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2.1
Case Study:
Household
Chemicals |
What summer job could you have where you would
find materials with WHMIS symbols? You may also find more information
about WHMIS in the Skills Handbook, Section A, at the back of
the textbook.
Canadian
Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
Young
Workers Awareness Program
The
Winnipeg Free Press - Careers Online
Chemical
Hazards in the Classroom and Workplace
[Acrobat Reader necessary]
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2.8
Balancing
Chemical
Equations |
Follow the links to Web sites that show how
to balance chemical equations. Choose a reaction and show it as
a word equation, a chemical equation, and as a balanced equation.
Ohio
State University: Balancing Chemical Equations
Hints
for balancing chemical equations, University College of Cape Breton,
Nova Scotia
Balancing
Chemical Equations, The Learning Centre
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2.9
Factors that Affect Rates of Reaction |
Follow the links to find reactions that occur
at different rates.
WHMIS:
What You Need to Know — Reactive Substances, University
of Toronto
Chemical
Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms – Terms and Concepts of
Chemical Kinetics – Rate of a Chemical Reaction, James A.
Plambeck, University of Alberta
Rate
and Order of Reactions, Computer Assisted Chemistry Tutorial,
University of Waterloo
Rates
of Reaction, Tom Stretton, Thousand Islands Secondary School,
Ontario
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2.10
Investi-
gation:
Blast Off! |
Investigate how gases are used in the operation
of one of the following devices: rocket launchers and jet engines.
Create a poster showing the results of your investigation.
How
Gas Turbine Engines Work, How Stuff Works Inc.
The
gas-turbine engine
Principles
of jet engine operation
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2.11
Career Profile:
Explosives
Expert |
Canada has been active in the worldwide movement
to ban land mines. Follow the links to find out more. How can
students support the effort to make land mines illegal?
SafeLane,
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada contains detailed
information on Canada's efforts.
Mines
Action Canada has comprehensive information on action to ban landmines.
The
Total Ban Banner, UN CyberSchoolBus, United Nations, is an online
education program seeking to involve students in efforts to ban
landmines.
International
Campaign to Ban Landmines, Tokyo Social Centre, Japan
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2.12
Case Study: Food
Preserv-
ation |
Research three food preservatives that can
cause allergic reactions. Identify the food preservatives and
the reactions.
Packaging
breakthrough a step forward for food preservation, University
of Guelph
FOOD
IRRADIATION; ARE WE READY FOR IT, by Dr. Moshe Ipp, October 1997,
Primary Care Pediatrics home page
Food
processing, Saskatchewan Interactive
Food
Additives, Preservatives
Food
Preservatives
Food
allergy, preservatives and Asthma
Why
are BHA and BHT in foods? Are they safe?
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2.20
Investig-
ation:
Testing Antacids |
Find out about a variety of antacid products.
Check out the advertising. What claims do they make? Do you think
they are true? Can they be verified by using a fair test.
Specialty
Antacid Products
Alka
Seltzer
Pepcid
Complete and Pepcid AC
Pepto Bismol
Rolaids
Surpass
Tums
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