Vo-vo-vocabulary
Word Work
Character Motive
Literary or Informational?
Chemistry Content
100

The basic building blocks of life

Cells

100

Add "dis-" in front of the following word that means that one couldn't care less

disinterested

100

Felix (new motive, not eating!)

stockpile food in backpack

100

dialogue

literary

100

A molecule that contains more than one element, ex.) fool's gold

compound

200

The way of organizing all the chemical elements in the world

Periodic Table of the Elements

200

A synonym for young, often used in science

juvenile

200

Daria (2nd motive)

search for the missing fossils (after she finds a cell phone signal to call home)

200

setting- the Badlands

literary

200

When a solid transforms into a liquid, this is done by the following process

melting

300

Metals are good_________________, meaning they can channel electricity

Conductors

300
Add "mis-" in front of this word to get an error

mistake

300

Amy (2nd motive)

search for the missing fossils

300

"You'll learn  lot about fossils and how they form while you're here at camp," Tess replied. "But for now, think of a fossil as matter that has undergone change." 

"Matter?" Julian asked, frowning.

"Matter is everything in and around you," Tess explained, "all the 'stuff' in the earth, in our solar system, our galaxy, and the rest of the universe."

informational

300

Processes like recycling that can happen again and again

Chemical changes

400

Two or more substances which are combined without changing their chemical composition, ex.) Felix's cereal

mixture

400
Place "-ment" at the end of this word to mean gaining pleasure (think- a kind of park)

amusement

400

Dr. Forester (1st motive)

teach the campers about fossils

400

"That was strange," Julian said. "It's like they suddenly saw us and turned around." 

Amy thought it was strange, too. What was even stranger, though, was the look Dr. Forester and Tess exchanged as the black SUV drove away.

Nothing else disturbed their work for the rest of the day, and Dr. Forester was very pleased with their progress. As the sun started to sink in the Western sky, they packed up their gear and said good-bye to Achy-Breaky for another day....

literary: includes dialogue, setting (time of day), and the SUV (clue/red-herring)

400

Name a metal that can be found on the Periodic Table of Elements

gold, silver, copper...

500

Everything that is a gas, liquid, or solid

States of matter

500
Add "-tion" to the end of this word meaning the process of a liquid becoming a gas

evaporation

500

Julian (2nd motive) *Spoiler alert!*

steal the 6th fossil to have a closer look

500

Matt's hand shot up. "The wood in the campfire is undergoing a chemical change, isn't it? And it's giving off both heat and light in the process."

"A point for Matt!" Tess cried. "Yes, when wood burns it is undergoing a very dramatic chemical change."

"And it's not reversible, either," Daria chimed in. "You can't turn the ashes into wood again."


informational: chemical change, non-reversible

500

Name a gas on the Periodic Table of the Elements

hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen...