This week is NUTS (kind of like the Michigan and Skidmore squirrels). I have been in camp all day and then have limited time to do a lot of work, so I apologize if the blog posts are boring or nonexistent this week...
To get an idea of what I've been up to, check out this video. It's a pretty cool program. While there is no project based learning for chemistry at U of M, I am learning a lot about rivers and watersheds in the ecology unit.
P.S. Have you checked out my "comment" section? They are now called "scientific inquiries." Awesome, right?
Common Occurrences: Like most other metals, ruthenium is a component in metal alloys. But you can also find ruthenium plating on costume jewelry that has a darker metallic sheen.
Fun Fact: You could probably guess that Germanium is named after Germany and Francium after France, but did you know that Ruthenium is named after the former country Ruthenia? Ruthenia included parts of modern-day Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus (google it!).
EDIT: So I was mistaken. U of M actually has a project based inquiry camp for chemistry earlier in the summer. Clearly, we can tell I just moved here. And as a little birdy that posted a scientific inquiry mentioned, there is chemistry in the ecology unit (today, they used pH meters...surprise!). My bad.
Hey Megan- while I "notice" that the PBIS unit is on water ecology- I "wonder" how chemistry is embedded into the unit? If the unit is not labeled chemistry, but is uses chemistry, are we allowed to call it an ecology unit that uses chemistry? or a Chemical Ecology Unit?
ReplyDeleteBTW- the chemistry camp happened early in the summer. You can help out next summer! RCD