Sunday, May 30, 2010

THE DISCOVERY OF OXYGEN


Click on the image and watch this video I found it in the site of "How Stuff Works", which you have probable heard about. (It has a short advertisment before it starts...)
Your task is to write a paragraph between 50 and 70 words explaining what this video is about. Hand it in with your name in the lab, by June 9th!
This is a compulsory activity!

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Miss Florence:
I send you the compulsery coment by mail.
Regards.
Sofi.B 6C olivos.

Axel said...

Hi Miss Florence,
This video talks about a scientist in the 18th century which discovered the oxygen by putting mercury( which was an unexplored chemical) on something that looked like a round bottomed flask and heated it and took out a certain gas which later he showed it to other scientist and they finally agreed that that strange gas was oxygen. All this was told by a man who had photos that you could see the oxygen.

See you,

Axel G

Anonymous said...

I Already have seen the video and written about what is about. I write it on a paper I did not know if we have to send it by mail oh write it on a paper.
Mechi G.

Anonymous said...

Hello miss Florence
This viedo was very interesting i really like all the tecnology its was used and all the matirials he used
good bye juanchi.c 6a olivos

Anonymous said...

This video talks about a scientist who wanted to dicover oxigen. He did the experiment putting mercuri and the other thing were gasses. When he did the experiment he didnt realise what it was and then he sheared his story with a french then he agrred that was oxygen
Fede .g

Anonymous said...

Miss florence,
I all ready send it to you by mail


Artu Elsztain 6C

Anonymous said...

Hi, I had a problem I thought that it had to be of 50 to 70 sentencence but when I read it again I said words so I have more than 70 words it is the same???
bye bye
agostina gnocchi

Anonymous said...

I write it in a page that i'm going to give you tomorow I saw 2 videos and in a total I put I think53 words.

JOSE

Anonymous said...

Miss Florence,

This video talks about a scientist called Joseph Presley which in the 18th century conducted a series of experiments searching for new airs (gases). This man new EVERYTHING. He wrote books about lots of subjects. Mercury (liquid and metal) and electricity were used for the experiment. Presley took a burning glass, heated it till it ended, he focused it in the orange powder, he heated it, it changed into this metal mercury and a gas came off. In 1774 Presley took a visit to Paris and shared the story of his discovery with another scientist called Auntan Levassue. (I don’t know how to write the scientists names). That’s what the video talks about.
Hope you liked it.
Bye, bye, see you in school.
Milagros Ferraro, Pchica, 6B.

Anonymous said...

hi miss miss florence here is my comment

this video tlks about a scientist called Josepch Prestley in 18th century he was searching for new airsthat we can called gases.Joseph wrote allot,abutout history,politics,science,he was the man who new everything.Prestley did an experiment in that experiment go two things liquid and metal(mercury). What Prestley tose is that he takes the burning lass,when heats a lend,he focus it in the orange powder,he heats eat and these it changes on the metal mercury and a gass comes off.But he can realized what he found.In 1774 he take that eperiment to Paris and he would share it with another scientis,he would no w what he descover there.

florence here is what y write y hope it is no to long.

Tommy D 6b

Anonymous said...

I think this famous scientistt, Joseph Priestly, is a genius. Good video.

Felipe 6B

Pedro Eisner said...

This video is about a scientist called Joseph Presley that made an experiment in search of new airs (gasses).He wrote about politics, science, religion, history etc. They said he knew all. For this experiment he used two very important materials, mercury (liquid metal) and electricity. Presley took a burning glass, he heated it until it finished, he focused it in an orange powder and he heated it, it changed into the metal mercury and finally the gas appeared. Having his new experiment, in 1774 he went to Paris to show his discovery to another scientist “Antoine Levassue’’. And he was the discovery of this new gas.
I hope you like it, see you tomorrow.
Marcos Eis. 6B Pchica

Pedro Eisner said...

This video is about a scientist called Joseph Presley that made an experiment in search of new airs (gasses).He wrote about politics, science, religion, history etc. They said he knew all. For this experiment he used two very important materials, mercury (liquid metal) and electricity. Presley took a burning glass, he heated it until it finished, he focused it in an orange powder and he heated it, it changed into the metal mercury and finally the gas appeared. Having his new experiment, in 1774 he went to Paris to show his discovery to another scientist “Antoine Levassue’’. And he was the discovery of this new gas (oxygen)
I hope you like it, see you tomorrow.
Marcos Eis. 6B Pchica

Anonymous said...

Hello Miss Florence!

I already did the compulsory post by hand writing and I am going to give it to you tomarrow wednesday the 9th.

KISSES
belu. b 6b olivos

Anonymous said...

hi miss florence :
I will give you the paper that i rote about the video tomorrow
thanks!
Flor 6c

Anonymous said...

this video talk about a cyentist named joseph presley who discoverd oxigen by using mercury.when he heated the mercury for then of some time a gas came out.also this scientis wrote lots of books of a lot o sbujects miguel pchica

Anonymous said...

Hi Miss Florence,
This talks about a scientist wich discovered the oxygen by putting mercury on something that looked like a round bottomed flask and heated it and took out a certain gas wich later he showed it to other scientist and they finally agreed that that strange gas was oxygen.
BYE
Mati S.

Anonymous said...

Hi Ms. Florence,
The video is about the discovery of oxigen done by Joseph Priestley. He was an english scientist that wrote many books on different subjects like history, religión, politics and specially science. He used to experiment with mercury, a liquid metal, in which many people was interested in that time. He heated mercury and with Mr Antoine Lavoisier,a french investigador they discovered that this gas was oxigen.

Mili P 6B

Unknown said...

Hi Miss Florence,
This video talks about Joseph Pristley, a scientist. He wrote about many subjects. He made to find out about airs, which we now call gases. He made a famous experiment with mercury, a "liquid metal". He used tubes you could see through. In this famous exoeriment he obtained a gas he didn't know what it was. Later he shared his findings with Lavoissies... He had discovered Oxygen.

Anonymous said...

Miss Florence,
This video is about a scientist called Joseph Presley. He was a man who knew and wrote about a lot of subjects but specially about science. He made a experiment surching for new airs, what we now call gases. He used mercury ( liquid metal). He took a burning gas and heated it until it finished, he focused it in orange pouder and heated it. It change into the metal mercury and a gas appeared. In 1774 he traveled to Paris to share his experiment and discovery with another scientist called Antoine Levassue. He had discovered a new gas!

Marcos Pizzolo 6B pchica

Anonymous said...

In the 18 century Joseph Presly, did some important experiments searching for new airs that now we call gases. He was a very intelligent man that new about history, politics, religions, sience and wrote books about his knowledge. He discoverd oxygen when he heated mercury, and a strange unknown gas was seen and when he when he travelled to Paris he agreed with another scientist that, that gas was oxygen.
Bye bye,
Fausti VT 6ª A pchica

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