CHEM 4292

Senior Chemistry Seminar

Syllabus Fall 2012

Presentation Score Card

Example Guiding Questions Example Essay (Excellent) Example Essay (Poor)

Example Case Study

Class Materials

1. Climate Change

IPCC Report Summary on Climate Change .pdf

Global Warming: The Science Behind the Debate (C&EN News) .pdf

National Academies of Science Report.pdf

Assignment pdf

 

2. Antibiotic Resistance

Resistance to Antibiotics .pdf

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics:degradation & modification.pdf

Center for Disease Control: Know when antibiotics work

Assignment .pdf

 

3. Pollution and Toxicology

BP's Oil Spill PDF

Crude Oil Release into the environment PDF

Biological effects of petroleum on marine life PDF

Guiding Questions PDF

 

 

4. Chemical Weapons

Mediation of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents .pdf

Federation of American Scientists - Chemical Weapons Information

Assignment .pdf

 

 

5. Party Drugs

Ecstasy:pharmacology & neurotoxicity

Complications of recreational drug use

Assignment

 

6. Pollution

Assignment

 

 

7. Nobel Prize Winners

 

 

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