Mega Mining Mart

By Michelle Daniel • Bartley Richardson

Grade Level	9th
Subject Area	Physical Science (Chemistry)
Duration	70 minutes (one class period)
Setting	Traditional classroom with tables
Background Knowledge	It is recommended that studnets have some experience with a basic grocery store layout and the types of items sold in a typical modern supermarket.
Author	Michelle Daniel,Bartley Richardson

Summary
This introductory lesson to Chapter 2 (The Periodic Table) of the Active Chemistry text gives students a hands-on practical experience with organizing; identify trends and understanding correlations, in reference to a grocery store. Student will then relate the arrangement of items in their "mega mining mart" to the arrangement of elements in the periodic table. Student’s prior learning includes knowledge about elements, compounds, states of matter, chemical and physical changes and density. This lesson will be made relevant to student’s lives not only by revolving around a grocery store, a place most of them are familiar with, but also with a new industry called Data Mining. Data Mining is performed by software engineers, who use such things as the "Kroger Plus" card to track what people are buying in grocery stores in order to determine how to increase sales.

Objectives
1. Students will explore a state-of-the-art data storage technology known as Data Mining. 2. Students will understand how Data Mining impacts society. 3. Students will apply the methods of inventive problem solving to plan the arrangement of a store using their personal knowledge of grocery stores and the data mining relationships provided to them. 4. Students will analyze trends in the arrangement of their “Mega Mining Mart.” 5. Students will relate the arrangement of the items in the store to the arrangement of elements in the periodic table. 6. Students will recognize that the periodic table was formed as a result of the repeating pattern of electron configurations and similar chemical and physical properties.

Mateirals Required
8.5” x 11” Sheets of paper, Tape, Paper clips, Styrofoam cups, Coins, Scale.

Ohio Standards

Science

Physical Sciences

Benchmark A - Describe that matter is made of minute particles called atoms and atoms are comprised of even smaller components. Explain the structure and properties of atoms.

Science and Technology

Benchmark B - Explain that science and technology are interdependent; each drives the other.

Technology

Technology and Society Integration

Benchmark A - Interpret and practice responsible citizenship relative to technology.

Technology for Productivity Application

Benchmark A - Integrate conceptual knowledge of technology systems in determining practical applications for learning and technical problem-solving.

Design

Benchmark A - Identify and produce a product or system using a design process, evaluate the final solution and communicate the findings.

Designed World

Benchmark E - Classify, demonstrate, examine and appraise information and communication technologies.