Chemical Reactions That Changed the World
For your semester final exam, you and a partner will investigate one of the following chemical reactions. You must be able to explain what the reaction is (not necessarily an equation), what it produces, and how it changed the world. Speculate on what our world would be like without these reactions.
You will do this as a PowerPoint presentation (12 slides max). The presentation is due December 9, 2019, but you will email me the slide show the night before. I will give you a presentation rubric that you must follow. This will be graded under Criterion A & D.
Topics:
Saponification
Polymerization of polyethylene
Haber Process
Maillard Reaction
Combustion of crude oil
Fat Hydration
Creation of Gunpowder
Penicillin
Pasteurization
Synthesis of Urea
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Nuclear Fission & Fusion
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You will do this as a PowerPoint presentation (12 slides max). The presentation is due December 9, 2019, but you will email me the slide show the night before. I will give you a presentation rubric that you must follow. This will be graded under Criterion A & D.
Topics:
Saponification
Polymerization of polyethylene
Haber Process
Maillard Reaction
Combustion of crude oil
Fat Hydration
Creation of Gunpowder
Penicillin
Pasteurization
Synthesis of Urea
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Nuclear Fission & Fusion
Link
Another link