Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Chemistry of life intro


Friday before our three day break we took our first daily question quiz.  After taking that I had you start right into the next section with the following daily questions:
Friday August 30thLet’s see what you remember from physical science!!!
The smallest unit of matter is known as an Atom

Fill in the following table matching the parts of an atom with its charge
Part of an atom....... charge
Proton........ positive
Neutron....... Neutral (no charge)
Electron.......Negative

Of these three, which is important in bonding?  electrons
As an intro I had you watch the following "movie trailer" to give you a little of the "why"

then we came back from a long weekend with the following daily questions:

Tuesday September 3rd
All life is made up of atoms bonded together.  Which part of an atom is important in bonding? Electrons 

Products such as Gatorade claim to have key “electrolytes” these are atoms that contain a charge due to the gaining or loosing of what? electrons


Notes from Tuesday:







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