Energy and Place.
During this project we worked in our own unique way to answer the essential questions
a. How does energy production and consumption impact place?
b. How does your sense of place, environmental ethic and understanding of our energy needs influence your perception and decisions relating to energy production and consumption?
a. How does energy production and consumption impact place?
b. How does your sense of place, environmental ethic and understanding of our energy needs influence your perception and decisions relating to energy production and consumption?
Scientific Paper
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Energy and Place Project Reflection
During the course of this year and this project my perspective on science has changed. I learned that analyzing things is important and that when we examine the way the world works on a smaller scale we find the small intricacy's the world. This class has made me pay attention to things that I may know about already but never really thought to look into in detail. An example of this is nuclear chemistry and how nuclear power plants work, I have always known the basic functions of these plants and that they use uranium to heat water that creates steam which turns a turbine to make electricity. But I had never taken the time examine exactly what was happening to the uranium to make this work and all the fail safes that are in place when nuclear energy is involved. I know that science is important to innovation and keeping the world moving forward but I didn't stop to think about technology that already existed that needs to be improved upon. Science and scientists are important to our society because they make our society function through technological advances and the things of comfort that they help to create.
From my particular investigation I looked into magnesium air batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. The most interesting thing to me about this is that we are so convinced as a society that Gas, Oil, Nuclear energy and renewable resources are the only way that we can create energy to make our society run. After researching these two alternative resources it has become abundantly clear to that these are not the only only options to create energy and we are only touching the tip of the iceberg for what we can do with resources other Oil and Gas. MAB's and HFC's may not the most efficient ways of creating electricity but then again neither is the sources of energy we use today. It truly surprised me how much oil it takes to keep an electric light bulb lit for a year. learning this really pushed me to want to stay up to date on the changes in the energy and try to help reduce the Co2 that is put out annually. This may be in the form of riding my bike more it may mean putting solar panels. But after this project its clear to me that I need to at least be educated on the energy needs of my community, country and the world.
From my particular investigation I looked into magnesium air batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. The most interesting thing to me about this is that we are so convinced as a society that Gas, Oil, Nuclear energy and renewable resources are the only way that we can create energy to make our society run. After researching these two alternative resources it has become abundantly clear to that these are not the only only options to create energy and we are only touching the tip of the iceberg for what we can do with resources other Oil and Gas. MAB's and HFC's may not the most efficient ways of creating electricity but then again neither is the sources of energy we use today. It truly surprised me how much oil it takes to keep an electric light bulb lit for a year. learning this really pushed me to want to stay up to date on the changes in the energy and try to help reduce the Co2 that is put out annually. This may be in the form of riding my bike more it may mean putting solar panels. But after this project its clear to me that I need to at least be educated on the energy needs of my community, country and the world.
Shark tank elevator pitch
Materials project
Reflection
The Chemistry in our materials and how we make our products is essential to continue with how we live in our society. Knowing the chemical world and how it works has allowed us to move from the stone age into the high tech complex computer age that we now live in. We have created many tools like cars and entertainment like the guitar through a progressive understanding of the elements in our world. The music that we all enjoy would not be where it is today without advancements in not only playing style but in the chemical makeup of the strings. These strings last longer and have more brilliant sound and are far better than when rock n roll was being born in the fifty's and sixties. We continue to move forward and push ourselves to create new materials that can better our world in small ways one step at a time.
The Structure of materials on the macro, microscopic molecular and atomic scale, all give the element properties. One the microscopic level the crystalline structure of an element contributes to how bendable the material will be. The Molecular level also determines If a material is Ionicly or covalently bonded If it has a low melting point it will be covalently bonded. If the element has a high melting point it will have Ionic bonds.
The Structure of materials on the macro, microscopic molecular and atomic scale, all give the element properties. One the microscopic level the crystalline structure of an element contributes to how bendable the material will be. The Molecular level also determines If a material is Ionicly or covalently bonded If it has a low melting point it will be covalently bonded. If the element has a high melting point it will have Ionic bonds.