In the third “Art and Chemistry” workshop we looked at 3D objects of art with focus on plaster as the medium
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This week’s “Art and Chemistry” with Katya Popova we explore imprints and transfers
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Katya Popova, who recently participated in an “Arts and Chemistry” session at Cogitania, is multidisciplinary artist, working at the intersection of physical texture, shadow, and sound.
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A session devoted to an exploration of different types of paper, graphite, charcoals, pencils. We even learned how to creat an egg tempera paint and more!
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Today, we started from the same ribosomes and finate state transducers we talked about last time, and saw how even though they follow simple rules, they allow for highly complex function.
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Last week we showed how elemental sodium will oxidize into a sodium ion and dissolve in water. Today we did the opposite by observing a precipitation reaction.
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Today we concluded our unit on applied biochemistry with a student-led review.
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In today’s session, the periodic table and its fundamental properties were introduced to the students.
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We summarized the last 3 months of their study of chemistry branching into medicine, biology, genetics and more!
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Today we applied all of our learning about biochemistry to imagine what alien life might look like and explore where it is most likely exists.
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Today we learned that viruses can either actively reproduce themselves as part of the lytic cycle, or lie dormant in a host cell’s genome as part of the lysogenic cycle.
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Today we explored gene therapy, the process of adding a functioning gene to a patient's cells and/or blocking a harmful gene. We determined whether different diseases would be good candidates for gene therapy by answering four important questions.
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