Cosmic Chemistry Project

This project was a 3-in-1, where we did three different mini projects, each relating to a different element of Cosmic Chemistry. There was a selection of nine different projects you could choose from, and my group chose the Verbal (Podcast), Artistic (Poster), and the Musical (Song). The Podcast went over the evidence of the Big Bang Theory, the Poster went over the lifespan of the sun, and the Song went over the composition of an atom. Each piece fulfilled a different element of content we are required to know as chemistry students.

Fusion N' Fission

Atoms?????

What are they?!?!?!?!

How do they fuse?

How do they… fission?

And what’s a nucleus?

What’s it got to do with anything?

What makes it change?

Well, I guess I’ll tell you now

At one point there was nothing, then there was something

A bang, something that produced the things that make us

Atoms, the basic unit, contains the nucleus

The center, the making of it all so cool and such

it contains protons, neutrons, but wait not electrons

Electrons, instead, hover round the outside

Making big circles, hovering round the outside

Now let's take it to the chorus, where I let processes fly

When nuclei fuse they get much heavier

Create a new atom, make something spectacular

But when nuclei fission, it's a little bit different

They split in two but still make a new element

So, as you can see, Its easy to see

That nuclear chemistry is understood so easily

Fusion, and Fission

Making new elements since they be splitting

Now, let me explain something new

Decay, a process which affects a few

Nuclei break down, pushing energy through

Its Radioactive, let me further explain it to you

Its Spontaneous, Extraneous, Big Brain-ius

It makes a lot of sense if you’re smart like us

Radioactive Decay has never been sus

It’s just a natural process, like getting on a bus

Fission

Fussion

Radioactive

Decay

Atom

Nucleus

Synthesis

The real truth is

When nuclei fuse they get much heavier

Create a new atom, make something spectacular

But when nuclei fission, it's a little bit different

They split in two but still make a new element

So, as you can see, Its easy to see

That nuclear chemistry is understood so easily

Fusion, and Fission

Making new elements since they be splitting

Hell yea

That’s the song

That’s it, I don’t know what else you were expecting

I’m… I’m just gonna let the instrumental play out now

This project was interesting in concept, but I feel like it was lacking in execution. While yes, my group was able to get each project done, I felt like we all had this severe sense of urgency going into it. As in, we only had a week to complete three projects, one of which was a full song. It was pretty stressful, and I feel like maybe giving us one more week to work on i would have been nice. Not even in class, but just giving us tutorial time during the next week. However, even with the time restraints, I feel like my group really worked well. Specifically, our Collaboration and Communication. I was lucky to be in a group which communicated throughout the week of work time, and collaborated on every step of the project. I feel like we all helped each other work better than we would've on our own, which isn't always the case in group projects.

Of course, there were also things I could've done better during this project. Specifically, I could benefit from working on my Conscientious Learning, and my Cultural Competence. Since this project was essentially three mini projects, my group found that the best way to divide the work up, so each person focused on one of the three projects. I could've better self-managed, and been more competent of the other elements of this project. I worked mainly on the song, so I have very good understanding of the composition of atoms, as well as the concepts of fusion and fission. But, I essentially didn't do any work on the sun poster, since we couldn't work together on something like that. So, while I learned the content eventually, I'm much less well-versed in it than Maggie, who actually made the poster. Overall, this was a cool concept for a project, but it could've been executed slightly better.