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Gas Laws and Alka-Seltzer Rockets

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Students investigate the Ideal Gas Law. In this three states of matter lesson, students create Alka-Seltzer rockets using film canisters. Students record observations and data according to the scientific method and explain the gas property that causes an explosion.

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the ideal gas law, gas laws, properties of gases, gases, states of matter, matter, the scientific method

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gas experiment, ideal gas law, properties of gases, scientific method, three states of matter, science
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Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
Science
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For Teacher Use
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Inquiry-Based Learning

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