Teachers' Domain: Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks

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This multimedia instructional module features a visually rich way to tie together chemical reaction, combustion, and the nature of fire. It includes two short videos and four interactive Flash simulations that explore pyrotechnics, the science of fire, anatomy of fireworks, and the mechanics of lifting charge.

Editor's Note: This module addresses a number of national science standards in a fun and engaging way. The pyrotechnics section will spark discussion about chemical reactions, while the lesson on fireworks color will address interactions at an atomic level (specific color results when atoms of a certain element or combination of elements are energized by the firework's heat.)

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Technology = Multimedia Other Sciences - Chemistry Thermo & Stat Mech - Thermal Properties of Matter	- High School - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Demonstration = Interactive Simulation = Lesson/Lesson Plan = Problem/Problem Set - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

Appropriate Courses	Categories	Ratings
- Physical Science - Physics First - Conceptual Physics - Algebra-based Physics	- Lesson Plan - Activity - Assessment - New teachers	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Intended Users:: Educator
Learner
General Public
Formats:: application/flash
text/html
Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2009 WGBH
Keywords:: chemical reaction, combustibility, combustion reaction, fire, fireworks, fireworks simulation, flammability, heat transfer, pyrotechnic simulation, thermal expansion
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created June 26, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: June 26, 2011 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: May 4, 2009

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AAAS Benchmark Alignments (2008 Version)

3. The Nature of Technology

3A. Technology and Science

6-8: 3A/M3. Engineers, architects, and others who engage in design and technology use scientific knowledge to solve practical problems. They also usually have to take human values and limitations into account.

3B. Design and Systems

3-5: 3B/E2. Even a good design may fail. Sometimes steps can be taken ahead of time to reduce the likelihood of failure, but it cannot be entirely eliminated.

4. The Physical Setting

4D. The Structure of Matter

6-8: 4D/M6b. An important kind of reaction between substances involves the combination of oxygen with something else—as in burning or rusting.
6-8: 4D/M11. Substances react chemically in characteristic ways with other substances to form new substances with different characteristic properties.
9-12: 4D/H7b. An enormous variety of biological, chemical, and physical phenomena can be explained by changes in the arrangement and motion of atoms and molecules.
9-12: 4D/H9a. The rate of reactions among atoms and molecules depends on how often they encounter one another, which is affected by the concentration, pressure, and temperature of the reacting materials.

4E. Energy Transformations

9-12: 4E/H4. Chemical energy is associated with the configuration of atoms in molecules that make up a substance. Some changes of configuration require a net input of energy whereas others cause a net release.

11. Common Themes

11B. Models

6-8: 11B/M1. Models are often used to think about processes that happen too slowly, too quickly, or on too small a scale to observe directly. They are also used for processes that are too vast, too complex, or too dangerous to study.
6-8: 11B/M4. Simulations are often useful in modeling events and processes.

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<a href="http://www.thephysicsfront.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=11265">National Science Foundation. Teachers' Domain: Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, May 4, 2009.</a>

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Teachers' Domain: Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks (WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 2009), <http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.lp_fireworks/>.

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Teachers' Domain: Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks. (2009, May 4). Retrieved May 22, 2013, from WGBH Educational Foundation: http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.lp_fireworks/

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National Science Foundation. Teachers' Domain: Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, May 4, 2009. http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.lp_fireworks/ (accessed 22 May 2013).

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Teachers' Domain: Igniting Chemistry in Fireworks. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2009. 4 May 2009. National Science Foundation. 22 May 2013 <http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.lp_fireworks/>.

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