Grade 7 Science Mini Case #3

CSI:THE FIBER ANALYSIS

Todays Tasks
1. Power of Words 2. Pre-Lab 3. Lab 4. Post Lab Questions

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1. The Power of Words Analyze (v)

to examine critically or in detail The mathematician carefully analyzed the data before she reached her conclusions. Step 1. Copy the above word into your Vocabulary Book. Step 2. Complete the activity on the back of this page.

ATL Connections
- Communication - Information Literacy - Collaboration

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The Power of Words
Look at the nutrition label for one of the foods at your desk. You may have to share with someone. Analyze the label to answer the questions below.

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1.What is the product that you are looking at? (ie macaroni, cookies, yogurt, etc)

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2. What is the serving size for your product?

3. How many calories are in a serving?

4. How many grams of protein are in a serving?

5. What percentage of the % Daily Value of sodium is in this product?

Now compare your product with the other products at the table. 1. Which product at your table has the highest number of calories per serving?

2. Which product at your table has the highest amount of sugar per serving?

The Challenge Question for Extra Credit Complete this sentence: One thing that I can conclude by analyzing these products is ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 2 KIS International School Science 2010

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2. Pre-Lab Tasks I need to know. . .

Background Information

Fibers are all around us. They are thin pieces of a material twisted together to make threads, yarn, or rope. The thread, yarn, or rope is then used to make cloth for clothes, furniture covers, carpets, and many other things. We all carry bers with us from our clothes, our houses, and any place we have visited. Wherever you travel you leave bers and you pick up other bers. Investigators can use bers to help solve crimes. Fibers can sometimes tell you where a person has been or who they have seen/touched. The problem with bers is many are massproduced (a lot of one kind of thing is made from the same kind of bers - like jeans from Levi's). This means many thousands of people might have the same ber on their body or in their house. There are two groups of bers: natural and synthetic (or human-made). Wool, silk, cotton, and linen are all natural bers. They come from animals, insects, or plants. In the 1800's scientists began searching for a ber that could be made in the lab so that people would not have to depend on plants or animals for their supply of thread. The rst synthetic ber made in a laboratory was rayon. It is made from wood pulp and cotton. Since the invention of rayon many other bers have been invented. Nylon, polyester, acrylic, and spandex are all synthetic bers because they are made by humans. Fibers might seem alike when you look at two black shirts, but think about the thickness, the color, and the texture of the bers. All bers are different, and using a microscope and a match you can often gure out what kind of ber you have.

Crime

On Saturday morning a woman was found dead in the stairway of an apartment building. The woman, who lived in the apartment building, had been robbed and beaten. Crime scene investigators recovered several different bers from the victim's body. All but one of the bers matched clothes in her apartment. This ber was red colored. Witnesses said they saw a tall young man in a red jacket enter the victim's apartment Saturday night. Police therefore began questioning all men that lived in the apartment building and searching their apartments. Anyone with a red colored jacket was detained and interviewed longer. Fibers were taken from each jacket to test and compare to the ber found on the victim.

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Pre-Lab Tasks I need to know. . .

Answer in complete sentences and in your own words. 1. What are two examples of bers? ! ! _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

2. What are the two groups of bers? ! ! _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

3. What are three sources for natural bers? ! ! _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

4. The problem with bers is many are mass-produced... What does this sentence mean? What is something else that is mass-produced? ! ! ! ! _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

5. In the crime described, where was the woman found? ! ! _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________

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ATLs Informa tion Graphic Organizer Literacy How do the pieces fit together. . .
Look at the graphic organizer below, and ll it out by thinking about information about bers..

Fiber Analysis

using a . . .

Fibers

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natural

examples

nylon

plants

Word Bank: acrylic, animals, ber types, insects, microscope, polyester, sources,

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3. The LAB
Introduction
In today's lab you will be looking at four bers. The bers are attached to pieces of tape. You'll be looking at the color of the ber and any other macroscopic (can be seen without a microscope) observations you can make. You will then be doing a ame test to observe the reaction of the ber to heat.

Collaboration

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Materials
Goggles Flame Tweezers / forceps Magnifying lens Fibers

Procedure
1. Put on your goggles. These are necessary for safety. 2. Examine ber A. ! Write any observations you can in the Macroscopic data table.
(color? thickness? straight or curly? single fiber, or many smaller fibers?)

3. Using the forceps, place ber A near, but not in the ame. ! Does the ber melt? light on re? curl? ! Record your observations in the Flame Test data table.

4. Using the forceps, touch ber A gently to the ame, then take it out. ! Does it light on re quickly, slowly, or not at all? ! Does it melt, drip, or sputter? ! When you took it out, did it continue to burn, glow, or go out? ! What did the ber smell like? Compare it to another smell. ! What is left by the burned ber? Ashes, a blob, a hard bead? ! Record your observations in the Flame Test data table.

5. Repeat the above steps for bers B, C, and D.

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Macroscopic Observations Fiber
Write in complete sentences.

Collaboration

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Written Description of what you see when you look at the fiber.

A B C D E
Flame Test Observations
In the Flame After the Flame

(Each cell in the table should have an observation. You do not need complete sentences, and vocabulary can come from the procedure.)

Fiber

Near Flame

Remains

Odor

A B C D E
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4. Post-Lab Questions
Part A: Discussion
1. Read the crime description again. A ber from Mr. Smith was found to match a ber near the body. Does this prove that he is guilty? Explain. ! ! ! __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

! __________________________________________________ ! 2. Which would be more useful in solving a crime, a ngerprint or a ber sample? Explain. ! ! ! ! __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

3. In addition to ngerprints and ber samples, what are some other important clues for solving crimes? ! ! __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

4. One of the bers that you received was taken from a shirt that is 40% cotton and 60% polyester. When a ber from the shirt was tested it burned quickly, leaving behind a black blob. Which ber do you think came from this shirt? Explain why. ! ! ! __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ KIS International School Science 2010

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Conclusion
Write a conclusion in 100 words or less, that: ! - describes what you did in the lab today, ! - what safety procedures you followed, ! - states if you think Mr. Smith is guilty or not, and ! - what further experiment or evidence you might consider next in ! ! deciding his guilt or innocence. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________

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