CHEMISTRY

Merit Badge UniversitySoutheast Missouri State UniversityFebruary 20, 2009

Requirement 1: SafetyA quick look at the safety equipment and safety procedures when dealing with chemistry.

Safety: General

EQUIPMENT

Goggles and Lab Coat Used to protect eyes Used to protect body

Utensils Tongs, glass rod

Fume Hood Storage for highly

concentrated chemicals

PROCEDURES

Properties Reactions

Storage Proper Containers

Handling Know your chemical!

Safety: What to do if the safety precaution fail

Wash the area Shower Eye Wash Station

Remove contaminated clothes Clothes may further the damage to your

skin Clean up spills

Once you’ve taken care of yourself, clean up any chemicals on tables and floor

Safety: MSDS

LATEX PAINT

Glidden Interior Spray Paint http://hazard.com/msds/

f2/clk/clkyr.html Toxicity Disposal Safe-handling

INSECTICIDE

Airsol Company: government Insecticide http://hazard.com/msds/

f2/byh/byhdd.html

Toxicity Disposal Safe-handling

Requirement 5: Divisions of ChemistryA look at four main divisions of chemistry.

Analytical

Mission To understand properties of all matter

In a Nutshell Use logic to answer questions about

chemicals and their properties. Famous Chemist

Robert Boyle▪ Boyle’s Law

Environmental

Mission To study the chemical and biochemical

phenomena that occur in natural places In a Nutshell

Use scientific tests to find out what chemicals are natural in an environment and which are not.

Famous Chemist Rachel Carson▪ Wrote a book that inspired the ‘Go Green’

campaign

Organic

Mission In a Nutshell Famous Chemist

Physical

Mission In a Nutshell Famous Chemist

Break Time!!!Take a fifteen minute break.

Requirement 3: Cartesian Diver

Today you will be constructing your own Cartesian diver!!

Requirement 3: Cartesian Diver

http://www.youtube.com/user/KeffandMac#p/u/13/r9DnkXUhcGc

Discussion What makes it work? Affects of a scuba diver? Affects on a backpacker?

Lunch TimeLunch will be from 11:30- 12:00. Please report back to this room by 12:15.

Lewallen GraceBeneath the stars above Logan,By the river as it winds,Looking over old Potashnik,And sheltered by the towering pines,We thank you Lord for these blessings-This food, this fellowship and this day.And ask your continued grace and mercyAs we carry on the Scouting way.

Requirement 6: Science and the EnvironmentA quick look at government agencies and the effect of chemicals on the environment .

Requirement 6: Agencies

Requirement 6: Pollution

Requirement 6: Effects on environment

Break Time!!You may now take a fifteen minute break

Requirement 2 and 4: Chemistry Changes and ReactionsA look at physical changes, chemical reactions, and how to separate certain mixtures.

Iron and Copper Sulfate Demo Predict what would

happen if you placed an iron nail in copper sulfate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQdNPSwHUt4&feature=related

CuSO4+ Fe FeSO4 + Cu

Requirement 4: Oil and Water Demo

Why don’t they mix?

What will help them mix?

Requirement 2: Separations

SAND FROM WATERTABLE SALT FROM WATER

Requirement 4: Toothpaste and Household Cleaner

SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES

Snack TimeSnacks are provided. Please dispose of your trash when you are finished. Remember that a scout is clean and courteous.

Requirement 7: Field TripWe will be taking a short field trip to a chemistry lab to meet with a chemist. They will discuss what schooling it takes to be a chemist and the different things that you can do as a chemist.