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For in introduction to (IB) Middle Years (Science) Program discrepant events and how I used them with my students, click here. Click here for the Discrepante Event grading criteria. Click here for Discrepant Event write-up format. Click here for a sample Discrepant Event write-up.
Here’s a listing of all the MYP years 4-5 Science discrepant events.
MYP Year 4 Chemistry Discrepant Events
- Magical Candle: About gaseous behavior.
- Hare Brain Chemistry: An observation and deduction exercise on the patterns of reactivity.
- Water Bottle Explosion: About state of matter, energy and pressure.
- Dancing Coin: About state of matter.
- Uncanny Can: About state of matter.
- Plastic Bottle Canons: An observation and deduction exercise about elements in the periodic table.
- Rubbery Egg: About state of matter.
- Fun with Liquid Nitrogen: About energy and state of matter.
- Blow Hot Blow Cold: About energy.
MYP Year 4 Physics Discrepant Events
- Light Entertainment I: About refraction but the simplest of the four.
- Light Entertainment II: About refraction but considerably more challenging than I.
- Light Entertainment III: About refraction but a little different from the above two.
- Light Entertainment IV: About refraction but the most challenging of the four.
- Hot Day: About energy and energy transfers.
- Accident in Space: About Newton’s Laws of Motion.
- Propelling the Boat: About Newton’s Laws of Motion
MYP Year 5 Chemistry Discrepant Events
- Plastic bottle Cannons: An observation and deduction exercise about elements in the periodic table and Stoichiometry (Quantitative Chemistry).
- Magical Beakers: About acid-base chemistry.
- Magical Crystals: About ion-exchange/precipitation/double displacement reaction.
- Cracking Crackers: About redox reactions.
- Sugar Daddy…with Flare: About Redox Reactions and Stoichiometry (Quantitative Chemistry)
- Gunpowder: Ideal Mixture: About Stoichiometry (Quantitative Chemistry)
MYP Year 5 Physics Discrepant Events
- Bottle and Coin: About inertia.
- Gravity and the Moon: About gravity…as the title says.
- The Pendulum: About falling bodies.
- The Chicken Truck: About mass, gravity and weight.
- The Falling Elevator: About weight and gravity.
- Frozen Over: About energy and energy transfer.
- From Fermi to the Frying Pan: About boiling point and cooking.
- Don’t lick that tray: About energy and energy transfer.
Enjoy!