Thursday, March 25, 2010

Confirmed Field Trip - Aura Photography - Wednesday, March 31st

This term's Chemistry Field Trip
to have your aura photographed
has now been confirmed for
Wednesday, March 31st at 1:00 pm
at:

Psychic Reality
1630 Webster St.
Oakland, Ca. 94612

Tel: 510 251 6560

Psychic Reality is located on the corner of 17th Street and Webster in downtown Oakland
- close to both downtown Oakland BART stations.
Street parking is generally available.

http://www.psychicreality.com/

Assignments for Week Eleven - Cognition: Bringing Forth a World

Blog assignments for this week:

* Would you agree that "to live is to know"?
* Memory and magic - how might you view things differently now?
* Post a comment to one of your classmates' blogs

Check out the following links:

http://www.chemguide.co.uk/inorganic/redox/definitions.html
DEFINITIONS OF OXIDATION AND REDUCTION (REDOX)

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Chemical/oxred.html
Gain and Loss of Oxygen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopoiesis
Autopoiesis

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Assignments for Week Ten - Living Diversity

Blog assignments for this week:

  • Examine your own immediate environment for diversity of species and post your findings.
  • Check out the various links on cells below, and post your impressions.
  • Take a look at Spike’s Gallery
  • Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/index.html
Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/animalcell.html
Animal Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/bacteriacell.html
Bacteria Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/plantcell.html
Plant Cell Structure

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cells/virus.html
Virus Structure

http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/tour/cell/cell.htm
The Virtual Cell – Cell Biology


And from the class notes, the link to Spike's Gallery - A Selection of Aquatic Life.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay05/swgallery1.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Assignments for Week Nine - The Chemistry of Life

Blog assignments for this week:

  • What are your thoughts on the ethics of “gene therapy”
  • Check out and review the one of these Definitions of the “Chemistry of Life”
  • Check out and review one of these Animations of General, Organic and Biochemistry
  • Post a comment to a classmate’s blog

Check out the following links:

http://keywen.com/en/BIOCHEMISTRY/
DEFINITIONS (“The Chemistry of Life”)

http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/genobc/
Animations
General, Organic and Biochemistry
University of Akron

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry
Wikipedia

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Assignments for Week Eight - A Question of Balance

Blog assignments for this week:


Check out the following links:


http://www.dun.org/sulan/chembalancer/default.htm
Welcome to Chembalancer!

http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/balanceeq/balanceq.html
General Chemistry :: Balancing Equations :: Tutorial

http://richardbowles.tripod.com/chemistry/balance.htm
Balancing Chemical Equations

http://www.geocities.com/hankmcintyre/AntiOx_pH-all_info.html
pH Balance: Acid & Alkali & Anti-Oxidants

http://www.care2.com/channels/solutions/food/2238
Restore your health by creating balance in your diet.