PETROSAINS SCIENCE SHOW COMPETITION 2014

SCHOOL : CEMPAKA CHERAS

GROUP MEMBERS : 1.) LEE SHEN HUEI, WYNTON
2.) VOO YEE KHIAW

TEACHER ADVISOR : MS JOSEPHINE


EXPERIMENT 1
NAME/TOPIC Man-made volcano
TOPIC Chemical reactions
LEARNING OBJECTIVE To understand the effect of chemical reactions
KEY SCIENCE
CONCEPTS/MAIN
MESSAGES
Chemical reactions
MATERIALS Liquid dish soap, Baking soda,Food Colouring and
Vinegar
WHAT TO DO? 1.Prepare 1.5L mineral water bottle and the materials.
2.Pour two tablespoons of baking soda into the bottle.
3.Prepare a small bottle pour a bit of dish soap, vinegar
and food colouring and mix it well.
4.Pour the contents of the small bottle into the bigger
bottle
WHAT HAPPENS When the dish soap, vinegar and food colouring is
poured into the bottle, the contents react with the baking
soda and lava-looking fluid flows out the bottle
SCIENCE EXPLANATION The reaction between the baking soda, dish soap and
vinegar happens fast and it forms a product at the end
which includes a salt( Sodium Ethanoate,CH3COONa),
carbon dioxide and water.








EXPERIMENT 2
NAME/TOPIC Magic of solutions
TOPIC Chemical reactions
LEARNING OBJECTIVE To understand the effect of chemical reactions
KEY SCIENCE
CONCEPTS/MAIN
MESSAGES
Chemical reactions
MATERIALS Solutions of lead(II) nitrate, potassium iodide, test tube
WHAT TO DO? 1.) Approximately 5cm^3 of potassium iodide is poured
into a test tube.
2.) Approximately 5cm^3 of lead(II) nitrate is poured into
another test tube.
3.) Pour both the solution into either one test tube.
WHAT HAPPENS The mixture of both colourless solutions will turn yellow.
SCIENCE EXPLANATION The reaction is known as displacement. The two metals
are displaced from their salt solutions.The chemical
equation for the reaction is
Pb(NO3)2 (aq) + 2KI (aq) ---> PbI (s) + 2KNO3 (aq)
Lead(II) iodide, PbI is a yellow insoluble salt while
Potassium nitrate,KNO3 is a colourless solution.



EXPERIMENT 3
NAME/TOPIC Iodine clock reaction
TOPIC Chemical reactions
LEARNING OBJECTIVE To understand the effect of chemical reactions
KEY SCIENCE
CONCEPTS/MAIN
MESSAGES
Chemical reactions
MATERIALS Potassium Iodide, Sodium Thiosulphate, Starch,
Sulphuric Acid, Hydrogen peroxide,Distilled water
WHAT TO DO? 1.First prepare solution A: put 7.47g of potassium iodide
into a beaker,pour 75ml of 0.001M sodium thiosulphate
into the same beaker and add 75ml of distilled water with
stirring.
2.For solution B: pour 20ml of 1.0M sulphuric acid into a
beaker, add 55ml of distilled water to dilute the acid and
pour 25ml of 3% hydrogen peroxide.
3.Mix the solutions.
4.The solution are then added with starch solution.
5.The solution is again added with sodium thiosulpate
solution
WHAT HAPPENS When the two solutions are mixed, a yellow liquid is
formed due to Iodine. When the solution is added with
starch solution, it turns blue-black. When sodium
thiosulphate is added to the solution, it reverses the
whole iodine clock reaction.
SCIENCE EXPLANATION H2O2 (aq) + 2H+ (aq) + 2I- (aq) ---> 2H2O (l) + I2 (aq)
The iodine formed is yellow in colour but reacts with
starch solution that turns blue-black solution. The
sodium thiosulphate reverses the whole iodine clock
reaction converting the iodine into iodide ions






EXPERIMENT 4

NAME/TOPIC Inflating Balloon
TOPIC Chemical reactions
LEARNING OBJECTIVE To understand the effect of chemical reactions
KEY SCIENCE
CONCEPTS/MAIN
MESSAGES
Chemical reactions
MATERIALS Baking Soda, Vinegar, Mineral Water Bottle and Balloon
WHAT TO DO? 1.Pour about two tablespoons of baking soda into the
mineral water bottle.
2.Pour the same amount of vinegar into the bottle.
3.Cover the bottle with the balloon
WHAT HAPPENS Watch the balloon inflate!
SCIENCE EXPLANATION When the baking soda and vinegar react, it would
produce carbon dioxide gas, water and salt which is
sodium ethanoate.The following gas also inflates the
balloon as shown in the experiment. The balloon sinks
very fast to the ground because carbon dioxide is
heavier than air.