Chemistry In The Avenger

1. An understanding of chemistry is important for an understanding of biology because biology needs the models of chemistry to better describe life.

Over the duration of viewing "Hunting the Elements" I learned about various scientific topics including, the elements, what all living things are composed of, CHNOPS, rare earth elements, and even the origins of elements.

The subject of Chemistry is one that deals heavily with a comprehension of the natural world and the individual details that make up an entire system. I was introduced to this course my sophomore year as I took on Honors Chemistry. As a student who grasps material best with hands on projects, this class fueled my excitement to be able to understand a complex subject using planned out lab procedures. From titrations to calculating the amount of copper in a solution, Chemistry gave me an opportunity to bring my own speculations into a class rather than being told directly what is occurring in a scientific process. The fascination of this class is what directed me to take AP Chemistry my senior year of high school. Even with the difficulty of

In my senior year of high school, I took AP Chemistry to pursue my passion of chemistry. The class lectures

Chemistry relates to everything we touch, see, smell, hear, and taste because atoms make up everything in the universe. Chemistry influences so much in our everyday lives that it is hard to think of an activity that does not involve a chemical process in some way. The science also plays a major role in the human body. Our bodies are made up of chemicals, in fact almost 96% of our body mass is made up of four different elements: hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen. Besides the physical way I am affected by elements, chemistry also majorly affects me in my line of work as a certified nursing assistant. As a certified nursing assistant I work in a nursing home and

Chemistry became the subject that I couldn’t wait to learn, and I often find myself getting excited over new discoveries in chemistry, such as the four new elements added to the periodic table that I texted multiple friends about. Since I want to be a teacher, I find the best way for me to combine teaching and chemistry is to help those in the school who need help learning the subject. My friend is a sophomore who currently takes level one chemistry, and for her, I serve as the person she can go to when she needs help with the subject, and I’m happy to help her whenever she needs

I have always known that I wanted to pursue an education in science; there were simply too many questions in this world that had yet to be answered. Never did I expect my love of music, however, to have truly inspired and intertwined with my love for chemistry. This, I learned, is because my admiration for music and chemistry are one and the same. Music has taught me that chemistry is also a form of art. I first

I am sitting here completely dumb founded as I think about chemistry. How does chemistry relate to me? How do I relate chemistry? It is such a subject that I am unsure of how it fits into my life other than a class I took in high school. As I dig deeper instead of just scratching the surface, I realize that I use and will be going to use chemistry more and more in my life.

Our group decided on the science understanding of chemical science as our theme through strong influence from the Victorian Curriculum, as we adapted our unit of work to focus on the ‘Three States of Matter’ that centred around looking specifically at solids, liquids and gases in detail. We thought that this unit topic would be a fun and interesting to plan and create a sequence of six lessons with student-centred and hands-on activities throughout. I felt our presentation went informative in the sense of highlighting and addressing all our Victorian Curriculum components, although instead of just reading out all the content descriptors it would have been more beneficial to just focus and pinpoint how it relates, and how it was incorporated

Topic/Central Focus: Students will observe and identify what a chemical change in matter is. Students will do this through an experiment and discuss chemical changes as well. It is important for students to recognize and understand what a chemical change in matter is and how it can apply in their lives, such as cooking or cleaning.

Filled with shiny, colorful pictures of elements in their many applications, the book was my first in-depth introduction to chemistry. Two pages were dedicated to each element and explained the most common uses. I started to spend time pondering what was in some of the objects around me. I viewed objects more in their elemental sense rather than “plate material” or “cardboard material”. Since then, I’ve only tried to expand my knowledge of the chemical makeup of my world.

Every element is valuable and unique due to the endless arrangements of sub-atomic particles, which fascinates me. This allows for a diversity of elemental properties, sparking innovation for chemists to develop new products from different tasting chocolates to materials used for rockets- shaping society and the environment of the modern world. The sheer range of applications where chemistry is involved inspires me to contribute, while learning, unlocking why everything behaves the way it does.

Therefore, the concepts make sense to the knowledge I previously learnt, especially when combined with the other sciences. The more I learn, especially this year in the university introductory courses, the more exciting and interesting chemistry becomes. This excitement of making sense of my previous knowledge needs to continue, as I told myself, and I would need to take chemistry as my major to do so.

Excitement and fear rushed through my body. A new adventure had just begun, and I had no idea what to expect. I was excited for the opportunity to do something that I loved, but I still had that fear that maybe I had made my decision too quickly. There was no turning back and no giving up at this point. I started my sophomore year with my first organic chemistry class, and it was difficult. Unlike other chemistry classes, Organic chemistry requires a different train of thought, it requires an understanding of structures and reactions that many people do not understand. This class made my passion grow stronger. Seeing how one molecule could be dangerous, but then minimally modifying that molecule to make it safe was a great way to see how chemistry could affect the world. That difference in one molecule showed me the impact that chemist could have on society, and I would not have learned that if I had not changed

B. Relevance: Have any of you seen a Spider-Man movie? What about Thor or Iron Man? Very few of us in this room can say we have not seen an action packed Marvel movie at least once. Since its humble beginnings in 1939, Marvel has revolutionized not only the comic book world, but also set the bar incredibly high for all potential superhero movies. Marvel is completely relevant to the yearly cinema culture we find ourselves in the midst of, and continues to grow in popularity.