Beanium Lab

Earlier this week, me and a partner used beans as a way to act like an element, there were 4 different colors of beans and we took the total mass of each color acting as if the color group of each bean represented isotopes of an element. The reason we did this was in order to help reinforce our understanding and ability to calculate average mass and percent abundance of each isotope, and the over all average mass of all the isotopes which would represent atomic weight.

The lab itself isn't very exciting, but it does help anyone who is looking for practice in calcualtion atomic weight, average mass, or percent abundance of an isotope(s), and if you find yourself needing extra practice I have a video linked below to a video on calculating percent abundance. Using that formula you will end up with atomic weight.

The set-up doesn't require much either, the only equipment we used was a scale, samples of beanium, small cups, and a calculator.

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