This month’s Dream Delivered is Chemistry.
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Chemistry is all about the properties of matter and how it changes. Let’s dive in to see the small particles that come together to make up our world.
Oh the Places You Could Go! PAGE 2
Chemistry Changes Lives! Scientific Method PAGE 4
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Periodic Table PAGE 5-6
What is a Molecule? PAGE 7
Elemental Search PAGE 8
Did You Know? PAGE 9
Quit with the Jokes Dreamer Spotlight PAGE 10
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OH THE PLACES YOU COULD GO: Ch em ist ry
Chemical Engineer: o develops raw materials int cts du pro ful use and e divers
Analytical Chemist: Looks closely at compounds or chemicals to provide information about them in ist: fields like food m e h c Bio l s a le ic p n safety and m li a C blood s fluids to pollution control y analyses dil
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Catalytic Chemist: studies how quickly chemical reactions occur, often in the petroleum, pharmaceutical, and environmental industries
Geochemist: stud the chemical el ies ements in rocks and m inerals as well as the stru and other phys cture ical details of the Earth
Forensic Scientist: examines hairs, clothing fibers, tire marks and more at crime scenes to help solve the crime Materials Scientist: studies how combinations of molecules have different properties, in fields like metals, ceramics, or rubber industries
Synthetic Chemist: creates new chemicals and materials that are often used for new medicines or building materials
Cosmetic Chemist: develops and tests skin care products like lotions, makeup, and other beauty products like perfume
Chemist: hypo tests, and draw thesizes, s conclusions abou how chemicals t interact with each other
Pharmacologist: combines chemicals to create medicines and drugs that are safe and helpful for treating diseases
Biotechnologist: uses multiples areas of science, including chemistry, to solve practical problems
Dye Chemist: C ombines chemicals to cr eate different colors or of colors for clot shades hing, paints, and cosmetics
Food Chemist: works at food production plants to study the ingredients in food and create new flavors or make it healthier
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try s i m e h C Changes Lives! 1
Pasteurization: Kills bacteria by heating beverages and letting them cool. Louis Pasteur came up with this, and it was used to make the first vaccinations, which keep many people from getting sick each year.
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In 1835, blue jean dye was invented by Adolf von Baeyer in Germany as he experimented with different colors!
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Clause Louis Berthollet, a French chemist, discovered how to use chlorine as bleach in the early 1800s. Now, we use bleach to clean all sorts of things in our homes.
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Removing most of the cocoa butter from unprocessed cocao creates a powedered chocolate substance. Coenraad Johannes van Houten was a Dutch chemist who discovered this, and eventually it became the hot chocolate drink we love today!
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Frederick Gowland Hopkins figured out by working with animals that humans need vitamins to grow and be healthy. He used chemistry to see how our bodies reacted to vitamins to find this important information.
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Chemistry is not only exciting experiments. It is also crucial to creating medicines that keep us healthy and inventions that make our lives easier. Let’s learn all about the amazing chemistry inventions that impact our lives every day!
Alexander Fleming, a Scottish scientist accidentally discovered the important antibiotic penicillin. This happened in 1929, but wasn’t used as a medicine until nearly ten years later.
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Scientists study many different things, but they generally share one method. This method helps keep their diverse projects organized and simple to follow. Use this page to set up a pattern for your experiments!
STEP ONE ASK QUESTIONS
What are you curious about? What do you want to test?
STEP TWO GATHER INFORMATION What do you know about the topic? What can you research about it?
STEP THREE MAKE HYPOTHESIS A hypothesis is an educated guess about what might happen. Make a prediction of what you think will happen using the following sentence: If __________, then ________ because ________________.
STEP FOUR CONDUCT EXPERIMENT Test your hypothesis
STEP FIVE OBSERVE & RECORD
Use your senses to observe! What do you see, smell, feel and hear? Record your observations
STEP SIX DRAW CONCLUSIONS What happened in the experiment? Was your hypothesis correct? How do you know your hypothesis was correct? Are there any factors that could have had an effect on your results?
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Elemental Search Use the periodic table on pages 5 and 6 to find the names of the elements with the abbreviations given below. For example, if you found K on page 5, you’d see Potassium and look for that element in the word search. K, Na, Uuu, Au, Kr, Cl, O, Ni, Fe, Sg, Hg, Pb, Lr, Sb, F, H, Am, Es, Cf
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