Last Minute Ideas for Science Fair

Go HERE for some interesting science fair ideas.

A Gas Cloud is Consumed by a Black Hole

Read the article HERE.


Image is from the New York Times

Bill Nye Motion Video

Carbon Bond Angles in Nanotubes and Fullerenes

Here is a website that explains Carbon Bond Angles:

http://www.docbrown.info/page03/nanochem04.htm

And some fullerenes ARE made of hexagons....

Geometry of Nanotubes

For Ryan:

http://www.rose-hulman.edu/math/seminar/seminarfiles/2006-07/abstract2006-11-01.pdf

An explanation of the geometry of nanotubes.

Study Guide for Chapter 7 and 8 Test

Study Guide 

Acids, Bases and Neutrals  Chapter 7                                                  

Solutions  Chapter 7

Carbon Chemistry  Chapter 8

Vocabulary to Know

Acid

Base

Neutral

H+ ion

OH- ion

Salt

Neutralization

pH and pH scale

solution

solvent

solute

concentrated solution

saturated solution

chromatography as a method to separate a solution

indicator

litmus paper

phenol red

carbon atom

forms of pure carbon: diamond, graphite, fullerenes, nanotubes

organic compounds

hydrocarbons

polymers

isomers

molecules in living organisms: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, DNA

Concepts to Know

1. 1. What are the characteristics of acids, bases and neutrals?
2. 2. What is pH?  What is the pH of acids, bases and neutrals?  What do we use to measure or determine pH?
3. 3. What are examples of acids, bases and neutrals?
4. 4. What happens when you put acids and bases together?  What do they form?  What is a neutralization reaction?
5. 5. What are some common indicators of acids, bases and neutrals and how do they work?
6. 6. What is a solution? Solvent? Solute?  Saturated solution? Supersaturated solution?  Describe chromatography as a method to separate a solution (mixture).  
7. 7. Why is carbon so important?
8. 8. Why can it form so many kids of bonds?
9. 9. What are the forms of pure carbon? Be able to identify from pictures.
10. 10.   What is an organic compound?  What are properties of organic compounds?
11. 11. What are some chemical and structural formulas containing carbon?
12. 12. What is an isomer?
13. 13. Why is carbon so important to living things?
14. 14. What are some important organic compounds for life? How do we use these compounds (like carbohydrates are sugars like sucrose and they are used for energy in our bodies/cells)?