February 2010 Teacher's Guide Table of Contents About the Guide ............................................................................................................ 3 Student Questions ........................................................................................................ 4 Answers to Student Questions .................................................................................... 6 ChemMatters Puzzle: Chemical Ronion .................................................................... 11 Answers to the ChemMatters Puzzle......................................................................... 12 NSES Correlation ........................................................................................................ 13 Anticipation Guides .................................................................................................... 14 The Many Colors of Blood....................................................................................................................... 15 Anesthesia: Chemistry in the Operating Room ....................................................................................... 16 Battling Wildfires: When Water Won’t Cut It............................................................................................ 17 Green Gasoline: Fuel from Plants ........................................................................................................... 18 The Makeup of Mineral Makeup.............................................................................................................. 19 Reading Strategies...................................................................................................... 20 Question From the Classroom: What is the most deadly poison in the world?....................................... 21 The Many Colors of Blood....................................................................................................................... 22 Anesthesia: Chemistry in the Operating Room ....................................................................................... 23 Battling Wildfires: When Water Won’t Cut It............................................................................................ 24 Green Gasoline: Fuel from Plants ........................................................................................................... 25 The Makeup of Mineral Makeup.............................................................................................................. 26 The Many Colors of Blood.......................................................................................... 27 Background Information .......................................................................................................................... 27 Connections to Chemistry Concepts ....................................................................................................... 32 Possible Student Misconceptions............................................................................................................ 33 Demonstrations and Lessons.................................................................................................................. 33 Student Projects ...................................................................................................................................... 35 Anticipating Student Questions ............................................................................................................... 36 References .............................................................................................................................................. 36 Web Sites for Additional Information ....................................................................................................... 37 Anesthesia: Chemistry in the Operating Room........................................................ 39 Background Information .......................................................................................................................... 39 Connections to Chemistry Concepts ....................................................................................................... 42 Possible Student Misconceptions............................................................................................................ 43 Demonstrations and Lessons.................................................................................................................. 43 Student Projects ...................................................................................................................................... 43 Anticipating Student Questions ............................................................................................................... 44 References .............................................................................................................................................. 44 Web Sites for Additional Information ....................................................................................................... 44 Battling Wildfires: When Water Won’t Cut It............................................................. 47 Background Information .......................................................................................................................... 47 Connections to Chemistry Concepts ....................................................................................................... 51 Possible Student Misconceptions............................................................................................................ 52 Demonstrations and Lessons.................................................................................................................. 53 Student Projects ...................................................................................................................................... 56 Anticipating Student Questions ............................................................................................................... 57 References .............................................................................................................................................. 58 Web Sites for Additional Information ....................................................................................................... 59 Green Gasoline: Fuel from Plants.............................................................................. 63 Background Information .......................................................................................................................... 63 Connections to Chemistry Concepts ....................................................................................................... 71 Possible Student Misconceptions............................................................................................................ 71 Demonstrations and Lessons.................................................................................................................. 72 Student Projects ...................................................................................................................................... 74 Anticipating Student Questions ............................................................................................................... 74 References .............................................................................................................................................. 75 Web Sites for Additional Information ....................................................................................................... 76 The Makeup of Mineral Makeup ................................................................................. 79 Background Information .......................................................................................................................... 79 Connections to Chemistry Concepts ....................................................................................................... 86 Possible Student Misconceptions............................................................................................................ 87 Demonstrations and Lessons.................................................................................................................. 87 Student Projects ...................................................................................................................................... 87 Anticipating Student Questions ............................................................................................................... 88 References .............................................................................................................................................. 89 Web Sites for Additional Information ....................................................................................................... 89 2 About the Guide William Bleam, Donald McKinney, Ed Escudero, and Ronald Tempest, Teacher’s Guide Editors, created the teacher’s guide article material. Susan Cooper prepared the national science education content, anticipation, and reading guides. David Olney created the puzzle. E-mail: [email protected] Patrice Pages, ChemMatters Editor, coordinated production and prepared the Microsoft Word and PDF versions of the Guide. E-mail: [email protected] Articles from past issues of ChemMatters can be accessed from a CD that is available from the American Chemical Society for $30. The CD contains all ChemMatters