone else
Equations of Reactions:
Single Replacement
Mg+CuCl2 ---> MgCl2 + Cu
In the single replacement reaction, Magnesium replaces Copper based on its position on the Activity Series, which states which metals can replace other metals in a single replacement reaction. The result is Magnesium Chloride and Copper from the starting materials Copper Chloride and Magnesium.
Double Displacements
Cu(NO3)2 +Na2CO3--->CuCO3+2NaNO3
Cu(NO3)2+(NH4)2SO4--->CuSO4+2NH4NO3
Pb(NO3)2+K2CrO4--->PbCrO4+2KNO3
In double displacement reactions there are 2 compounds with a cation and an anion. Each of the two cations gain the other compound’s anion making 2 completely new and different compounds.
Production of a gas :
The rapid decomposition of the Hydrogen Peroxide by reacting with our catalyst, Potassium Iodide, releases a burst of oxygen. All the oxygen is trying to escape and it expands the former liquid into a foam like form.
2H2O2--->2H2O+O2
H2O2+KI---->H2O+KIO-
KIO-+H2O2--->H2O+O2+KI-