Homework
Here we'll post what experiment to read for the next session, what to look
up on the internet, and anything else you should do at home.
Wednesday July 18
- Prepare for field trip to BNL.
- Do research for your case study and prepare a Plan of Action that includes the major goals of your project and an experimental outline. You'll have three days to experiment, and then you'll prepare a poster for a public poster session on Thursday.
- Prepare group report on Kool-Aid spectroscopy.
Tuesday July 10
- Read over pages 38-39 in the manual. We'll only do the part of Experiment 5 involving chromatographic separation of dyes in Kool-Aid and analysis of the fractions with TLC. The rest of the time you will work in the computer lab using computational software to predict properties of the food dyes.
- Research STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy) and AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy) in preparation for Penelope Lewis' seminar.
Monday July 9
- Read over Experiment 4 in the manual.
- Research Dr. Frank Foss on the internet to prepare for his seminar.
Friday July 6
- Write up your results for Experiments 1 and 2 in a short, but formal report. Follow these guidelines when you write, and ask your mentor for advice.
- Prepare your notebook for Experiment 3.
- Visit Professor Ann McDermott's website to get familiar with her research. Think of questions!
Thursday July 5
- Read over Experiment 3 (Liquid-liquid extractions and Recrystallization) in the manual.
- Prepare your notebook for Experiment 2.
Tuesday July 3
- Read over Experiment 2 (Potentiometric titrations) in the manual.
- Prepare your notebook for Experiment 1.
- Look up how pH electrodes work on the internet.
- Think of questions you might want to ask Prof. Parkin.
Monday July 2
- Read over Experiment 1 (Glassware Calibration and Manual Titrations) in the manual and prepare to discuss it.
- Find Gerard Parkin's article "Do Bond-Length Isomers Really Exist?" online and read it over. Don't worry if you don't follow much of it.