Senior Chemistry Seminar
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Class Materials
1. Climate Change
IPCC Report on Climate Change .pdf
National Academies of Science Report.pdf
Human impacts on atmospheric chemistry .pdf
Wall Street Journal Article .pdf
Globalwarming.org Site dedicated to alternative explanations for global warming
Assignment .pdf
2. Antibiotic Resistance
Resistance to Antibiotics .pdf
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics:degradation & modification.pdf
Center for Disease Control: Know when antibiotics work
Assignment .pdf
3. Party Drugs
Ecstasy:pharmacology & neurotoxicity .pdf
Complications of recreational drug use .pdf
Assignment .pdf
4. Pollution
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Human Exposure to volatile Organic pollutants
Assignment
5. WMD
Mediation of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents .pdf
Federation of American Scientists - Chemical Weapons Information
Assignment .pdf
6. Nobel Prize Winners
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