photo by Kiwi Flickrthe final quarter ends and we move into overtime soon at the school. Some see it as a place to wade upstream to graduation, I see it as a time to finish off the garden in horticulture and to explore something new in science.
Last year I had found a book on Game Theory and zoology took quite a left turn. This year I found the Periodic Table of Videos. In Space and Earth science we have come across an element or two, so this looks wonderful to my eyes. And I think the students will dig it too, at which point there is no upstream. There is just riding the flowing waters till the adventure ends:
So what is your favorite element? why?
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Such a difficult choice. The flashy ones like gold, silver, platinum are tempting but I'm going with carbon. It seems a dreary choice excepting diamonds which aren't the point. I loved organic chemistry and the infinite variety of structures. Synthesis and analysis problems were always my favorite and a benzene ring is a thing of beauty - esp. in stained glass!
ReplyDeleteHey Kathryn--- yes, there is a beauty to benzene rings. ;')
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