Tic-Tac-Toe Chemistry Project
For our TicTacToe Chemistry project my group was tasked with completing a line of projects on the Cosmic Chemistry tic-tac-toe board. My group decided that it would be best if we did the portion from the bottom left to top right. This section encased making a poster to model nuclear fusion in the sun, completing nuclear fusion transmutation problems, as well as creating a slideshow to remark upon important scientific moments in history.
Our Final Project:
Full Slideshow
My Contribution:
I helped contribute to this project in many ways. The first of which was my completion of the Nuclear Transmutation Problems and Nuclear fusion in the sun poster. Additionally, I helped create and format the slideshow and played a key leadership role in keeping my group on track during our project work time.
Key Concepts:
Nuclear Transmutation: The conversion from one element to another
Nuclear Fusion: When light nuclei combine with other light nuclei to form heavier nuclei with the release of energy.
Nuclear Fission: When a heavy nuclei splits into two lighter nuclei.
Alpha Particle: a helium nucleus that is emitted from certain radioactive substances.
Beta Emission: When a beta particle is emitted from an atomic nucleus.
Isotope: An atom with a differing number of neutrons .
Ion: An atom with a differing number of electrons.
Nucleus: the center of the atom that contains protons and neutrons.
Reflection
Overall, I felt I helped contribute a-lot to my group during the cosmic chemistry tic-tac-toe project; However, two areas in which I could have performed better in the project were my coordination as a leader, and my time management. While my group was able to complete the project on time our poor time management pushed a large majority of the project to be done in the days leading up to the due date. Additionally, this correlates to my coordination and role as a leader as I should have pushed my group and set them on track to work on the project in segments to most effectively complete it. Regardless of these potential improvements I contributed to the project in many ways, but two that stood out were my work ethic, and comprehensiveness. My work ethic in this project was apparent in all aspects. From the slideshow to calculations or the journal I made improvements and contributions in all retrospects. Furthermore, on top of these efforts one piece that stands out is the overall comprehensiveness. The labelling of atoms in the nuclear fusion model, and the linking of my documents throughout the slideshow are just two examples of many in which I went above and beyond the required content for this project.