Thursday, February 14, 2008

Assignments for Week Six - Electrochemistry and Alchemy

Blog assignments for this week:

  • Discover your “Halogen of the Week” and post a brief description
  • Investigate Electrochemistry in the Science Toys link, below, and discuss your conclusions
  • Try out one of the Science Toys and post your results - an Extra Credit Assignment!
  • Alchemy – science, magic, art – or all three?
  • Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:


http://www.pontotriplo.org/triplepoint/2005/03/science_toys.html
Science Toys
Learn how to make toys at home with common household materials, often in only a few minutes, that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles. Some examples: a plastic hydrogen bomb (!), building a hydrogen fuel cell, simple heat engines, a film can cannon, a metal that melts in hot water, a Bernoulli levitation ball, the impossible kaleidoscope and much more.

http://venus.unive.it/dsao//pregadio/articles/intro/intro.html
A Short Introduction to Chinese Alchemy

http://www.levity.com/alchemy/home.html
The Alchemy Web Site

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