Things That Go Boom

High School, Science

Units included in Things That Go Boom

  1. Escape House 
    • Game
    • Solve puzzles and brain games to get out of the escape house.
  2. Chemical Reactions
    • 2D Video
    • Coronal mass ejections? Solar flares? This animation introduces us to both.
  3. Reacting with Wendy 
    • 360 Video 
    • National runner-up teacher of the year, Wendy Martin, blows things up in her experiment teaching about chemical reactions.
  4. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
    • 360 Video 
    • Learn about chemical reactions at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

All lessons based on Next Gen Science Standards
All units are related to the chemistry of chemical reactions

  • Age Group: High School
  • Category: Physical Science
  • NGSS: HS-PS1-1, HS-PS1-2, HS-PS1-7, HS-LS1-6
  • Runtime: 30-40 min.

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