Title: Reading to learn: Experience sharing
1Reading to learn Experience sharing
2Agenda
- Experience sharing on role play activity
- Reading to learn
- Learning to read
- Chemistry from Newspaper
- Some remarks
3Benzene in soft drinks
- When to introduce?
- After learning hydrocarbons?
- Can be related with news
- For NSS, benzene included
4Powerpoint
5In case you would like to introduce this activity
in Jan 2008,
- Use more recent articles
- ????????????? ??????? ??????? (??, 28/5/2007)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? (????, 28/5/2007)
(??, 28/5/2007)
6You may use news regarding bottled water for
similar activity
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????,
23/12/2006) - ?????????? ?????? ?????? (??, 23/12/2006)
- Bottled Waters Contaminated with Antimony from
PET (24 Jan 2006) http//www.uni-heidelberg.de/pre
ss/news/news06/2601antime.html (accessed on
23/12/2006) - ?????????? (??, 9/4/2007)
7?????????? (9/4/2007)
8Advertisement Diamond water
- http//www.youtube.com/watch?vg9JzIBKHIFA
Accessed on 3/1/2008
9Another topic to consider
- Treated water good for health?
- Related information (Choice 357)
- http//www.consumer.org.hk/website/ws_en/news/pres
s_releases/p35701.html (accessed on 3/1/2008) - http//www.consumer.org.hk/website/ws_chi/news/pre
ss_releases/p35701.html (accessed on 3/1/2008)
10Time required
- Within the lessons (1 hour 45 minutes)
- 1 period
- For introducing the activity and
- Searching information in the internet
- 2 periods
- 15 minutes group discussion
- 40 minutes role play
- 15 minutes summarise the points
- After the lessons (about 3 hours)
- Searching information and discussion
- Writing the critique (gt 200 words)
- Total (Student) about 5 hours
11Teachers work
- Introducing the topic (within the lesson)
- Facilitating the forum in the role play (within
the lesson) - The critiques (About 2 - 3 hours)
12Agenda
- Experience sharing on role play activity
- Reading to learn
- Learning to read
- Chemistry from Newspaper
- Some remarks
13Reading to learn
Learning to read
Chemistry from newspapers
Scientific literate
14Learning to read
- ????,?????????,?????. ????,?????
- ????? -????????????
15- ????,?????????,?????. ????,?????
- ????? -????????????
- ????,????,????,????????????????????????????
-
- ??? (???)
- ????
- Hg S ?HgS
- Topic related Metallic bond
16? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (NSS, Topic I)
- (????, 8/6/2007)
- Physical change vs. chemical change
17Elements and compounds (NSS Topic I)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 400 ?
- (????, 14/12/2006)
18More examples from newspapers (NSS, Topic II)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 6/12/2006)
19Related to syllabus (NSS Topic III)
- Newspaper article
- ??????? ????? (??. 9/6/2007)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 9/6/2007)
- ???????????? (??. 10/6/2007)
20Related with other subjects (NSS Topic III)
- ???
- ?? (Molybdeum)
- ?????????
- ???????????????
- ? (Mo)
- ?????42,???????
- ???????
- ?????
????? http//zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/E992BC 3/1/2
008
21White gold vs. Platinum (NSS, Topic III)
- ???? ????????? (??, 4/4/2007)
- White gold gold white metal (e.g. Pd, Ag)
- Au750 (75 Au 25 white metals)
- Source http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_gold
(accessed on 3/1/2008)
22NSS Topic V (Fuels)
- ?????? ????
- (??, 4/1/2008)
23Fuels (Section V)
??????? ??????? (??, 10/4/2007) hydrogen as fuel
24Fuels (NSS Section V)
Source????, 3/1/2008
25NSS Topic V (fuels)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 16/12/2006)
- ???????????? ????????? (??, 16/12/2006 )
- ???????????? (??, 2/4/2007 )
26Global warming
- ???321??5?? ??30?2???? (??, 5/3/2007)
- ? 321 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 5/3/2007)
- ????1????????? ????
- ????? (??, 1/4/2007)
27Global warming
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 13 ? ? ? (????, 14/3/2007)
- ?????????????
- ??????????? (??, 14/3/2007)
- Useful references
- Climate change 2001 Synthesis report
- http//www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/vol4/index.ht
m - (accessed on 3/1/2008)
- Films
- An Inconvenient Truth
- The Day after Tomorrow
28Global warming
- 2007?????? (??, 4/1/2008)
29Global warming
- ???? ??????? ????5?????? (??, 3/4/2007)
30Global warming
- web tech ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 9/6/2007)
07758-225698 - http//news.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id896
472007 (accessed on 3/1/2008)
31Issues from media
- TVB Jade (Sunday, 11/11/2007 1200 noon 1245
p.m.) ???? (City Forum) Waiting Should we
turn off the engine of the car?
32News in December 2007
United Nations Climate Change Conference - Bali,
3 - 14 December 2007 http//unfccc.int/meetings/c
op_13/items/4049.php Accessed on 3/1/2008
33Some more examples (Jun 2007) (NSS Topic V)
- ? ? ? ? ? (????, 9/6/2007)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Green Apple ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? ? ? ? (????, 10/6/2007)
34Topic VII (Chemical cells)
Apple Daily 29/11/2007
35NSS (Topics V and XI)
- ??????????? (??, 25/12/2006)
- ?????????,??????,?????????
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 24/12/2006)
- ? ? ? ? ? - ? ? ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ?, ? ? ? ? ?
- ????????? ???????? ?????????? (??, 24/12/2006)
- ?????? ????29??? (??, 26/12/2006 )
- ?? ?????????????
36Chemistry in Newspaper (NSS Topics V XI)
- Malachite green sudan red and formaldehyde in
fishes eggs and shark fins respectively
trans-fat white gold vs. platinum
Ming Pao, 27/11/2006
Sing Tao Daily, 27/11/2006
Apple Daily, 25/11/2006
37Related with examination questions
- Malachite green (2007 AL Paper I Question)
-
- http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachite_green
(accessed on 3/1/2008) - http//zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/E5AD94E99B80E
79FB3E7B6A0 (accessed on 3/1/2008)
38Trans fat (NSS, Topic XI)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 15/3/2007)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? (????, 14/3/2007) - ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 8/6/2007)
39News in Oct 16 2007 (Choice 372)
40? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 26/10/2007) Trans-fat
to be labelled?
41Trans fats - Chemical knowledge
- Trans fats partially hydrogenated vegetable
oils - Cholesterol
- Hydrogenation
- Useful websites for trans-fats
- http//www.fda.gov/FDAC/features/2003/503_fats.htm
l (accessed on 3/1/2008) - http//www.rsc.org/Publishing/ChemScience/Volume/2
007/02/trans_fat_free_future.asp (accessed on
3/1/2008)
42Trans fats
http//www.people.umass.edu/ktheis/tfa.htm
accessed on 3/1/2008
43Cholesterol (NSS, Topic XI)
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesterol
(accessed on 3/1/2008)
44Drugs (NSS, Topic XI)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 14/3/2007)
- Phentermine
- Amfepramone
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phentermine accessed
on 3/1/2008
http//www.chemindustry.com/chemicals/681059.html
accessed on 3/1/2008
45Drugs (NSS, Topic XI)
- Tamiflu 2 Jun 2006 Sing Tao Daily
- Oseltamivir
- http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseltamivir
- (accessed on
- 3/1/2008)
46Drugs (NSS, Topic XI)
- ??????K??? (??, 4/1/2008)
47Other dangerous drugs GHB (Gamma
hydroxybutyrate, ??? )
- Originally used as a sleep-aid
48????? (??, 29/12/2006) (NSS, Topic XI)
- Related news ??????????? (??, 29/12/2006)
49More examples from newspapers (NSS Topic XI)
- ????????? ????? (??, 16/12/2006)
- ?????????? ??3?? ????????? (??, 23/12/2006)
- Nitrosamines
- R2N-NO
- Nitrites
- Links with instrumental techniques e.g. MS (NSS
Topic XV)
50More examples in newspapers (NSS Topic XI)
- ??????? ???????
- (??, 8/12/2006)
- ??? (Dioxin)
- ???(DDT)
- ???(Dieldrin)
- ??????(PCBs)
Source (PCB) http//www.epa.gov/toxteam/pcbid/def
s.htm accessed on 10/6/2007
51More examples from newspaper (NSS Topic XI)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 27/12/2006 )
- Nicotine C10H14N2.
Source http//www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/nicotine/E-
propriete.html accessed on 10/6/2007
52More examples in using newspapers (NSS Topic XI)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????,
13/11/2006) - Functional groups
http//www.chemexper.com/index.shtml?mainhttp//w
ww.chemexper.com/search/cas/85-86-9.html
accessed on 3/1/2008
53Some more examples (Jun, 2007) (NSS, Topic XI)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????,
11/6/2007) - ????????? ?????????6? ????? (??, 11/6/2007)
- methyl salicylate
54Polymers (Topic XIV)
- ??PAAG????? (??, 28/12/2006)
- PAAG????? (????, 14/4/2006)
- Polyacrylamide Gel
- (? ? ? ? ? ?)
- Acrylamide Monomer
- (? ? ? ? ? ? ?)
- 30????? ?PAAG???? (??, 12/3/2007)
- PAAG??8???????? (??, 5/4/2007)
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 28/12/2006)
- ?????
- ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (????, 28/12/2006)
- SO2
-
-
55PAAG
- Acrylamide? (Choice 372, October 15 2007)
- Acrylamide is a chemical that is used to make
polyacrylamide materials. Polyacrylamide is used
in the treatment of drinking-water and waste
water where it is used to remove particles and
other impurities ... Polyacrylamide materials
contain very small amounts of acrylamide. - Problem?
- Acrylamide is known to cause cancer in
animals - Source http//www.who.int/foodsafety/publication
s/chem/acrylamide_faqs/en/ - Related articles
- ??????(Acrylamide)?????????! Sciscape???? Apr 18
2004 http//www.sciscape.org/news_detail.php?news_
id1443 - Mechanism Underlying Formation of Possible Food
Carcinogen Revealed Oct 2 2002 Scientific
American http//www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanIDs
a003articleID000CC5E5-015A-1D9A-815A809EC5880000
All can be accessed on 3/1/2008
56Explosives (NSS Topic XV)
- ????????3? ???????????? (??, 28/12/2006 )
- ???????(TDI)
- ????????? (??, 11/3/2007)
- ???????????? (??, 3/4/2007 )
57TDI (NSS, Topic XV)
- ????????3? ???????????? (??, 28/12/2006 )
- ???????(Tolylene diisocyanate,TDI)
- Analysis through GC-MS Source
http//scholar.ilib.cn/Abstract.aspx?Afxcsxb2001
04020 Accessed on 3/1/2008 -
Source http//www.answers.com/topic/isocyanate-2
accessed on 3/1/2008
58Some useful urls search engine
- Centre for Food Safety
- http//www.cfs.gov.hk/english/press/press_e.html
- http//www.cfs.gov.hk/tc_chi/press/press_c.html
- Department of Health
- http//www.dh.gov.hk/tc_chi/press/press.html
- http//www.dh.gov.hk/english/press/press.html
- Consumer Council
- http//www.consumer.org.hk/website/ws_en/news/pres
s_releases/list.html - http//www.consumer.org.hk/website/ws_chi/news/pre
ss_releases/list.html
All can be accessed on 3/1/2008.
59Local sources (as to date)
20080103
- ?? for two days
- http//www.mingpaonews.com/20080104/gbindex.htm
Local news - ???? from Jan 2002 onwards
- http//appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/archiv
e.cfm? - HKASME
- Yearly publications
- Wise news
- http//wisenews.wisers.net/index.jsp
All accessed on 3/1/2008
60Newspaper (free)
- BBC News http//news.bbc.co.uk/ (accessed on
3/1/2008)
61Poster from Customers excise Department
62Poster from Customers excise Department
(http//www.isomerdesign.com/Cdsa/scheduleUN.php?s
chedule3sectionALLstructureC accessed on
28/12/2007)
63Other Resources
2 7 minutes of video clips of various topics
64Agenda
- Experience sharing on role play activity
- Reading to learn
- Learning to read
- Chemistry from Newspaper
- Some remarks
65Some remarks
Penny Le Couteur 2005 ChemEd
Natural is good man-made is bad
66Some remarks
- 2) Generic skills mastered Knowledge gained
- Collaborative
- Critical thinking
- Communication (verbal written)
- And
- Knowledge acquisition
- Knowledge transfer
- Knowledge integration
- ..
67Some remarks
- 3) Worth?
- Thinking in different perspectives (divergent)
- Familiarise the students with unfamiliar
situations - Since articles are chemistry centred explore
more - Teachers work reasonable
68Some remarks
- 4) Other issues may be discussed
- So many poisonous food substances Why???
- May be
- We live in a world so rich that global income
is more than 31 trillion a year. In this world,
the average person in some countries earns more
than 40,000 a year. But in this same world, 2.8
billion people more than half the people in the
developing countries live on less than 700 a
year. Of these, 1.2 billion earn less than 1 a
day. - Source http//www.worldbank.org
69Some remarks
- 5) Aware of fake science Alkali metals water
- http//video.google.com/videoplay?docid-213426665
4801392897 (accessed on 3/1/2008)
70Some remarks
- P.805 Second last paragraph
- admitted that in an episode claiming to show
a bathtub of water being blown up by caesium and
rubidium, explosives were used instead. - Sky One If youre expecting to see the Open
University, youre on the wrong channel - its priority in executing them was
entertainment. - Nature Volume 445, 22 Feb 2007.
71Some remarks
- 6) Not only for NSS
- Also suitable for HKCEE HKAL
- Can prepare them for examinations
- At least scientific literate
72Final remark
- Get professional support from EDB.
73Thank You