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For this project, I researched Wassily Kandinsky, who is an artist known for creating abstract art using bold colors, shapes, and lines to express emotion. After learning about his style, I made three sketches and one final painting of a jellyfish inspired by his work. I used abstract shapes and bright colors to show movement and energy, similar to how Kandinsky used art to express feelings rather than realistic images.
For this lab, we tested different brands of dish soap to see which one made bigger bubbles. We used 1-2 spoonful of the bubble solution from each brand of soap onto the table, then gently blow the bubbles and measured them. For each brand of soap, I did 3 trials and measuring each bubble, as well as documented the qualitiave observations. The results of the lab showed that the AJax soap created the biggest bubbles.
In this lab, we observed the physical and chemical changes that take place while making s'mores. We documented the ingredients in marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate. We went through the instructions to making s'mores and stated whether we thought the change was physical or chemical and why.
For this project, I created a drawing of "The Mount Rushmore of Chemistry," whereI drew 4 individuals that I believe have made significant enough advancements in chemistry to be featured on Mount Rushmore. I Chose Dmitri Mendeleev, Antoine Lavoisier, John Dalton, and Robert Boyle. I then explained the the significance of the contributions to modern chemistry made by each chemist.
For this project, I chose the element phosphorus to create a drawing on that show the atomic number, element symbol, and element name that incorporates uses and other details on the element. Because phosphorus is used in plant fertilizer, I drew the element symbol 'P' as a flower and showed the roots growing in the dirt. I included the atomic number 15 as well as the element name floating in the sky above the flower.
For this project, I created a Bohr model of the element phosphorus using a paper plate, yarn, straws, felt, and construction paper. I used the yarn to represent the nucleus and electron orbitals, cut up straws to represent the electrons, and circles of construction paper to represent protons and neutrons. At the bottom I added a key to show that the blue circles represent neutrons, while the red circles represent protons.
I believe that cultural and historical contexts have greatly shaped scientific discoveries in making the periodic table due to the environmental factors and the development of Europe. All of the chemists who's discoveries and ideas were used in the periodic table were European men. This is due to the fact that Europe was the one the most intellectually developed continents at the the time. The availability of education to European men was much larger than European women, as well as people from different parts of the world. If people of different demographics made scientific discoveries that contributed to the periodic table, there most likely would've been cultural influences such as a different naming system from different languages, and a different way of organizing the elements.
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