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LessoNs

Understanding Moles This lesson seeks to instill a deeper understanding of the mole concept, especially for those students having difficulty grasping the ideas in this simple, yet often confusing, topic.	Accuracy and Precision: A Game of Darts This lesson provides a hands-on introduction to the concepts of 'accuracy' and 'precision' via a darts competition.
Working with Moles: Why Diet Coke Floats, but Coke Sinks Students will use concepts of molar mass, density, and buoancy to explain why a can of Diet Coke floats in water, while a can of Coke sinks.	Nuclear Chemistry, e = mc2 Students are presented with the concepts of nuclear binding energy, nuclear fusion and nuclear fission, and the concept that in these reactions matter is transformed into energy, as related in the equation, e = mc2. Nuclear fusion is explored further as the means by which elements heavier than hydrogen are created in the cores of stars.
Flame Tests for Metallic Ions Students will be introduced to the interplay between light and matter by means of this classic analytical method, and will analyze data to make comparisons and form educated conclusions.	The Cause of the Seasons Students will be guided into forgoing previous misconceptions and learn to understand the true cause of the seasons.

PreseNtatiOns

Prometheus stealing fire from a sleeping Zeus
The History of Chemistry: The Central Science, from the domestication of fire, to alchemy, Lavoisier, the Manhattan Project, and the Biotech Industry.

Starry Night

Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night

Nuclear Fusion: Stars and the Origin of the Elements:
The life cycles of stars and the reactions that give birth to the known elements.

UsefuL Links:
General Chemistry Demonstrations from the University of Wisconsin
Some Ideas for Chemistry Activities