I'm teaching a very basic chemistry class at a local college, and I'm looking for ideas to intergrate the theory and math with something that occurs in my students daily lives. This is the first time I've taught this course, and I was only given a week heads-up, so any help would be very appreciated. Does anyone have any topics they might like to see covered, or ones that would be related to chemistry?
2007-01-16 09:52:51 · 4 answers · asked by Min02 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
I suggest to do what my English teacher did about machines; she talked about a normal day for us starting from when we wake up, and then pointed out everything that wouldn't be possible if it weren't for machines (like "alarm clocks? What alarm clocks? You'll have to use a rooster, because alarm clocks are machines"). Point out things like fourinated water, toothpaste, synthetic fabrics, freezers (no dry ice), etc.
2007-01-16 10:10:33 · answer #1 · answered by siegfriedbalmung 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
micro organism and organisms that stay close to ocean vents is the right answer. you would be careful in case you assert "organisms living underground" by way of fact whilst those organisms will never be uncovered to sunlight, they might consume vegetation or different organism that DO require sunlight to outlive and for that reason they may be plagued by utilising sunlight. Extremeophiles like micro organism that stay in the bottoms of oceans are relatively cool and we did not even comprehend they existed till these days.
2016-12-16 06:17:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry that you do not accept e-mail. I taught chemistry at Iowa, Purdue, and Toledo. I thought about these things all the time.
2007-01-16 10:17:21 · answer #3 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hate chem, im taking it right now in college..so confusing. Im in O-chem.............................AHHHHH!
2007-01-16 09:58:10 · answer #4 · answered by mariam_blah2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋