Devry CHEM120 Week 1 Discussion Latest 2019 September

CHEM120 Introduction to General Organic & Biological Chemistry with
Lab

Week 1 Discussion

Scientific
Method and Atomic Structure

Required
Resources

Read/review
the following resources for this activity:

Textbook:
Chapter 1 and 2

Lesson

Minimum of
1 scholarly source

Initial
Post Instructions

The
Discussions in this course are set up deepen your understanding of the material
as you make real world connections and employ creative thinking. To get the
most from these discussions, full engagement is expected on the part of the
student. Be sure to stop by the discussion section frequently, not only to
post, but to read the postings of your peers and instructor. Engaging with your
peers and learning together is key to this experience. For you initial post, choose
one of the options below:

Option 1:

We will
begin this topic by practicing the use of the scientific method. The steps of
the scientific method are: observation, hypothesis, experiment, results, and
theory. Using your understanding of the scientific method from your readings
and lessons, you will be applying this knowledge to a real world situation.
Take a real world scenario in the news, or another outside source and apply the
scientific method, being sure to detail the controls on your experiment. ?Describe
a result that would confirm your hypothesis.

Option 2:

Choose a
scientific paper written in the last year.
The Chamberlain library is a great source for this. For your chosen paper, look into the study
and discuss how the scientific method was used in this paper. Be sure to note they hypothesis, variables,
results, etc. Based on your
understanding of the scientific method, be sure to discuss if you find this
paper as a trustworthy source and why.

Follow-Up
Post Instructions

Respond to
at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Further the dialogue by
providing more information and clarification. Here are some suggestions for how
you can add to the discussion and explore the unit 1 content in more detail:

Respond to
one of your classmates posts and contribute to their experiment design. How
could you improve their experiment?

Solve a
peer’s isotope question. Show all work and walk us through the calculation step
by step, providing your rational for each step.