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Webquest · High School Physical Science · SPS6

Solutions Webquest

Solubility Curves, Acids and Bases

Work through the stops in order. Each button opens in a new tab: finish that stop, answer on your webquest sheet, then come back to this page for the next one.

Start with Stop 1 ↓For teachers ↓
Students

How it works

1. Get your sheet

Your teacher gives you the webquest sheet (paper or digital). Every answer goes on it.

2. Open each stop in order

Each stop opens in a new tab. Use the sliders and buttons on that page — your answers come from what you see.

3. Come back here

Close the tab, tick Done, and open the next stop. Finished early with a partner? Play the bonus.

The webquest

Stops

  1. Stop 1 · about 12 min · your sheet: page 2, questions 1–6

    Solutions Unit Intro

    Read the purple potion puzzle, pick a big question, play two activities.

    Open Stop 1 The purple potion puzzleBig questionsExplore activities
  2. Stop 2 · about 8 min · your sheet: page 3, questions 7–12

    Simple Science Video: Solutions

    Watch the one-minute Solutions video twice and fill in the tables.

    Open Stop 2
  3. Stop 3 · about 10 min · your sheet: page 4, question 13

    Vocabulary

    Flip the Word Wall cards and define 14 words in your own words.

    Open Stop 3 Word Wall (unit intro)Solutions vocabulary
  4. Stop 4 · about 12 min · your sheet: page 5, questions 14–20

    Solutions Part A: Solute and Solvent, Conductivity, Concentration

    Watch salt, sugar and sand in water, test which liquids light a bulb, mix a drink.

    Open Stop 4 Part 1: Solute and solventPart 2: ConductivityPart 3: Concentration
  5. Stop 5 · about 14 min · your sheet: page 6, questions 21–26

    Solutions Part B: Dissolving Speed and Solubility Curves

    Race two beakers of sugar, then click a solubility curve to mix a solution.

    Open Stop 5 Part 4: Dissolving speedPart 5: Solubility curves
  6. Stop 6 · about 14 min · your sheet: page 7, questions 27–29

    Solutions Part C: Solubility Curve Practice and Worked Examples

    Practice reading solubility curves, then work through six examples.

    Open Stop 6 Part 6: Curve practicePart 7: Worked examples
  7. Stop 7 · about 12 min · your sheet: page 8, questions 30–32

    Solutions Part D: Acids and Bases, Household pH Lab, Practice

    Slide the pH, test household liquids with an indicator, then practice.

    Open Stop 7 Part 8: Acids and basesPart 9: Household pH labPart 12: Practice
  8. Wrap-up · your sheet: page 8, questions 33–34

    Wrap-up: Solve the purple potion puzzle

    Go back to the puzzle at the top of the unit intro and explain the three colors with what you learned about indicators and pH.

    Open the purple potion puzzle
  9. Bonus · for partners who are both finished

    Bonus: 1v1 HS Solutions

    1. Only when you and a partner have both finished every stop.
    2. One computer, two players: Red uses the W A S D keys and Blue uses the arrow keys. It needs a keyboard, so it will not work on a phone.
    3. Press Enter the Arena, pick a game, and play to 3 wins.
    Open the 1v1 game
Teachers

For teachers

Post this link for your students

https://www.tobinscience.com/webquest-solutions.html

Students move through five free tobinscience.com resources in order: the Solutions, Acids & Bases unit intro, the one-minute Simple Science video, the unit vocabulary, the full Solutions section (Parts 1–9 and 12: solute and solvent, conductivity and concentration simulations, a fair-test dissolving race, the click-the-graph solubility curve explorer, endless curve practice, worked examples, a pH and indicator simulation, a household pH lab and practice), and a 1v1 review game for early finishers. Every answer comes from what the page shows, matching SPS6a–e.

SPS6 · Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to explain the properties of solutions.
Time: about 80–85 minutes (two 45-minute periods, or one block)

What students need

  • One Chromebook or computer per student (the 1v1 bonus needs a keyboard and two students on one computer)
  • Headphones are optional (the video is about one minute)
  • No student accounts or sign-ins; nothing to install

Every stop at a glance

Good to know

  • The curve practice, the practice set and the sort are randomized, so those scores and questions vary from student to student. The simulation readings in the data tables (conductivity words, concentration words, solubility limits, indicator colors, household pH values) are fixed, so those match the key.
  • Stop 1 activities award grams-per-liter (g/L) points that are saved only on that device; students write their score on the sheet.
  • In Stop 5 the race result is written as "about N times faster"; the simulation adds a little randomness, so accept anything close to the key.
  • The 1v1 bonus is for pairs who have both finished. It is head-to-head review of the whole solutions, acids and bases unit.
  • The solutions page also has real-life cards (Part 10) and a myth-or-fact set (Part 11) that the webquest does not visit. They make a good warm-up the next day.
  • Short on time? Stops 1–3 make a good first day and Stops 4–7 a second day.
  • The printable student webquest and its answer key come with the Word / PDF webquest download. This page holds no answers, so it is safe to post.