Field Trip to the Asian Arts Museum - Nov 6th

Post your impressions of the Afghanistan exhibition at the Asian Arts Museum

*** An Extra Credit Assignment! ***

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This term's Chemistry Field Trip will take place this Thursday November 6th when we visit the Asian Arts Museum in San Francisco for their Matcha program.

This month's Matcha theme is Afghanistan.
The program runs from 5:00 - 9:00 and costs $5.00 admission.

The nearest BART station is Civic Center.

As we are traveling from different directions, plan on meeting up at the Asian Arts Museum between 6:00 and 6:30 near the Afghan food exhibit area.

Please feel free to arrive earlier if convenient, and to stay as long as you wish.

Note that there is a special Afghan food tasting - I'm told it's best to arrive early.
There will also be performance from Ballet Afsaneh - not to be missed.

And our next formal Chemistry class will meet as usual on November 13th at AIMC.

Namaste

Larry

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 these Definitions of the “Chemistry of Life”
• Check out and review one of these Animations of General, Organic and Biochemistry
• 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 Welcome to Chembalancer! link and post your comments and results to your blog
• Also check out the 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 "Alkali Earth Metal of the Week” and post a brief description
• Test your understanding of hypotheses – try Avogadro's Hypothesis and report back on your findings
• What exactly is a Mole? - Post your review of this link
  
• 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


* Plus, an 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
• 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

Mid-term Paper - due 23rd October

Choose one Chemistry topic that particularly interests you from the material presented in class during the first half of this term.

Prepare a Concept Map with this topic in the center, developing linkages to the Chemistry curriculum.

Compose a short paragraph or two explaining why you chose this particular topic for your paper.

Paper due date: Thursday 23rd October

The Chemistry of Color and Nutrition

The Chemistry of Color and Nutrition

Blog assignments for this week:

• Discover your “Inert Gas 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