This extra credit work will only be given to 3rd quarter grades.
For this week I want you to visit the online tools page first to find the interactive periodic table (it's near the bottom of the first column) or go directly to ptable.com. Select one of the many elements, click on the tab that says "photos" and give us a brief talk about what is so cool about the element you have chosen. Tell us about what it is used in, etc. DON'T CUT AND PASTE! use your own words.
This extra credit work will only be given to 3rd quarter grades. This week you were introduced to the topic of elements and how they comprise substances. For extra credit this week, look at your periodic table and create completely fresh (can't use the ones on the sheet I gave you) puns. Post three at a time. Feel free to comment on the strength of what others post, but be nice!
This week we're getting into how to describe materials/substances. Have a discussion about what are pure substances and what materials are not. I'm going to back away from this discussion and watch you guys monitor each other. Be respectful as I will be watching, but discuss how you know something is a pure substance and what is not. Be sure to evaluate what others think.
Last blog John Hirsch listed a number of atoms that are created in various mass stars. Using stellarium, which can be downloaded from my "online tools (boxcars)" page. Find out which bright stars will be visible this week at 9pm (21:00 hours) and then tell us it's spectral class/type and what oms it is producing.
1) Download stellarium (stellarium.org) 2) Look for bright stars that are visible to us at 9 at night, and list their names. 3) Last, looking at Johns post from last week, write down what type of atoms they are fusing/creating. We started this week with a discussion of what happens in a star. This is because it involves density, force and motion, and our new subject, matter. Now add to this conversation, by finding out if the same thing happens in bigger and smaller stars. Find out what kinds of stars their are. Tell me about what kinds of forces I didn't talk about that happen in a star. How about some details on how fusion creates the different types of atoms in a star? Add to what we know!
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