Hooke's masterpiece: Micrographia (National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health)

Don't just read someone's description of someone else's description of ...
Read the scientist's actual words!

See excerpts from Hooke's masterpiece MICROGRAPHIA in this clever Virtual book: http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/hooke/hooke.html

See Hooke's COMPLETE book, Micrografia ,at the gutenberg site: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15491

E = mc^2 explained (from PBS)

Ten top Physicists talk about the meaning of E = mc^2.
Each recording is about 1.5 minutes...  Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/experts.html

NFPA Fire Diamond for Hazardous Chemicals

NFPA Fire Diamond for Hazardous Chemicals.
Blue: Health,
Red: Flammability,
Yellow: Reactivity,
White: Other.












For more info, see: http://www.cooperlab.wustl.edu/LabMethodsReagentsOperations/Lab_Operations/nfpa.html

Check your understanding!
This is the NFPA diamond for Propane (CH3-CH2-CH3).
What does it mean?

NEUTRON STAR by Larry Niven: Sci-fi (science fiction) books make Science fun

Read Larry Niven's famous science fiction story NEUTRON STAR, about a mystery force that killed Drs. Peter and Sonya Laskin, a husband-and-wife team of scientists.

That same force is now trying to kill our hero, Beowulf Schaefer.

Can you find out what the mystery force is before he does?

What should he do to keep alive?

Read Michael Faraday's Original lectures on Physics

Can you balance a bucket full of water so that it hangs off the edge of a table without falling?
Michael Faraday can.

See the intriguing solution,
and his thoughts on all aspects of Physics,

from one of the most famous Physicists in history.

The NERVOUS SYSTEM: An AMAZING, COMPLEX ARCHITECTURE

INTRODUCTION to the MOST COMPLEX SYSTEM of ALL in YOUR BODY:
THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

A diagram of the main parts of a neuron

Overview of your SPINAL and CRANIAL nerves. Note the eight CERVICAL nerves, the 12 THORACIC nerves, the 5 LUMBAR nerves, and the 5 SACRAL nerves.
Which nerves innervate your arms?
Which nerves innervate your legs?

Detailed view of the MAJOR NERVES in your body.

The DERMATOMES of your body. If you have a spinal cord injury, for example, by slipping on ice, the corresponding dermatome will become numb or will hurt greatly. For example, if the front of your leg including your knee becomes numb, which vertebrae in your spinal cord has become injured ?

A SAGITTAL view (cut in half) of the brain to show the internal structures. Note in particular the HYPOTHALAMUS and the PITUITARY gland. Among other things, these parts of your brain are critical in changing boys and girls into men and women.

The FOUR LOBES of the Brain: FRONTAL lobe, PARIETAL lobe, OCCIPITAL lobe and TEMPORAL lobe. COMPARE to the bones of the skull. WHAT do each of these lobes do?

REFLEXES are hard wired into your spinal cord, and react even before your brain is notified. Some examples of reflexes are to...

• Help pick up an unexpectedly heavy load
• Drop a disastrously heavy load before your muscles and/or tendons are torn
• Help to balance your body
• Take away your arm or leg from a pan that is too hot or a sharp object on the ground

20 MILLION BARRELS of OIL per DAY!

Are we addicted to oil?

The United States uses almost 20 million barrels of oil EVERY DAY, 365 days a year, more than twice as much as the next largest consumer, China, and more than four times as much as the third largest consumer, Japan.


Here's a list of the other top 9 countries in terms of their oil usage.




In this chapter of our Chemistry book, learn how to make GASOLINE, DIESEL fuel, JET fuel, NATURAL gas, HEATING oil, TAR and ASPHALT, and how to use FRACTIONAL DISTILLATION and CATALYTIC CRACKING to separate petroleum into all of these important chemicals:

READ this chapter from our Chemistry book: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARNbGsVH1evCZGQ5MjluM2dfMTg1NmdzejRmZzk&hl=en

Synthesis, Decomposition, Single & Double Displacement and Combustion reactions

These are the five main types of chemical reactions :

Note, in combustion reactions, if not enough Oxygen is present, deadly Carbon monoxide will be produced instead of Carbon dioxide.

READ these sections to learn more about these reaction types in the Chemistry text: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARNbGsVH1evCZGQ5MjluM2dfOTNjOWQ3YjJmNw&hl=en

SEE the following power point demonstration for more information on these types of reactions.
It is **not** necessary for you to read the sections on Ionic compounds in the ppt presentation.
http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARNbGsVH1evCZGQ5MjluM2dfMTE1NXFtNjI1bWQ&hl=en

Chemical Kinetics and Chemical Equilibrium

We've learned about balancing Chemical reactions, but we haven't talked about HOW FAST they are, or, when all is said and done, HOW MUCH of the reactants are left, and HOW MUCH product is produced.

(click on picture to go to the Wikipedia article)

• HOW FAST they run is part of the study of Reaction rate, or CHEMICAL KINETICS.
• HOW MUCH product is produced, and how much of the reactants is left, is part of the study of
• Chemical EQUILIBRIUM.

Start by considering the difference in reaction rates between Iron rusting and Wood burning...

READ the following section of our CHEMISTRY textbook to learn more about
(1) Chemical equilibrium and
(2) Chemical Kinetics
DEFINE each of these phrases in your own words.
GIVE an EXAMPLE of why each of these phrases is important if you are a chemist.
http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ARNbGsVH1evCZGQ5MjluM2dfMTc3Z2Q2anA2bXE&hl=en

MAJOR MUSCLES of the BODY

Major muscles of the body, with their
COMMON names and SCIENTIFIC (Latin) names


YOUR JOB is to DIAGRAM and LABEL the major muscle groups, for both the Anterior (frontal) view and the Posterior (Rear) view

ANTERIOR view

POSTERIOR view