Ride the Storm: Navigating Through Unstable Periods / Katerina Rudko (Belka G...
Choose your adventure game
1. CHOOSE YOUR
ADVENTURE
GAME
~A game through a Science lab @ NIST~
By… You will know at the last part…
2. Your task
• Start off by playing the game. You may need to be a
bit patient on some slides as a video needs to load.
• What is the aim of the game? What does it teach you
about the elements?
• Add at least 4 more elements and their properties to
the story.
• The boxes are just shapes that I have added text to and
then I have clicked on the Action button in the insert
menu. To add a video, copy the embed code from
youtube (you need the old embed code on the tick
boxes) and then in powerpoint insert a video from a
website.
• If you cannot figure out how to make it in
powerpoint, do it as a small written book with
instructions to turn to a particular page.
3. In a dark science lab, in the back of the room, there is
a smelly cupboard. The cupboard has a lock, but it
looks like someone has opened it.
Don’t look
Unlock the
inside, its too
cupboard and
scary and
look inside
smelly
4. WHAT?!
You’ve given up on this story already….
You’ve not found out anything about the
elements yet.
Go back to the start
and be an inquisitive
scientist
5. The smell seems to be
coming from several
boxes, glass bottles
and containers in a
tray.
Close the cupboard door quickly and
Pull the tray out and put it on a table
hope nobody notices.
6. There is a glass bottle, it has
the letters Na written on it.
Inside there is a liquid and
something shiny sitting in the
liquid. On the outside there
seems to be a hazard label but
its torn.
Pour the liquid down the sink Why would something be kept in a
and pick up the shiny thing with liquid? Maybe I should do some
my fingers. research.
7. Find out what
NOT A CLEVER IDEA happens if the
liquid substance –
Sodium- touches
water, even just a
bit of sweat on your
hands by watching
the video below or
with the link:
http://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=uq
DWbknpiVk
What do you think
the liquid was that
you poured away if
it’s not water?
TRY AGAIN>>> Go back
8. Na
– Sodium –
Highly explosive
Find out what happens if Na
touches water, even just a bit of
sweat on your hands by
watching the video below or
with the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=uqDWbknpiVk
What do you think the liquid
was that you poured away if it’s
not water?
NEXT
9. In the tray there was also a heavy block. It has a rusty smell to it. Some
of the red rusty powder breaks off. There is a magnet in the tray. When
the magnet comes close to the heavy block it….
Quickly
moves Nothing
towards the happens
magnet
10. It is….
IRON
One of the magnetic elements.
Which two other elements in the periodic table are
magnetic?
http://www.chemicalelements.com/gr
oups/transition.html
Which group in the
periodic table are they in?
Next
11. Nope you’re WRONG.
It was…
IRON
One of the magnetic elements, so it quickly moves toward other
magnetic substances.
Which two other elements in the periodic table are magnetic?
http://www.chemicalelements.c
om/groups/transition.html
Which group in the periodic
table are they in?
Next
12. In the tray there is a brown
pale liquid in a tightly sealed
tube. The tube has some
symbols on it.
When I hold it in my hands I
see a brown gas start to
appear.
The melting point of the liquid must be
quite high if I can turn it into a gas in my
hands.
The boiling point of the liquid must be
quite low if I can turn it into a gas in my
hands.
13. WHAT?!
Liquids don’t melt!
And the temperature of my hands is about 37 degrees
Celsius which is not that high.
Go back and have another go.
14. It is….
BROMINE (Br)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lQSwiv3gCg
Next
15. In the tray there is another small sealed jar. There is a liquid
inside, but it looks shiny.
Maybe it’s a metal, but aren’t all
metals solid? Maybe I need to do Maybe it’s from another planet.
some research
16. That’s a science joke :-P
Ha ha ha h-ha………..
We’re not very good at jokes…
The reason it’s a bad joke and not very funny, is
because the element is Mercury (another planet …. Get
it?....No not very funny)
Next
17. MERCURY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL0M_6bfzkU
Only watch the first 30 seconds.
Next
18. There are 5 small
balloons filled with
gases. They look all
the same at first but
some are tied to the
tray to stop them
floating away.
Maybe they all belong to
Maybe they have
the same group in the
nothing in common.
periodic table
20. They were…
NOBLE GLASSES
Watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLrofyj6a2s
Next
21. WHEN YOU LOOKED CLOSLEY TO THE
NOBLE GLASSES…
It says something on the glasses! Have a closer look.
Go into
INTO
DARK the dark
THE room as
it says
GO DOOR
NEXT
Don’t
ROOM follow
the
direction
. Go and
play!
22. You’ve come into a the dark room and you
barely see a thing. But you can see, just one
light. You don’t know why
Go and have a closer lights are there and it’s
look. spooky. Run away from
this room.
23. WHAT?!
You only have that much interest in SCIENCE?
I can’t believe it. You shouldn’t even have tried
this adventure.
Go to the principle's office!!! – just joking :-P
Go back and try
Game Over
again.
24. You find out that the shining light were many colorful glowing
sticks. You look closer into it and see that there is something
inside that makes it glow.
What is this thing?
I want to find out more.
I’ll do a bit of research
again.
What ever I don’t care.
It’s still interesting, I am
going to play with it!
25. You find out that in this glowing
substance, there was a chemical
called Neon.
NEON
There was gas inside the
tubes, with electrons
following, making it glow.
You realize that they are also used
–Ne- in Advertisements.
Watch the video of how to make
neon advertisement boards:
Boiling Point: - 246.1 Degrees Celsius
Melting Point: - 248.6 Degrees Celsius.
Next
26. MAGNESIUM boil? Wow, I
am interested to know.
Maybe I should do some
research:
http://encyclopedia.kids.net
What .au/page/ma/Magnesium
Is my Read the whole site.
Boiling
MAGNESIUM boil? Wow, I
Temperature? am interested to know. I am
going to do an experiment
because it will be much fun
that way!
You finally get to go out of the Dark room. But
there, waits you another chemical called MAGNESIUM
, with a question on. There are no adults near you.
27. You find the Boiling Temperature of the
Magnesium realize that it is pretty high. You are
relieved that you didn’t do an experiment.
Watch this video to learn the danger about
Magnesium:
Next
28. NOT A CLEVER IDEA
You played with the glowing
stick, which was actually a glowing
glass tube with NEON GAS in it, with
electrons passing by, making the stick
glow.
You accidently break the glass tube
and get electrocuted. Now you can’t
even do Science experiments that you
liked to do!
TRY AGAIN>>> Go back
29. You got a match and a candle, and a pot, full of water. You
then poured in a random amount of magnesium without a
safety goggle.
You saw the reaction to the magnesium and while getting
interested, you dropped some magnesium on your hand
into the candle and started burning.
What do you do?
You quickly get water and
extinguish the fire because
you don’t want to get in
trouble.
Call a Science teacher in the
Teacher’s room, even though
you are not allowed in.
30. You rushed towards the Science Teacher’s room and asked for
help because there was a fire.
You got in a huge trouble because you did an experiment
without adult assistance, but the teacher put sand on the
burning flame and told you never to use water to extinguish
Magnesium fire because it will react violently: Read this for info.
http://www.midsouthrescue.org/id21.html
Next
31. A VERY DANGEROUS IDEA
You poured a huge amount of water to extinguish
the fire, but Unfortunately, Magnesium reacts very
violently with Water. See the video:
Also visit this website:
http://www.midsouthrescue.org/id21.html
So that you won’t do this again.
Burning Magnesium with strong
brightness:
Go back and have
a second chance.
32. You now find your self outside on a balcony, and it is already night. You think to
yourself that time had passed so fast. Suddenly, you hear a boom and you see bright
light going up in front of you and a nice fire work goes up. You are getting bored on
the simple fire works that comes up all the time and all of a sudden there is a different
sound from the fire works and when you look up, the light turned into words and
asked you a Question:
WHAT IS USED INSIDE ME???
Then after that another went up, as it was reminding you.
THIS IS FOR HW!
Go and research on this
Never mind, I don’t like website:
Home works. I’ll do it http://encyclopedia.kids.
after I finish watching net.au/page/su/Sulfur
this beautiful Fireworks. And read only the
“Application” bit
33. Soon, the fire works ended and you
were very sleepy so you went home…
On the following day, you tell the
teacher that you didn’t do your home
work and you get in trouble.
Well, I now have time, I am going to do it.
Go to this website then click this box.
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/su/Sulfur
35. You go out of the room, and the you are asked by
the teacher to turn on the brightest lamp in the
class room.
You see that the lamp is actually very light and high
powered. When you try to turn on the switch, you
saw a little sticky note, with a question on:
Maybe I should do some
research:
http://encyclopedia.kids.n
et.au/page/sc/Scandium
Read only Applications
I am not really interested,
so I am just going to
pretend I never saw that
sticky note.
36. WHAT?!
You only have
that much
interest in Go back and become more
SCIENCE???? of a Keen scientist
I can’t believe
you!!!
37. It is…
SCANDIUM –SC-
You go back to turn off the light this time, and discover more
information on the sticky note. Who on earth put this though???
NEXT
38. YOUR FINAL CHALLENGE…
Mari and a Mari, and
boy Fah
The NIST
Science Ms. Perry
teacher & Mari
team
Ms. Perry A group of
and Mr. Unknown
Riley Scientists
The IB Mari & a
people game
company
39. You are, CORRECT!!!
CORRECT!!!
Yes, Mari and Ms. Perry created this. Ms. Perry
created the first bit and I (Mari) added four
more chemical elements on it, so that the game
will be continued and will be ended!!!
Well Done with the Adventure and I hope you
had FUN!!!
NEXT
40. Sorry, but you are wrong.
WRONG!!!
The answer, was “Mari and Ms. Perry”.
Ms. Perry created the first half of the adventure
game and I (Mari in Y8D) created the second
half of the adventure game, by adding the last 4
chemical elements on.
Well Done with the Adventure and I hope you
had FUN as well as LEARNED!
NEXT
