7th Grade Students Finish Chemistry Unit with Science On a Sphere

After experimenting with producing carbon dioxide in the lab, 7th Grade students finished their chemistry unit this week by using Science On a Sphere in Wilkie Hall. 

Science On a Sphere is an extraordinary display system that uses computers and video projectors to display planetary data onto a six-foot diameter sphere, analogous to a giant animated globe.

Students recalled scenes of Mt. Kilimanjaro from their summer reading book, No Summit Out of Sight, watched a short video about Kilimanjaro's melting glaciers, and observed a year's worth of atmospheric carbon data on the Sphere. 

They then diagrammed the connections between the tiny molecules of carbon dioxide, the changes on Kilimanjaro, and the big picture concept of climate change.