Name: ______________________________
Period: ______
Date: ______
The pH Factor – Acids and Bases
The pH Factor
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/index.html
Directions:
1. Using your IPad access the following website.
2. Access the following website using either the link or the QR code at
the top of the page.
3. Students will work their way through the Six E headings located on
this site (Excite, Explore, Explain, Expand, Extend, and Examine).
4. Students need to complete each section of this handout associated
with the section of the website before moving to the next section.
5. When finished place your handout in the homework bin.
Scan the QR code below:
1. Excite:
Directions: Read the NY time’s article about the mapping of the tongue. Label the five basic tastes identified in
the article.
The five basic tastes are:
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2. Explore:
Directions: Choose five items from the pH panel by clicking on them. In the table below label the item, identify if
they are an acid or a base, and their pH level.
Name of item chosen
Acid or base
pH level
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3. Explain:
Directions: Read the paragraph on acids and bases and answer the questions.
When an acid is placed in water, it gives up ____________________________________ to
the water.
When a base is placed in water, it gives up ____________________________________ to
the water.
4. Expand:
Directions: Which substance do you think will clean the penny the best? Click on the cups to see how they clean
the penny. (Make a prediction about which substance will clean the best before you test and label with one
cleaned the best after you test.)
Which substance will clean the penny the best?
Prediction:
Actual:
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5. Extend:
Directions: Label what you type of container you would need to contain Jelly Beans as they expand
exponentially.
Jelly Beans
Container
10 x 1 Jelly Beans
10 x 10 Jelly Beans
10 x 10 x 10 Jelly Beans
10 x 10 x 10 x 10 Jelly Beans
10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 Jelly Beans
10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 Jelly Beans
6. Examine:
Directions: Draw a pH scale in the space provided. Label the following things: acids, bases, and neutral
substances. Give three examples of substances that are acids and three examples of substances that are bases.
Drawing of pH scale:
Examples of Acids:
Examples of Bases:
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