Phase 1: i-Image (Click on photo for gallery.)
My big idea for the i-Image project is to show students that in order to gain a full understanding of chemistry, they should begin looking at their world in a different way. The series of i-Images above show how this idea started well before modern times. People have always wondered what we are made of. As we progress through our modern era, we continue to explore and create new things. In my chemistry classroom, my hope is that students will have a better understanding of the atomic, microscopic, and macroscopic world in both living and nonliving things.
Pro Tips: The Democritus quote picture was found using the website search.creativecommons.org. The last two pictures were taken on vacation to San Francisco a few years back. To add the quotes, I used the Online Photo Editor called Pixlr. The Democritus and Sagan quotes are well known, while the McCloud quote was found at the Materials Science Exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL.
Phase 1: i-Video
My big idea for the i-Video is to introduce students to the idea of how can we make ordinary things extraordinary. What if we were to look at different elements and molecules and understand how they come together? Think about how we can explore and create new things. We can take an ordinary molecule, such as water, or ordinary elements, such as copper or carbon, and we can do extraordinary things with them. How awesome would it be to create a new superconductor? Think of the possibilities.
My big idea STEMS from my goal of incorporating more tools for my students to have a deeper understanding of chemistry. I want my students to be able to look at the world of chemistry and visualize how they can use it to make the world a better place. My video begins with a simple demonstration I recorded on one of the Polar Vortex days here in Chicago. My students think that it is awesome that water can, not only freeze quickly, but also undergo deposition (also called desublimation). From here, my big idea blossomed into what you view in the video. The video was made using Windows Movie Maker. Enjoy!
My big idea STEMS from my goal of incorporating more tools for my students to have a deeper understanding of chemistry. I want my students to be able to look at the world of chemistry and visualize how they can use it to make the world a better place. My video begins with a simple demonstration I recorded on one of the Polar Vortex days here in Chicago. My students think that it is awesome that water can, not only freeze quickly, but also undergo deposition (also called desublimation). From here, my big idea blossomed into what you view in the video. The video was made using Windows Movie Maker. Enjoy!