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Introduction to ie-Chemistry

This is a science curriculum project being developed for independent study without a well stocked chemistry laboratory.  But the content can be used in many different situations.  (Read more about the significance of the ie-Science Project).   (a note to students)

Today most scientists work in teams.  But there have always been scientists who, for a variety of reasons, worked alone.  Likewise there are many reasons why learning science as part of a team is superior to learning alone.  But occasionally the advantages of working with others is not possible or practical.  This project is a guide to assist those who want to learn chemistry despite the handicap of isolation.

To learn chemistry alone will involve some danger.  You probably won’t have the benefit of the supervision of an expert chemist or the assistance of peers to make sure you haven’t skipped a step or misunderstood a critical instruction.  So it will be more important than ever to have a parent, friend, or co-worker know what you are trying to do, to be close enough to hear a call for help, and to occasionally check your well being in case an emergency occurs.  The world involves many hazards.  Part of science instruction should help you learn about those hazards and to learn the skills needed to work safely despite the risks.  But practicing to develop those skills must involve risks.  If you do not wish to assume the entire liability for the risks, do NOT undertake learning science alone.  The author, has extensive training in the sciences, has decades of experience as a chemist and physicist, science teacher, and chemical hygiene officer, and has tried to write the following directions to caution you about potential hazards.  But it is probably not possible to foresee all possible errors by students.  The student and parents must decide if the benefits justify the risks of working alone.  If at any point either now or in the future you are unwilling to accept the risks, DO NOT PROCEED.

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Full Table of Contents
(new additions as content is drafted;  with a preference for development of chemistry lessons not available elsewhere)
    forward
    First Assignment
Introduction to Chemistry:  Encounters at Life Size
Experiment A-1: Observing
    Why Learn Science
    Writing Formal Reports
Experiment A-2: Classifying Chemicals
Experiment A-3: Thinking, Observing & Measuring
Experiment A-4: Comparing Mass & Volume
    Imperfect Measurements: Significant Figures
Experiment A-5: Analysis of a Mixture
Experiment A-6: Separation by Solubility
Experiment A-7: Effort to Explain Chemical Facts
Experiment A-8: Clues about Composition
Experiment A-9: Combining Ratios & Atoms
Experiment A-10: Organizing Chemical Elements
Experiment A-11: The Search for Structure
Molecular Chemistry
interim suggestion: OSU Pauling collection
Experiment M-1:
Experiment M-2:
Inorganic Chemistry
Experiment I-1: Lattice
Experiment I-2:
Nuclear Chemistry
Experiment N-1: Chance: A Model Hidden Process
Experiment N-2: The Distance Effect
Experiment N-3: The Time Effect
Experiment N-4: Long Lived Radiation
Experiment N-5: Effects of Shielding on α Radiation
Experiment N-6: Effects of Shielding on β Radiation
Experiment N-7: Effects of Shielding on γ Radiation
Experiment N-8: Radiation from Space: Cosmic Muons
Experiment N-9: Distance Effect on Spectra
Nuclear Physics & Elementary Particles
Experiment VI-1: Reverse of X-Rays?
Experiment VI-2: Radiation Source
Experiment VI-3: What is Radiation?
Experiment VI-4: Element Transformations
Experiment VI-5: Artificial Decay
Experiment VI-6: Elementary Particles
Experiment VI-7: Binding Energy
Experiment VI-8: Missing Energy
Experiment VI-9: Standard Model
Quarks & String Menu
Experiment S-1: Theory of Everything
Proposal S-2: Changing Time to Space
Organic Chemistry
Experiment O-1:
Experiment O-2:
Biochemistry
Experiment B1: Catalyst of Life: Enzymes
Experiment B2: Sensing our World: Touch & Hearing
Experiment B3: Sensing our World: Tasting & Smelling
Experiment B4: Pain; the danger alarm
Experiment B5: Nerve Messaging
Experiment B6: Contact by Nerve
Experiment B7: Brain Chemistry
Experiment B8: Memories
Experiment B9: Conciousness
Experiment B10: Pleasure
Experiment B11: Mating
Experiment B12: Sight & Color
Experiment B13: Photosynthesis
Experiment B14: Powering Life
Experiment B15: Manufacturing Life
Experiment B16: Reproducing Life
Experiment B17: Controlled Motion
Experiment B18: Detecting Spoiled Wine with NMR
Experiment B19: Bioengineering a Nose
Nanochemistry, Colloidal & Physical Chemistry
Experiment P1: Thickness of a bubble
Experiment P2: Atomic & Molecular Size
Experiment P3: Gas Pressure
Experiment P4: Temperature
Experiment P5: Condensed Matter & Transitions
Experiment P6: Solutions
Experiment P7: Colloids
Experiment P8: Gel
Experiment P9: Concrete
Experiment P10: Heat & Energy
Experiment P11: Sound absorbing paint
Experiment P12: Rates of Reaction
Experiment P13: Equilibrium
Experiment P14: pH
Experiment P15: Corrosion
Experiment P16: Power Cells
Experiment P17: Luminescence
Experiment P18: Harvesting light energy
Chemistry of the Environment
Experiment E-1: Ground Level Ozone
Experiment E-2: Hydrothermal Vents
Experiment E-3: Greenhouse Effect
Experiment E-4: Ozone Hole
Experiment E-5: Perchlorate: Risk & Names
Experiment E-6: The Fuel Dilemma
Experiment E-7: Chemistry of Cloud Formation
Planetary Chemistry
Experiment T-1: Chemistry of Planet Earth
Experiment T-2: Chemistry of Neighboring Planets
Experiment T-3: Atmospheres of Extrasolar Planets
Experiment T-4: Atmosphere of Titan
Experiment T-5: Saturn's other Moons
Chemistry of Constructing Elements
Experiment C-1: Synthesis during Big Bang
Experiment C-2: Synthesis in Main Sequence Stars
Experiment C-3: Synthesis in Red Giant Stars
Experiment C-4: Synthesis in Supernovae

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