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Mars Soil Testing STEM Mission (pH, Acids, Bases)

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Vivify STEM
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Description

This STEM challenge is an out of this world scientific inquiry mission that begins with a breaking news story about life found on Mars! Challenge your students with the mission of determining which given soil sample is from Mars. Led by a fictitious "Astronaut Alex" mission commander, they will test their soil samples using a pH indicator, analyze their data, and follow up with related math problems. Student worksheets are provided.

Topics covered in Mars Soil Testing STEM Mission:

  • Making observations
  • pH Testing
  • Acids & Bases
  • Spectroscopy
  • Numerical Representations & Relationships and Computations & Algebraic Relations

(1) Soil pH Testing: Students test soil samples using a red cabbage pH indicator.

(2)Math Extension Problems: Students use comparative language and >.<, = to compare a given test sample's components. Then students must solve algebraic equations related to the test sample.


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Teaching Duration
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Last updated Feb 3rd, 2019
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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.
Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.

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