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CHERNOBYL ANIMAL FACTS

6/28/2019

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The book Chemistry on a Budget contains inexpensive chemistry labs that are useful with easy to obtain materials.
 
There are two versions of each lab, one with a ten-question conclusion and one with directions for a full lab report.  This way the teacher has the option!  Each lab is two pages to allow for one two-sided handout. 
 
A 5-Star Customer Review of Chemistry on a Budget at amazon.com states:

“[S]traight forward, to the point, using household chemicals… this is the lab book for you. 
I teach high school chemistry and this is exactly what I was looking for. Labs included simple household chemicals that could be easily found. Nice format, easy to follow along procedures, and touches on every topic of our chemistry curriculum.”
 
You can buy this lab book for $23 at amazon.com or lulu.com. It will take 1-2 weeks to get to you -- Order Now.  It’s a great resource!
 
http://www.amazon.com/Chemistry-Budget-Marjorie-R-Heesemann/dp/0578129159/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1389410170&sr=1-1&keywords=chemistry+on+a+budget

http://www.lulu.com/shop/marjorie-r-heesemann/chemistry-on-a-budget/paperback/product-21217600.html
 
*Some of you have already purchased my lab book – be sure to check out Page 141 !
 
 “Three decades after the Chernobyl disaster—the world’s worst nuclear accident—signs of life are returning to the exclusion zone.

Wild animals in Chernobyl are flourishing within the contaminated region; puppies roaming the area are capturing the hearts of thousands.

Tourists who have watched the critically acclaimed HBO series Chernobyl are taking selfies with the ruins. Once thought to be forever uninhabitable, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has become a haven for flora and fauna that prove that life, as they say in Jurassic Park, finds a way."

Here is a brief summary of the observations:

1. The animals of Chernobyl survived against all odds.

2. Bears and wolves outnumber humans around the Chernobyl disaster site.

3. Most Chernobyl animals don’t look any different from their non-Chernobyl counterparts.

4. Radiation may have killed off Chernobyl’s insects.

5. Despite looking normal, Chernobyl's animals and plants are mutants.

6. The absence of humans is returning Chernobyl to wilderness.

7. An endangered wild horse is making a comeback thanks to Chernobyl.

8. You can adopt a Chernobyl puppy. 

https://mentalfloss.com/article/586059/chernobyl-animal-facts

Past blog posts about Radiation include:
02/11/2015      Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry
02/18/2015      Nuclear Chemistry -- Part II
                            (Fission, Fusion & Half-Life)
10/30/2015       Current Event -- Radioactive Waste
                                                        from WWII
02/20/2016      Nuclear Waste and Lake Huron
03/26/2016      Nuclear Waste Storage
05/01/2016      30th Anniversary of Chernobyl  
05/29/2016      New Uses for Waste Glass
09/05/2016      US to Gets Rid of Chemical Weapons
                             Stockpile
10/28/2016      Nuclear Power Plant Closure 
02/10/2017      High Fukushima Radiation Levels  
06/02/2017      Swiss Nuclear Power Ban
​09/01/2017      Radon in Houses
12/22/2017      The Radium Girls
06/05/2019      40th Anniversary of 3-Mile Island Accident
 
*This Blog contains several entries that would be helpful to your chemistry classroom.  Check out the Topic List to help you to find past Blog entries.
 
Also, Write To Me about your successes, challenges, or questions in the Chemistry Classroom.
 
Remember, buying a copy of the lab book Chemistry on a Budget can be very useful to your Chemistry classroom with labs and class article ideas.

The coming week is the 4th of July holiday, so there won't be a Blog post on Friday, July 5th, 2019.  The next Blog Post will be on Friday, July 12, 2019.

Have a great holiday!


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9/12/2019 05:18:44 am

Understand ICSE Class 8 Chemistry with Extramarks which is dedicated to delivering the textual content in a manner which makes it intelligible to the students.

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