Project Outline
We were tasked to apply the chemistry we've gathered into a board game. Our group decided to create a board game with a Toy Story concept, combining our board with another group, since our board represented the antagonists' position (Zurg; Sid's Room), and their board represented the protagonists' position (Andy's Room), which leads the player from Sid's Room to Andy's Toy Box, with some run-ins from other Toy Story characters.
Key Concepts and Terms
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Subatomic Particles: Particles that are smaller than an atom
Octet Rule: The tendency for atoms to have eight electrons in its outer valance shell, in order to stabilize to a configuration as a noble gas. Valence Electrons: electrons in the outer shell of atoms which can form bonds. Ions (Monoatomic): Atoms, where the amount of electrons is not the same as the amount of protons,due ot the loss or gain of electrons.
Formula Mass: The sum of atomic masses in amu. Reactants: The chemicals placed before the tail of an arrow in a chemical equation Products: The chemicals formed after reactants have undergone a reaction, placed after the arrow, in a chemical equation. Law of Conservation of Mass: Nothing is created or destroyed, it is only converted. Reactant + Reactant → Product(s) →: "Yields" or "produces"
Synthesis: Two or more reactants form one product
Decomposition: One reactant produces two or more products Single Replacement/Displacement: An element replaces its like element in a compound or acid. See the Activity Series to predict reaction Double Replacement/Displacement: Two aqueous, ionic compounds exchange ions and form two new ionic compounds. See Solubility Guidelines to determine states. Acid-Base Reaction: The acids, donating protons (H+), and bases, accepting protons, neutralize forming a salt as a percipitate Gas Evolution: A reaction that produces a gas Hydrocarbon Combustion: Carbon dioxide and water are products Solubility Guidelines: General guidelines of solubility and insolubility, which inform the states of products in a double displacement reaction
Activity Series: General guidelines of activity of metals and halogen, ranked from high activity to low activity, which can be used to predict if a single displacement reaction will occur. |
Application to Chemistry Double Displacement reactions were used to create the colors for the "star" squares which determined the movement amount for the player. Using the solubility guidelines, we were able to determine what the products would be, and what their states are. A Single Replacement was sued when lighting the LED with a breadboard circuit, which was opened to attach to the aluminum, so that the copper(II) chloride (CuCl₂) could dissolve the aluminum (Al), creating an ionized solution, capable of carrying a charge an completing a circuit to light an LED. The Gas Production, Acid-Base, and Decomposition reactions were used when the balloon inflates to move the characters from Sid's Room to Andy's Room, where vinegar (acetic acid) and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO₃, which is slightly basic), were used to create a salt (sodium acetate, C₂H₃NaO₂), and water (H₂O), which came from decomposed carbonic acid (H₂CO₃), which also produced carbon dioxide gas (CO₂).
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The Game
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Set-Up, Rules, and Safety
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Cards
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Reflection
In this project I played the role of a group manager, and was able to lead a 8-person team. I was continually able to delegate responsibilities to group members, who usually acted on their responsibilities. I also was able to communicate well by incorporating other's ideas, namely embracing the Toy Story theme, and synthesize my gameplay ideas, in conjunction with the theme. While monitoring group tasks, I was also able to contribute to different aspects of the board game, whether it be painting, construction for our sister-group, or helping with gameplay, participating also as a team member, and not only a taskmaster. One of the challenges we faced was effective communication: although ideas were able to be discussed and incorporated, coming to an immediate consensus in a relatively short amount of time with 8 people was challenging. This directly affects the second challenge we face, which was productivity. In the same time we hope to receive group consensus, we could have been improving our board. Although group involvement in different aspects of the project was good, for productivity's sake, we could have improved the quality of our board had we specialized different tasks. Overall, I was happy with the work that went into the project, but I think we could have done better, with more streamlined tasks and discussion.
- Nihal Nazeem.
- Nihal Nazeem.