Showing posts with label Chemistry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chemistry. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Logic Stage Chemistry Final Book Study

After using the DK Chemistry book (2 pages at a time each week), Mr. Fabre's Wonder Book of Chemistry, Mr. Tiner's Exploring the World of Chemistry, Hands of a Child "Introduction to Chemistry" and "Metals" Notebooking pages, websites http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/ and 
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry with a little CK12 Webtextbook on physical science included, this source about the periodic table with Christian faith-based topics interwoven was just the right end to our "mostly Charlotte Mason" middle school chemistry year.  We enjoyed a fabulous grammar stage course about chemistry from Elemental Science 4 years ago, and simply added to those materials in our science binder.  This course of study was not heavy on experiments unless you count the kitchen chemistry that we enjoyed eating.  The soil chemistry project commences now that we can loosen dirt from our flowerbeds in spring.  But, we've not exhausted the huge field of chemistry for these 3Gs so the rhetoric stage can delve-deep dive into extensive study in 2017 (if you can believe that).  

So, after exploring Eva Varga's post here about the Bunsen burner and reading the Elements book about Rubidium, we wrote in our notebooks about our trip last year to Germany and the University where Herr Bunsen worked was a great fit.  


Saturday, February 8, 2014

Chemistry Lessons about Salt (Warning: No-hands on experiments done)

There were not hands-on experiments done this week in our science study.  Just one of those "hills I decided not to die on" this week.  We discussed the differences between types of salt that is used in the kitchen, in our bodies and in the environment.  For example, table salt has a different chemical formula than the salt used outside on the very snowy roads (that erodes away the road surface).  Narrate about salts from DK page 44-45, Usborne pages 88-91 and Basher page 30 on your Elemental Science Grammar Stage Chemistry blue binder page 51 (Yes, we reusing and adding to our 2nd/3rd grade materials because they are that good).  Read Tiner chapter 14 & answer questions about chapter on lined sheet of paper placed near binder page 51.  Read and answer questions in Elements of Faith on same lined sheet of paper for Na and Cl.  I enjoyed discussing the Elements of Faith topic of salt and light with my kids this week. So many brilliant bonuses of homeschooling my kids.

One other bonus this week was enjoying nature during the longest winter of my life.  Sometimes the mittens get in the way when taking pictures outside, because it is THAT COLD.


Friday, January 31, 2014

Chemistry Study Resumes: Review of Acids and Bases


READ & Narrate onto the notebook page prepared:
DK Chemistry  Acids and Bases  with notebook page
Duncan, Elements of Faith. How is Hydrogen related to acids and bases?
Basher Chemistry book, Chapter 3(more about Acids and Bases)
In kindle fire, Middle school chemistry.pdf in documents. See page 623 and read thru 662.
In kindle fire, Chapter6_student_reading.pdf in documents folder see page 687-691
            (page 680-686 is about chemical reactions)  lesson 8 & 9
Properties of Acids, CK-12 Foundation. CK-12 Physical Science Concepts For Middle School (Kindle Location 6291-6468). CK-12 Foundation.

This is what we endeavored to do.  Doesn't mean by any stretch of the imagination that we got it all done. 

Sunday, January 26, 2014

Chemical Rxns in Last Week's Chemistry Study



READ & SKETCHaRESPONSE
Tiner, Exploring the World of Chemistry upto and including Chapter 13: Nitrogen & Its Compounds, 104
DK Chemistry pages P. 40-41  Oxidation and Reducation
CK-12 Phys Sci Chapter 3 Chemical Interactions

Lab time included sodium bicarbonate, Silver sulfide, hot hydrogen dioxide and aluminium.  There was the sound of fizzing, smell of sulfur and a small bit of heat felt.  The best result from this experiment was sparkling silverware.



Sunday, January 12, 2014

Logic Stage Chemistry Finishing the Periodic Table Study

READ and SKETCHaRESPONSE
December 2013
Tiner, Exploring the World of Chemistry Chapter 10: Water     78
Carol Baldwin's Nonmetals NOBLE GASES p 40-43
DK Chemistry pages 32-33, Paragraph describing Noble Gases and their characteristics
http://www.chemicalelements.com/groups
http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry/resource/res00000850/kitchen-chemistry
Links are to fun with periodic table for kids: http://www.milkandcookiesblog.com/2012/04/teaching-with-legos-science.html
http://notsohumblepie.blogspot.com/2009/11/periodic-table-of-cookies.html

January 5, 2014 Science
Tiner Chapter 11
DK Chemistry p 36-37
Links:  Lanthanide Section of the periodic table
Any Lanthanide row videos


January 12, 2014..... Science
Tiner .................. Chapter 12
ACTINIDES
DK Chemistry p.38-39
What is a catalyst?
What affects the rate of a chemical reaction?

Experiment:  How to Clean Silver? What is THE catalyst?

Chemistry study four years ago in the Grammar Stage looked like this.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Periodic Table Chemistry Study - Logic Stage Week#15: Halogens

Completed Week of Chemistry study the week before Thanksgiving as follows:
Tiner, Exploring the World of Chemistry, Chapter 9: Compounds by Electric Attraction p.70
Sketch Nitrogen cycle with examples from p.26 of Carol Baldwin's Nonmetals
Define Diatomic gas?  What are the elements in the airline oxygen supply?   
Relate that to DK Chemistry pages 30-31 and laughing gas with which elements? 
Tell me as much as possible about Phosphorus and Sulfur from pages 34-35.
Describe the importance of Halogens from pages 36-39
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_halogen.html
http://www.chemicalelements.com/groups/halogens.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEjB0isifP0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ogMUDBaf4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW_C10cEzMk

Note: There are lots of websites noted here, but all are exposed under the direct observation of the Mommy. We're still working on wise choices around here.  One video source that is always allowed comes from University of Nottingham. They are spot on in keeping even me learning about Chemistry and liking the process. 

Friday, November 15, 2013

Logic Stage Chemistry Study Week 14

So, we've finished reading all of the story about Uncle Paul, Jules and Emile from Jean Henri Fabre.  We've also finished the free upper level notebooking package from Hands of a Child about Metals. All this just in time to start studying more about nonmetals and other groups on the periodic table.  As a last assignment in HOAC, the 3Gs were asked to draw a poster supporting recycling. Today happens to be National Recycling Day! So, how about some art to support recycling and being good stewards of the Earth's resources? G#1's poster included a picture off the Internet that wasn't annotated, so I didn't include it here, but it was of a cola can made into a craft car.




Along with a wrap up of our READ and SKETCHaRESPONSE
Tiner, Exploring the World of ChemistryChapter 8: The Electron Shows the Way     62
Kindle:  Wonder Book of Chemistry, Chap 25 (Chlorin) and Chap 26 (Nitrogen Compounds)
HOAC Metals:  Read * Recycling Metal
Activity 14 – Recycling Craft
Activity 15 – Recycling
Describe NONMETALS on the Periodic Table
DK Chemistry pages p 28-29

 

Friday, November 8, 2013

Chemistry: 3Gs in Transition, or Even in the Metalloids

Oh my, I'm combining two weeks of Logic stage Chemistry here. The logic stage being how old they are, but the method being a Charlotte Mason walk with sources we just slowly read through and discuss. We've been using the Mason style of teaching even while doing experiments and exploring our creativity. We've already laid a solid base with the Classical Approach to Grammar Stage science four years ago when we used the Elemental Science Chemistry materials. We truly are just adding to those while exploring during this stage of development. During the Rhetoric Stage of learning in high school, the science will lend itself back into the Classical style of education, and that's ok with us. 



G#3 at Kennecott Mine Utah
G#1 at Kennecottt Mine Utah

So, these past two weeks, we read and sketched or narrated about the Transition and Metalloid groups on the periodic table. 
We also covered more:
Tiner, Exploring the World of Chemistry
Chapter 6: Search for Order p. 44
Kindle:  Wonder Book of Chemistry,
Chap 21 (Carbonic-Acid Gas) and
Chap 22 (Different Kinds of Water)
Hands of a Child Notebook with questions
Activity 11 – Finding Metals.
Read about Copper mine materials from Utah,
*Mining Metals, *Metal Terminology
DEFINE Last set of words in the materials

DESCRIBE AND IDENTIFY TRANSITION METALS ON the PERIODIC TABLE
DK Chemistry pages 46-47
Usborne Science Encyclopedia p. 28-43 with an excellent link to Rio Tinto's video about the  Kennicot open-pit Copper Mine that my boys have visited on summer trips with their UTAHGrampa and learned how the ore is processed and used in our daily lives.

Tiner, Exploring the World of Chemistry
Chapter 7: Sunlight Shows the Way p. 52
Kindle:  Wonder Book of Chemistry,
Chap 23 (Plants at Work) and Chap 24 (Sulphur): 
Hands of a Child
Activity 12 – Metal Ore: mining metal ore in open pit like Utah
Activity 13 – Metal Refining: 

Or mining like Salzburg Salt Mine visit (the slide down was great!  And even Gramma licked the wall - I think?) UNDERGROUND. http://www.salzwelten.at/en/hallein/saltmine/
DK Chemistry pages 26-27
Use your Bible to list three verses w/ metals we’ve studied.
Explore the METALLOIDS (http://www.chemicalelements.com/groups/metalloids.html)

This is what Chemistry looked like four years ago in the Grammar Stage.
 

Friday, October 25, 2013

Week Eleven in our Happy Little Nest (NOT) History Ch Ten SOTW3 and Chemistry

Everyone is practicing their music for homeschool band and enjoying the challenge. Bet ya never thought I'd say that?!  We're beginning a new cycle of describing each country in our FLAGS (Human Geography) binder. The topic of who a country trades with or fights against has come up and I said that we should really delve further into why a neighboring country should fight at wars with said country.  The Daddy is headed to Africa next week and we're excited, but praying about it.  G#1 is enjoying the Fallacy Detective book and discussion of logic with the Daddy.  All three Gs were outside with me to clean up the garden and put everything away for winter.  The ceiling fans are cleaned and turned, and electric blankets are being used. 
No more mountains of zinnias and marigolds.  The seed heads were collected for next year's garden and bird feeder.  The trash cans serve as a raised garden and are cleaned up.  The hoses are drained and put away.  All because the kids worked with me to get it all done. 

School Stuff:  History
Far East of Europe
SOTW3CHChapter 10, begins on page 99.
Japan's Isolation: Closed Doors in the East
Guerber Story of the Thirteen Colonies:  Puritans, John Eliot, Roger Williams, Providence,, Ch. XXXIII, Stories of Two Ministers,
Japan. 1631-1638, 1633 The Story of Japan chapters about daimyo persecution of Christians
The "Foreign Conquest" of China: The Rise of the Manchu
Guerber Story of the Thirteen Colonies:   Puritans, Connecticut, Ch. XXXIV, Williams and the Indians,
Japan, China. 1635-1643, 1661-1722
(PAST FACT:  1368 and The first Ming dynasty emperor rules in China)
The Story of China.   by R. Van Bergen

School Stuff:   Science
READ and SKETCHaRESPONSE
Tiner, Exploring the World of Chemistry Chapter 5: Electricity to the Rescue  36
Kindle:  Wonder Book of Chemistry, Chap 19 (A Drop of Water) and Chap 20 (A Piece of Chalk)
Hands of a Child Notebook: 
Read sections *California Gold Rush, *Magnetic, Where in the World is Metal?, *How Plumbers Got
Activity 8 – Precious metals.
Activity 9 – Objects made with alloys.
Activity 10 – Where are certain metals found?
DK Chemistry pages 24-25
Investigate Periodic Table Construction handouts

Saturday, October 19, 2013

SOTW3 Logic Stage Investigation of Chapter 9: Thirty Years' War & Alkali Earth Metals

Week Ten 2013-14 Highlights
Ice skating
flag football
hayrack ride
Lego perfecting
trip with the Daddy
G#3 finishes Saxon Math 6/5
The School Stuff:  History
The Western War
The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648
Synge AofE:  Thirty Years of War, Dutch at Sea
Guerber Story of the Thirteen Colonies:  Ch. XXXII, The Beginning of Boston, 1623-1636
PAST FACT:       1642, Cardinal Richelieu dies
                              1648, The Treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War
Gombrich, Living History of the World:  Ch30 Terrible Times
Haaren, Famous Men of Modern Times:  Wallenstein, Gustavus Adolphus, Cardinal Richelieu,
Stories from German History.  86% Section:  The Thirty Years’ War

Have you ever thought seriously how your family tree intersects with History? We know that four of the Mommy's sixteen great-great grandparents came from Sweden. We also know that several of the same generation on the Daddy's side came from Germany. Those people were from the 1800s, but 200 years before, their great-great grandparents may have been fighting each other or side by side in the Thirty Years' War with Gustafus, Wallenstein and the like.

More School Stuff:  Science
Tiner, Exploring the World of Chemistry Ch 4: Gases in the Air gases in air, periodic table 28
Kindle:  Wonder Book of Chemistry, Chap 17 (At the Blacksmith's) and Chap 18 (Hydrogen)
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/chemistry/periodic-table-trends-bonding/v/groups-of-the-periodic-table ALKALINE EARTH METALS GROUP http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/pages/data/intro_groupii_data.html
Hands of a ChildNotebook with questions: DEFINE: Compound, Solder, Precious Metals
Why was salt so important throughout history in war times?
Activity 7 – Magnet Test

DK Chemistry pages  22-23

Above is a clip including all the events of history taking place around the world during the Thirty Years' War in Europe.  This is a fascinating website from http://www.hyperhistory.com that delves as deep into varying topics as you'd like to go.  It's interesting to see this cross-section and realize how big the World is. Of course, Australia and Tasmania were always there, it's just that some western folk discovered them.

Friday, October 11, 2013

Week Nine of Logic Stage Third Year Homeschooling by Us

Science in a Charlotte Mason fashion lead us to:

READ and SKETCHaRESPONSE
Tiner, Exploring the World of Chemistry Ch 3: The Search for Gold elements and atoms    18
Kindle:  Wonder Book of Chemistry, Chap 15 (Air and Combustion) and Chap 16 (Rust)
Hands of a Child Notebook with questions, Read Type of Metals and Metal Ages
·         Define:  Pure Metals, Alloys, Hemoglobin, Anemia, Rust, Extracted, Annealing, Corrode, Tarnish
·         Activity 4 – Types of Metals: An investigation into the Alkali Metal Group was conducted.
·         Activity 5 – Table of Metals:  We are collecting data about metals from the periodic table.
·         Activity 6 – Pure Metals:  This is basically an experiment testing the magnetic properties of coinage.  We put the Daddy's collection of pre-Euro European coinage to the magnet and determined that three-quarters of these coins were non-magnetic (and a surprising number were).  And everyone cheered that no one was injured in the process of actually learning. (green mega magnet and coin collection)
DK Chemistry pages 20-21

Our Classical Approach to History continued as follows:
Chapter
SOTW3
start
page
topics subtopic KHE UILE Synge AoE, SfSP & GoBE Haaren LHW date event Guerber: Story of the 13 Colonies & Story of the Great Republic
Chapter 8 81 The Middle of the East  The Persian Puzzle 1629 Shah Abbas I of Persia dies Pilgrims, Ch. XXX, The First American Thanksgiving, Thru 1629
The Ottoman Turks Pgs. 266-267; The Ottoman Empire 1602-1783 Pgs. 298-299;
The Ottoman Empire
1623 Sultan Murad IV comes to the throne of the Ottoman Empire Pilgrims, Salem, 1628, Ch. XXXI, The Snake Skin and the Bullets, 1623-1683
Chapter 18 175 East and West Collide  The Ottomans Look West Twice Pgs. 175 – 178; The Ottomans Look West – Twice The Siege of Vienna by the Turks Sobieski,
Louis XIV
Ch32 Meanwhile,
looking Eastwards
1683 Turks at Vienna

LHW = Little History of the World by Gombrich (which we tend not to use that much, but this chapter was very helpful.)

To those of you who are familiar with The Story of the World by Dr. Bauer, these sources will be on your shelf. Otherwise, this may tell you that we are discussing Things Ottoman this week, and that makes me very comfy based on my crazy familiarity with Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies. 

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Week Seven of Logic Stage Homeschool Schedule

Ok, week 7 is over! Grammar, Maths, spelling and the whole lot is wrapped up. We need a break... but we can't leave town during the coming week (eight) because of commitments to volunteering, band and Bible study.  So, we're doing a reduced load of maths and grammar to keep those muscles engaged, but leaving off of science and history.  I'll post about the events as they come off - because even I don't know what might happen ;-)

This is what we worked on during week seven: 
READ and SKETCHaRESPONSE or Narrate
Tiner, Exploring the World of Chemistry Chapter 2: The Money Metals     12
Kindle:  Wonder Book of Chemistry, Ch13 (A Talk on Tools) and Ch14 (Oxygen)
Hands of a Child Notebook with questions
Review about common properties of metals.  (list 8 things)
Test aluminum foil to determine if it is an electrical conductor
DK Chemistry pages 18 and 19

SOTW3CHChapter 7, begins on page 71
The Spread of Slavery
Tobacco-and Unwilling Colonists
Kindle:
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates, and watch "Amazing Grace" movie.
Guerber Story of the Thirteen Colonies:  Virginia, Ch. XLI, The Old Dominion, Rolfe, Virginia, Slavery. 1624-1673,
I.  Queen Nzinga of Angola
Kindle:
Marshall – This Country of Ours:  20. Bacon's Rebellion 1676
Guerber Story of the Thirteen Colonies:  Virginia, Ch. XLII, Bacon’s Rebellion, 1583-1663, 1675-1676, Virginia, Ch. XLIII, A Journey Inland, 1676-1688, Carolina, Pirates, Georgia, Ch. XLIV, The Carolina Pirates, 1663-1752,
PAST FACT:  1663, Queen Nzinga of Angola dies

Friday, September 20, 2013

Logic Stage Week Six and a.little.about.Scheduling

My theme for teaching these homeschooled Logic Stage students is DIVIDE AND CONQUER. Now that doesn't mean anyone will meet their demise.  Of course not!  But, it means that each student has a different subject that they engage in during the days of the week. For example, Wednesday G1 does his history readings, narrations and writing while G2 researches her habitat, flag study and Illinois state study questions.  G3 reads and investigates science.  I patrol and guide from their elbows as needed.  Each must accomplish breakfast and Bible study first which takes some "herding" toward task accomplishment, but once they decide which topic or source to start with each day, the Logic Stage is for me to ask the "Why" questions as often as possible and encourage discerning thought.  G3 tends to get his maths done early because it works for him. G1 does his intermittently with other subjects, because he can sometimes hits a wall that needs a change of direction in order to clear the mind of vexation.  G2 gladly works independently in her room and gets her music practice time done along with her maths, because she's all about visiting with her friends when they get home. 

This is in contrast to the Grammar Stage in Classical Education when I taught all three students the same subjects at the same time.  However, I was divided and conquered most often.  I gladly gave up early each day back then because I was so very weary.  I'm grateful for independence seeking tweens during school time.

Week Six of Chemistry and Early Modern/USA History found us using new sources as well as our Kindles.  Did I tell you how much I appreciate the Heritage History resources that bring non-fiction, fiction and biographies from the public domain to the Kindle with images and maps that enhance our learning? Me included!

READ AND SKETCHaRESPONSE or Narrate
Tiner, Exploring the World of Chemistry Chapter 1: Ancient Metals  p. 4
Kindle:  Wonder Book of Chemistry, Chap 11 (Burning Metals) & Chap 12 (Salts)
Hands of a Child Notebook with questions
·         Read Sections:  METALS Intro, Properties of Metal and *The Periodic Table
·         Define:  Elements, Lustrous, Malleable, Ores, Ductile, Reactive, Electrical Conductor, Thermal Conductor, Atom, Periodic Table, Atomic Number
DK Chemistry pages 16-17




SOTW3CHChapter 6, begins on page 61
New Colonies in the New World
I.                    Strangers and Saints in Plymouth
·         Synge Awakening of Europe:  The Pilgrim Fathers
·         Marshall –Our (An) Island Story:  ch. 75 The Story of the Mayflower (1620)
·         Marshall – This Country of Ours:  15. How the Colony Was Saved 1610-14, 22. The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers 1606-1620, 23. The Founding of Massachusetts 1620-1692, 24. The Story of Harry Vane 1636, 25. The Story of Anne Hutchinson And the Founding of Rhode Island 1638, 26. The Founding of Harvard 1638, 27. How Quakers First Came To New England 1656
·         Guerber Story of the Thirteen Colonies:  Pilgrims 1620, Ch. XXVIII, The Mayflower (1620), 1620.  Pilgrims, Ch. XXVIX
PAST FACT:  1625, Charles I becomes king of England
II.                  The Dutch in the New World
·         Synge Awakening of Europe:  The Founder of Pennsylvania, The 'Pilgrim's Progress' (Read Pilgrim's Progress)
·         Marshall – This Country of Ours:  Part 3 Stories of New England, 33. How the Charter of Connecticut Was Saved 1687-89, 34. The Witches of Salem 1692, Part 4 Stories of the Middle and Southern Colonies, 35. The Founding of Maryland 1632-34, 36. How New Amsterdam Became New York 1626-1664, 37. How a German Ruled New York 1689-91
·         Peter of New Amsterdam.   by James Otis
·         Guerber Story of the Thirteen Colonies:  New York, Stuyvesant, Ch. XXXVIII, The Beginning of New York, 1620-1664. 1614-1702

ABOVE: G3 DRAWS A LIFE-LIKE  BIRD AS DIRECTED BY ARTISTIC PURSUITS FROM DIRECTIONS IN THE DRAW, WRITE NOW SOURCES. HE IS AN ARTIST.

Friday, September 13, 2013

Logic Stage Week FIVE! We've made it to a New Stage

A new stage of learning, volunteering and fellow-shipping with each other and our social groups at co-op, church and home.  This is our fifth week of school and everything is going so much better with the daily schedules, tasks and assignments.  I may yet make it through this homeschool gig and so may they.  There are many more reminders to reward brave math effort, wise choice of a response to sibling jabs, trustworthiness, responsibility and getting a job done well.  These 3Gs are growing up.  Yes, they still need help avoiding screens at our house for the television, computers/Internet and portable devices, but, when they are deterred from those distractions, they make great choices to help, cook, read, play games, run, bike, pull weeds, mow the lawn, maintain their rooms and other public spaces here. 

We're finishing the Hands of a Child Chemistry product this week as well as How Science Works from the Reader's Digest Publishing from long ago.  We've begun study of Hebrews with the co-op at CBS, and will begin homeschool band tonight.  The Illinois state study materials from Knowledge Box Central are almost done, so I've picked out books, some juvenile, some easy reader, some fiction and some non-fiction, from the local library to continue notebooking about the state through October.  The USA History course on-line at CurrClick is slow, but helping us learn about the format.  We hope to take high school government and economics from this teacher, so it's very good to get familiar with her teaching methods, hand outs and homework habits.

Below is the list of readings and narrations that guide us along the history and science schedule.  Math, grammar, spelling, art, Latin, French, logic, flags (human geography), habitats (physical geography), and state study went per their regular course.

SOTW3CHChapter 5, begins on page 53
Warlords of Japan
I.  Hideyoshi, Japan's Great Leader
Kindle:
·         Yei Theodora Ozaki.  Japanese Fairy Tales narrate about those
·         Peeps at History – Japan.   by John Finnemore.  Sections:  The Rise of the Samurai, The Coming of Christianity, Three Great Men—Nobunaga, Three Great Men—Hideyoshi, Three Great Men—Ieyasi, The Christian Martyrs, The First Englishman in Japan, The Hidden Kingdom, The Hidden Kingdom (cont.)
PAST FACT:  1592              Hideyoshi directs Japan's first invasion of Korea
II.  The First Tokugawa Ruler
Kindle:
·         A Boy of Old Japan - R. Van Bergen Japan Asleep
Library hardback book
·         Hoobler, Dorothy.  The ghost in the Tokaido Inn,
PAST FACT:  1623, lemitsu becomes the third Tokugawa shogun
                              1633         lemitsu closes the ports of Japan
                              1641, European traders are forbidden to enter Japan

READ and SKETCHaRESPONSE or Narrate (Our soap making process)
·         HSW: Acids and Bases, Salts and Soaps
http://www.middleschoolchemistry.com/multimedia/  ACS Chemistry for life topics
·         Kindle:  Wonder Book of Chemistry, Chap 9 (The Two Sparrows) and Chap 10 (Burning Phosphorus)
Hands of a Child Notebook with questions (last week of this source)
·         Sections:  Acids, Bases (soap), Alkalis
·         17. How do we measure how strong an acid is?
·         18. What type of texture and taste does a base have?
·         19. Choose an early scientist and write a brief biography.
·         20. Experiment with invisible ink. Make the pocket book using the graphic.
DK Chemistry pages 14 and 15