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Mr. Atom
For our Term 1 project, we built a 3D-interactive book that gave a brief and easy summary of the atom model history. The book was meant to be read to 4th graders and it covered from the earliest atom model, Democritus', to the modern model. It was a fun and interesting way to wrap up the term.
Our knowledge of the atom has helped our society in many different ways. While the most obvious ones might be to understand how the universe works, there are others that we use in our everyday life. Perhaps it's not a big thing in Mexico, but in many other countries nuclear power, that uses the energy concealed on atoms, is one of the most common ways to obtain energy for the population. While nuclear plants are extremely expensive and can cause health hazards, it does not contaminate...almost. I, personally, am in favor of nuclear energy and believe that if managed carefully, can be a great tool for society
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Periodic Table Alive
For our Term 2 project, we built different ways to represent the Periodic Table in a fun and interactive way. I decided to build a Java-based program that allows the user to get fast facts about any of the elements in the Periodic Table. Just simply run the program and input the element you want to know about. You will get the symbol, atomic number, atomic mass, family, group, period, block, year discovered and room state temperature.
Knowing about the elements and about how they work is important in our modern society. Understanding the properties that each element has allows us to combine many of these to create compounds. These compounds can make stronger, lighter or better materials. For example, bronze is a combination of copper, tin, aluminium and other metals. It creates a stronger and cheap metal that can help build big constructions. But to know, which metals can bond we need to know information about the elements. You need to know, for example, the number of electrons in the valance shell, obtained through the families.
For our Term 2 project, we built different ways to represent the Periodic Table in a fun and interactive way. I decided to build a Java-based program that allows the user to get fast facts about any of the elements in the Periodic Table. Just simply run the program and input the element you want to know about. You will get the symbol, atomic number, atomic mass, family, group, period, block, year discovered and room state temperature.
Knowing about the elements and about how they work is important in our modern society. Understanding the properties that each element has allows us to combine many of these to create compounds. These compounds can make stronger, lighter or better materials. For example, bronze is a combination of copper, tin, aluminium and other metals. It creates a stronger and cheap metal that can help build big constructions. But to know, which metals can bond we need to know information about the elements. You need to know, for example, the number of electrons in the valance shell, obtained through the families.
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Shampoo
For our Term 3 project, we developed our very own shampoo. It definitely was a unique experience. It was cool to see our knowledge gained throughout the Term testes in such a fun and interactive way.
We tested our formula making skills. We had to convert the elements, grams and moles into different units, which then had to be converted again. We used empirical formulas and chemical formulas. But it was quite gratifying to see so much effort yield results.
In this project, we made our very own perfume. First, we mixed strawberries and mangoes. Then, we took the mixture and used a Bunsen burner to remove all the other substances in the mixture. We then used water to separate ethanol from the aromatic substance. [See Prezi]
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