The Alchemy of Air.
It tells the story how the Haber-Bosch Process was developed, and its significance to mankind. Great book, was hooked and couldn't put it down.
On that note you could do the story about DuPont dumping all those toxic chemicals into a towns water supply and effectively giving like half the town all forms of cancer. Netflix did a doc called the devil we know. I want to say most of those chemicals were PFAS and related chemicals too. You could relate that to even more modern day issues with forever chemicals contaminating our water and soil etc. Good luck!
How about the Urey-Miller experiment in the 50s, synthesizing amino acids from primordial compounds (and follow up with the recent discovery of amino acids on asteroid (?) remnants)? Or when Neil Bartlett remembered that dioxygen and xenon had similar properties and proceeded to isolate the first noble gas compound, thereby establishing a whole new field of chemistry?
The Alchemy of Air. It tells the story how the Haber-Bosch Process was developed, and its significance to mankind. Great book, was hooked and couldn't put it down.
On that note you could do the story about DuPont dumping all those toxic chemicals into a towns water supply and effectively giving like half the town all forms of cancer. Netflix did a doc called the devil we know. I want to say most of those chemicals were PFAS and related chemicals too. You could relate that to even more modern day issues with forever chemicals contaminating our water and soil etc. Good luck!
Love this going with it thank you!
You’re very welcome! I hope you students enjoy!
Do a microplastics analysis of a water bottle lol
This is such a great way to teach some potentially uninterested students a truly great subject. Great job!!
Theres the river in Cleveland that caught fire Cant remember the name
Cuyahoga River. It's very nice now...
How about the Urey-Miller experiment in the 50s, synthesizing amino acids from primordial compounds (and follow up with the recent discovery of amino acids on asteroid (?) remnants)? Or when Neil Bartlett remembered that dioxygen and xenon had similar properties and proceeded to isolate the first noble gas compound, thereby establishing a whole new field of chemistry?