Blog Update No.3 (Topic)

As I mentioned earlier, my birthday is next Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009. So the topic for blog update No. 3 is: “Write Mr. Truong a happy birthday message”.

Here are the steps:

1) Look through all the blog updates No. 2

2) Choose ONE idea that will bring Mr. Truong good fortune.

3) Use that idea to write your birthday wishes.

For example:

Dear Mr. Truong,

Karishma talks about the importance of safe drinking water. I hope you will always have clean water to drink for the rest of your life.

Best,

XXX

Blog Update No. 2 (Karishma Navani)

I would also like to follow up on Brandon’s idea. Water is definitely purified through different ways and one of the ways is to boil it. The environment definitely depends on Chemistry because without it, we wouldn’t really know what is safe and what is not safe. Biology plays a huge part in this too as well because it tells us how and why everything is safe and what it is made up of. Not everyone on this planet has safe water which is why we need to change that somehow.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2401-2004Nov21.html

That article shows that 1.1 billion people all over the planet get their water from rivers or lakes which isn’t safe because it’s not safe drinking water. I think scientists have a way to purify water and help change the way some people live their everyday lives.

Blog Update No. 2 (Bridget McCarthy)

I would like to comment on Hong’s idea of chemistry because she mentions how chemistry is important in helping development medicine. Medicine is the combination of several chemical compounds, and many times there is only one main substance. But chemists add others to add bulk to the drug. Modern Chemistry also allows chemists to synthesize many drugs using organic chemistry. Medicine is extremely important in our world because it keeps people healthy and prevents us from illnesses. Chemists are the main creators of drugs because medicine is the combination of chemicals. Chemistry is tremendously important in this case because it keeps people alive and healthy.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2187/Chemistry-and-medicines

Blog Update No. 2 (Clay Cowart)

I would like to comment on Matt’s post. The thing i like most from his post was his talk of medicine and chemistry dealing with medicine. I like this the most because medicine is the most or very close to one of the most important things in our world. This is because with medicine peoples lives are saved everyday. Many colleges like Johns Hopkins have major chemistry dept. working on medical breakthroughs dealing with cancer and other disease. Without chemistry these people wouldnt be able to save the lives they do.

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Blog Update No. 2 (Amanda Ghalibaf)

I would like to further comment on the blog post by Brandon Revelli, and how he touched upon the fact that chemistry is important to “finding out how to reduce pollution.” Diminishing the amount of pollution that humans create, can greatly affect the environment and the well being of the Earth. Green Chemistry is defined as “the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.” If there are fewer hazardous substances being emitted into the air, there will be less pollution, and a healthier environment. Green Chemistry is sometimes used to molecularly reduce harmful substances, which creates an opportunity for more environmentally friendly alternatives to be introduced. As a result of Green Chemistry, there have been synthesis methods that have been created which are produced more effectively and also that have been smarter produced. These new methods of synthesis are more efficient, simpler to use, and are environmentally friendlier. Today, Green Chemistry is very important to the environment and the cleansing of the Earth. If more environmentally friendly chemicals are produced, instead of hazardous chemicals being emitted into the air, the Earth will be a finer place to live!

http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PollutionPrevention/GreenChemistryResources/index.cfm

Blog Update #2

I would like to talk about what Brandon said. He mentioned that medicine and cosmetics have a lot to do with chemistry. In medicine, different chemicals have to come together in order to see if there can be a cure to be made. In cosmetic lines, scientists try to find what can be put into makeup to make someone look younger or have your skin become less oily. The chemicals that they put together make it so that these things are possible.

(http://nationalsilveralert.org/images/medicine_personal.jpg)

Blog Update #1

Chemistry is important to daily life in many ways because everything this chemistry. For instance, when you eat popcorn, before you eat it there is a chemical reaction that occurs when heat hits the kernel which makes it puff up and create a delicious snack. Also when water boils, heat is hitting the bottom of the pan which heats up the pan and eventually the water will boil. As you can see, chemistry is everywhere and everyone uses it almost everyday.

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Blog Update No. 2 (Adam Cole-Mullen)

I agree with Ross’s idea that chemistry applies to our everyday life in all cooking. When you mix different ingredients to make batter and then apply heat, the outcome varies the taste of your food. The ingredients you mix to bake a cake are different from making pancakes, as is the method and amount of heat applied. For instance, baking powder and baking soda react differently when mixed in with other ingredients. One reacts primarily under the heat of the oven while one reacts with moisture. Mixing these two up can cause erratic results in baked goods.

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/foodchemistry/f/blbaking.htm