Unit 6 – Gases

Time Frame 5 weeks

Competencies
C1. Demonstrate understanding of the behaviour of gases.
C2. Show skill in solving problems using mathematical calculations.
C3. Understand gas laws and principles involved in some technologies.

PROPERTIES OF GASES

Time Frame 2 sessions

I. Learning Objectives
At the end of the session, the students must be able to describe properties of gases.
They must be able to:
1. Characterize a gas using it properties;
2. Recognize variables that refer to pressure, volume, temperature, and amount
of gas;
3. Know the units assigned to these properties; and
4. Make conversions.

II. Subject Matter

A. Topic: Properties Gases

B. References
1.Department of Education, Culture and Sports. (1991). Science and
Technology III. Quezon City: Book Media Press, pp. 66,69, 77.
2.Brown, Theodore l., LeMay, H. Eugene Jr., and Bursten, Bruse E., Chemistry
the Central Science, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000, pp. 353-356.

B. Materials
Plywood (at least 4ft x 4ft)
Carbon dioxide generator (vinegar and baking soda)
Rubber stopper or cork with glass tubing connected to a plastic tubing (You can
substitute empty dextrose container with its tube.)
Glass jars
Syringe
Thermometer

III. Learning Tasks

A. Recall and Motivation
1. What kind of mixture is air?
2. When the tire of a jeepney is “flat” what actually happened?
B. Lesson Proper
1. Activity: “Pressure”
a. Group the students into two.

b. Mark on the floor the position of the plywood.

c. Have them occupy the space on opposite sides of the plywood.

d. Have them push on the plywood and see who gets to move the
plywood to the other side.

2. Discussion / Concept Formation

a. What did you do make the plywood move? (Exerted a force over an
area- pressure)

b. What happened when the two groups exerted equal force? (Plywood
boundary will not move)

c. What happened if one force was stronger? (Plywood boundary would

be moved by the pressure to the weaker side.)

d. What is force distributed over an area? (Pressure)

3. Activity: “Measuring the Amount of Gas Using Volume” (SAS 6-01)

a. Fill a glass jar with water to half its volume.

b. Fill a test tube with water. Cover it well and turn it upside down into the
glass jar.

c. Prepare the gas generator set-up and insert the tube. (If you are using a
dextrose container, the needle end of the tube should be inserted into the
test tube. It is advisable to remove the needle before it is brought to class.
The other end connected to the bag will be used for generating the gas.)

d. Generate carbon dioxide using the set up. (If you are using the dextrose
container, use a syringe to put the vinegar and baking soda solution into
the plastic bag. Do not remove the syringe while the reaction is underway
to decrease leaks in the system.)
 e. When the gas is halfway in the test tube, remove the tube from the test
tube, being careful not to let any gas escape.

f. Using a marker pen, mark the level of the gas liquid interface.

g. Get the temperature of the liquid.

YOU MAY END SESSION 1 AT THIS POINT.

4. Discussion/ Concept formation

a. What is a measure of amount of gas? (mass, volume)

b. How can you get the number of particles of gas? How can you relate this
to the mole concept? (number of moles= mass/ molar mass)

c. How would you measure the volume of the gas? (fill the test tube with
water up to the mark using a syringe. The volume of water added is the
also the volume of the gas.

d. What would be the temperature of the gas?

C. Generalization
1. Gases can be described in terms of its pressure, volume, temperature, and
number of moles.

2. Gases take the volume (and shape) of their container.

3. The number of moles is released to the mass and the volume of the gas.

4. The temperature of the gas is the same as the temperature of the liquid or solid
it is in contact with.

D. Application/ Valuing
Ask the students to interview an LPG gas dealer:
1. When you have a gas tank, how would you know if it has been properly
filled with enough gas?

2. What would be the pressure of the gas tank?

 3. What is the volume of the gas tank?

E. Agreement
Bring materials for the next class.