“Hunting the Elements” is a PBS NOVA special that examines many different aspects of matter, relating observable phenomena, properties, to the atomic and molecular structures that exists at the sub-micro level.
For this Extra Credit Assignment:
Watch the program (about 1 hr 54 min).
Develop six questions related to topics you saw in the video.
Answer those six questions.You will receive:
One point for every nontrivial, penetrating question;
Example “trivial” question: any fill-in-the blank question. The purpose of this exercise is to get you thinking critically about how chemistry works and how our concepts and theories tit into the macro world.
Ask questions that you don’t know the answers to yet, an aspect of chemistry with which you are currently unfamiliar.
One point for an thoughtful response to each of the questions you have posed for yourself.
How much do I write?
Your questions should be no longer than a brief sentence or two.
Your answers can be one or two short paragraph.