Assignments for Week Four - Green Chemistry

Blog assignments for this week:

• Discover your “Catalyst of the Week” and post a brief description
• Post your thoughts on one of this weeks' Discussion Questions
  
• Explore Atom Economy (follow the link below) and describe your findings
• Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links on Green Chemistry

www.green-innovations.asn.au/Green-growth-in-Asia-Pacific-Philip-Sutton's-paper.ppt:
Ensuring that Asia Pacific economic growth is truly environmentally sustainable
26 March 2005

http://academic.scranton.edu/faculty/cannm1/organicmodule.html
Atom Economy

www.greeningschools.org/docs/greenchemistryclockreaction.pdf
Sustainable Science: Green Chemistry in your Classroom

Assignments for Week Three - Bonding

Blog assignments for this week:

* Choose your “Transitional Metal of the Week” and post a brief description
* Post a comment to a classmate’s blog
* Post a review of one of the links below


Check out the following links on Molecular Modeling and Chemical Bonds:

http://www.knowledgebydesign.com/tlmc/tlmc_cg.html
This page contains scientific visualization of chemical structures and atomic orbitals presented as QuickTime movies. There is also coverage on the discovery of the atomic structure illustrated with captivating 3D computer animation

http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/quick_tour.html
What is Molecular Modeling?

http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/water_concepts.htm
WATER CONCEPTS

http://www.canby.com/hemphill/chmimg.html
Chemistry Bonding Images

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=55
hemical Bonding by: Anthony Carpi, Ph.D.


* Plus - an additional optional "Carbon" blog assignment:

What might you find when you explore "Buckyballs – a new sphere of science" at
http://www.science.org.au/nova/024/024key.htm

Assignments for Week Two - Periodic Tables

Blog assignments for this week:

* Choose your “Element of the Week” and post a brief description
* Discuss ozone with family and friends, and post your findings
* Post a review of one of the links below
* Post at least one comment to a classmate’s blog


Check out the following links on Atomic Structures, Bonding and Compounds::

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atoms/propsmenu.html#top
ATOMIC PROPERTIES MENU

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/atommenu.html#top
ATOMIC STRUCTURE AND BONDING MENU

http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/atoms/elements.html
Elements, Compounds & Mixtures

Assignments for Week One

Blog assignments:

Start your blog – try www.blogger.com/
- then send the url to laurence_spears@yahoo.com

* Post your bio to your blog
* Post your results from the Quiz on http://chemistry.boisestate.edu/people/richardbanks/inorganic/chemistry/chemistry.htm
* Post your own thoughts on one of the discussion subjects from this evening's class
* Post at least one comment to a classmate’s blog


Check out two or more of the following links on Periodic Tables:

online:
http://www.chemicalelements.com/

interactive
http://periodic.lanl.gov/

spiral
http://www.geocities.com/gemowery/SpiralPeriodicTableOfElements.html

memory
http://www.johnpratt.com/atomic/periodic.html

quiz
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Chem/Chem101lc/pertab2.html

game
http://www.funbrain.com/periodic/index.html

rejected
http://www.schneertz.com/elements.html


Post any comments you may have to your blog

And here is the link to the article on "The Pill Pushers" from this evening's class:
http://www.straight.com/article-160083/pill-pushers