QuantitativeStudiesofEnvironmentalChemistrywith.pptVIP

Demonstrating Environmental Chemistry with Case Studies A worrying issue – green House Effect A pressing problem – Air Quality of Hong Kong River water – Our invaluable asset Alcohol, Chemistry and You - breathalyzer One Earth our changing global environment One Future To execute our ownership to the Environment, we should be aware of current environmental issues Our exposure to the knowledge of Environmental Science enable us to make informed judgments on crucial issues Close relationships among the air, water, earth and living organism Environmental Chemistry May be defined as the study of the sources, reactions, transport, effects and fates of chemical species in water, soil and air environments and the effect of technology therein Objectives of the Project Students can gain an adequate appreciation of environmental chemistry by doing laboratory activities With the aid of a low-cost photometer and/or microscale teaching kits, many environmental issues could be presented in a more quantitative manner more vigorous treatment The developed teaching kits can be utilized to conduct investigative studies as follow-up activities Template for constructing cases Topic directing questions Experimental design setup Experimental operations and observations Learning outcome from the activity Presentation of the key issues of the activity Case one A worrying issue - green House Effect Topic directing questions: What is the “green house effect”? What is the relation between the emission of excessive green house gas and global warming phenomenon? What are green house gases? Can we do something to alleviate the global warming problem? Can we prove the existence of the effect of green house gas experimentally? Experimental design setup The use of “Green House Simulator” to verify the heating effect of carbon dioxide to the environment. Emission source: generating CO2 by microscale chemistry Na2CO3 + 2 HCl 2 NaCl + CO2 + H2O Locate a light source to simulate the S