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AREA: Ciencias Naturales SUBJECT: Química
TEACHER´S NAME: Liliana Ramírez DATE:
NAME: GRADE: Seventh
MODEL ISOTOPES LABORATORY
OBJECTIVES: ANALYSIS:
1. Analyze. What is the mass of all the
1. Applies the concept of isotopes pennies? Are the masses different for
through a simple model of isotopes in a pre- 2000 and post- 2000 pennies?
substance. 2. Calculate the average mass of a
MATERIALS penny. How does this mass compare with
the average masses for each group?
1 small bag of $100 pennies 3. What are the functions of the pennies
(Approximate 20 pennies of the small to represent the isotopes? Which
size) particles are they representing? Explain.
1 balance
Pencil, notebook, ruler, masking tape

METHODOLOGY
1. Propose hypotheses about the
laboratory activity
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2. Gather round with some of your
classmates forming groups of 4 people.
3. Obtain 1 small bag of $100 pennies
(Approximate 20 pennies of the same
size).
4. Sort the pennies by the date. Group
pennies pre- 2000’s pennies and the
post-2000 pennies.
5. Determine the mass of ten pennies of
each group. Record the mass. Write all
the calculations made for completing the
table.
7. Count the number of pennies in each
group.
8. Using the data, determine the total
mass of all pre-2000´s pennies in the
same way. Calculate the total mass of
the post-2000´s pennies.
Pre-2000’s Post-2000
Type of pennies pennies
penny
Total
number of
pennies

Mass of 10
pennies (g)

Average
mass of one
penny (g)
Total mass
of all
pennies (g)