Option C: Energy

This unit is on option C: Energy.  Topics include energy sources, fossil fuels, nuclear and solar energy and the environmental impacts of current energy consumption.  Students will present on an energy topic in groups.  This is the last major unit of IB SL chemistry.  The next unit will be a comprehensive review for internal and external IB final exam assessment.  Testing students will exam externally at the Fred Meyer conference center behind Powell park on May 12th and 13th this year.

Ideas for next year's unit...

The scientific consensus on climate change is "that climate is changing and that these changes are in large part caused by human activities,"^[60] and it "is largely irreversible."^[61]

“Science has made enormous inroads in understanding climate change and its causes, and is beginning to help develop a strong understanding of current and potential impacts that will affect people today and in coming decades. This understanding is crucial because it allows decision makers to place climate change in the context of other large challenges facing the nation and the world. There are still some uncertainties, and there always will be in understanding a complex system like Earth’s climate. Nevertheless, there is a strong, credible body of evidence, based on multiple lines of research, documenting that climate is changing and that these changes are in large part caused by human activities. While much remains to be learned, the core phenomenon, scientific questions, and hypotheses have been examined thoroughly and have stood firm in the face of serious scientific debate and careful evaluation of alternative explanations.”

— United States National Research Council, Advancing the Science of Climate Change

IB Exam Announcement

Energy Presentation Assignment
Period 6 Presentation Due Dates
Period 7 Presentation Due Dates

Environmental Chemistry videos
air pollution bozeman science
Community Open House on SE Portland air quality at Cleveland High School
linking air pollution to human health psu
tracking pollution chemists celebrate earth day 

air pollution vice
air pollution ib presentation
acid rain
acid rain new syllabus Thornley
five human impacts on the environment Crashcourse
pollution Crashcourse
global carbon cycle Crashcourse

find your carbon footprint...

Green Chemistry Journal

Landmark case allowing future generations (that's you) to sue the United States to prevent fossil fuel extraction … 'because the government has known for decades that carbon dioxide (C02) pollution has been causing catastrophic climate change and has failed to take necessary action to curtail fossil fuel emissions...'
Vice Video YouTube

Escaping Fossil Fuels and Global Warming
top 10 energy sources of the future
Innovating to zero Bill Gates TED talk
The future of energy
The future of alternative energy
Thorium Periodic table of videos
Nuclear reactors in Japan Periodic table of videos
Intro to PERMACULTURE
Permaculture wikipedia
Backyard Permaculture How to...


PRESENTATION SLIDES

Introduction to Energy Sources Period 6
Introduction to Energy Sources Period 7
Fossil Fuels (1) Crude Oil and Fossil Fuels Period 6
Fossil Fuels (1) Crude Oil and Fossil Fuels Period 7
Fossil Fuels (2) Octane Ratings, gasification, liquification, advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels Period 6
Fossil Fuels (2) Octane Ratings, gasification, liquifaction, advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels Period 7
Nuclear (1) (Nuclear reactions, nuclear equations and half-life) Period 6
Nuclear (1) (Nuclear reactions, nuclear equations and half-life) Period 7
Nuclear (Power from nuclear fission, power from nuclear fusion, nuclear safety, absorption spectra of stars) Period 6
Nuclear (Power from nuclear fission, power from nuclear fusion, nuclear safety, absorption spectra of stars) Period 7
Solar (Photosynthesis, conversion of biomass into energy, transesterification Period 6
Solar (Photosynthesis, conversion of biomass into energy, transesterification Period 7
Environmental Impact -Global Warming (The greenhouse effect, influence of greenhouse gas emissions on global warming, carbon dioxide, particulates) Period 6
Environmental Impact -Global Warming (The greenhouse effect, influence of greenhouse gas emissions on global warming, carbon dioxide, particulates) Period 7