8.F – Just A Little Salt Can Go A Long Way

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There is no doubt that our society is advancing so much in the realm of technology.  It is our job as educators to integrate technology into our curriculum to prepare our students to be proficient and prepared for the future and able to understand technology when they are in their own careers.  It has also been a goal in the field of education to get students to learn how different subjects can be relatable to mathematics.  In this lesson, students must go beyond the task of computing numbers and creating a table of data to understanding the science behind why salt when added to water increases the overall time it takes for it to freeze or if it will freeze at all.  This may be a simple mathematics lesson, but it is an accurate example of what type of situations students will have to learn and understand if they are ever in the field of geology and understanding how elements of nature affects certain things.

Saltwater Vernier Probes Lesson

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