Chemistry Field Trip - Saturday, March 15th, 10:00 - 12:00

Thank you to everyone who attended our Chemistry Field Trip to the San Francisco Recycing Transfer Station on Saturday.

It was quite a tour - please feel free to blog about your experiences - an Extra Credit Assignment!

Assignments for Week Ten - Living Diversity

Blog assignments for this week:

• Examine your own immediate environment for diversity of species and post your findings.
• Check out the various links on cells below, and post your impressions.
• Take a look at Spike’s Gallery below
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/index.html
Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/animalcell.html
Animal Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/bacteriacell.html
Bacteria Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/plantcell.html
Plant Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/virus.html
Virus Structure

http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/tour/cell/cell.htm
The Virtual Cell – Cell Biology


Spike's Gallery - A Selection of Aquatic Life.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay05/swgallery1.

Assignments for Week Nine - The Chemistry of Life

Blog assignments for this week:

• What are your thoughts on the ethics of “gene therapy”
• Check out and review the one of the Definitions of the “Chemistry of Life” from the link below
• Check out and review one of the Animations from the link below
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://keywen.com/en/BIOCHEMISTRY/
DEFINITIONS (“The Chemistry of Life”)

http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/genobc/
Animations
General, Organic and Biochemistry
University of Akron

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry
Wikipedia

Assignments for Week Eight - A Question of Balance

Blog assignments for this week:

• Discover your “Semiconductor of the Week” and post a brief description
• Check out the link below to Welcome to Chembalancer! and post your comments and results to your blog
• Check out the link below to General Chemistry :: Balancing Equations :: Tutorial - and post your comments and results to your blog
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://www.dun.org/sulan/chembalancer/default.htm
Welcome to Chembalancer!

http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/balanceeq/balanceq.html
General Chemistry :: Balancing Equations :: Tutorial

http://richardbowles.tripod.com/chemistry/balance.htm
Balancing Chemical Equations

http://www.geocities.com/hankmcintyre/AntiOx_pH-all_info.html
pH Balance: Acid & Alkali & Anti-Oxidants

http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/food/2238
Restore your health by creating balance in your diet.

Assignments for Week Seven - Molecular Weight

Blog assignments for this week:

• Discover your “Inert Gas of the Week” and post a brief description
• Test your understanding of hypotheses – try Avogadro's Hypothesis (below) and report back on your findings
• What exactly is a Mole? - Post your review of the link in assignment below
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://www.carlton.srsd119.ca/chemical/molemass/avogadro.htm
Avogadro's Hypothesis

http://www.ceramic-materials.com/cermat/education/111.html
What is a Mole, Checking Out the Mole

http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/Humor/Dihydogen-monoxide.html
Coalition to Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide


* Extra Credit Assignment *

Post an update to the "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" article

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

Assignments for Week Five - The Chemistry of Color and Nutrition

The Chemistry of Color and Nutrition

Blog assignments for this week:

• Discover your “Alkali Earth Metal of the Week” and post a brief description
• Explore the colors of foods in your own kitchen – report on your findings.
• Examine the links below and post a discovery you make there
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/property/color.htm
WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THE COLOR OF MINERALS?

http://chemistry.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.uvminerals.org/luminese.htm
Luminescence

http://www.physik.rwth-aachen.de/~harm/aixphysik/atom/discharge/index1.html
Spectra of Gas Discharges

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA2/MAIN/FLAME/CD2R1.HTM
Colors of Elements in a Flame