Assignments for Week Four -Green Chemistry

Blog Assignments for Week Four:

Ø  Discover your “Catalyst of the Week” and post a brief description

Ø  Post your thoughts on one of this weeks’ Discussion Questions

Ø  Post at least one 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?

uvminerals.org/fms/luminescence
Luminescence and Fluorescence

http://astro.u-strasbg.fr/~koppen/discharge/
Spectra of Gas Discharges

http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/main_pages/6.2.html
Colors of Elements in a Flame

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 on "Neptune's Medicine Chest"
* Post a review of one of the links below
* Post a comment to a classmate’s blog 

Check out the following links on Green Chemistry:

http://advancinggreenchemistry.org/

Advancing Green Chemistry

http://domin.dom.edu/faculty/jbfriesen/chem254lab/atom_economy.pdf

Avoiding Waste: Atom Economy.

www.greeningschools.org/docs/greenchemistryclockreaction.pdf

Sustainable Science: Green Chemistry in your Classroom

Assignments for Week Two - Periodic Tables

Blog assignments for this week:
* Choose your “Element of the Week” and post a brief description
* Post your comments on one of the discussion items from this evening's class
* 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

Week One Assignmnents

* Post your bio to your blog
* Post your results from the Quiz onhttp://chemistry.boisestate.edu/richardbanks/inorganic/chemistry/chemistry.htm
* Post a comment to a classmate’s blog
Please feel free to post your thoughts on tonight's discussions to your 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://allperiodictables.com/aptpages/gridlink/grid07_spiral.htm

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 discoveries to your blog

Welcome!

Welcome to Chemistry at ACCHS!

My name is Larry Spears, and I'll be guiding you through your Chemistry Course here.
As you now know, your assignments will be posted to your own blog
So, please email me as soon as you have set up your blog account
- my email address is laurence_spears@yahoo.com

The assignments for each week will be posted here on the Chemistry Class blog, as will a list of blog addresses for the class.

And if you would like to discuss your Research Presentation Topic, please let me know.

Take care

Larry Spears