Hinsdale South Honors Chemistry

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Hinsdale SouthHonors Chemistry

• Fellow Katy Lustofin
• Teacher Susan Camasta

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Insect Chemistry

• Linking chemistry and entomology
• Chemistry as a tool
• Using entomology to stimulate interest in
  chemistry

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Projects

• Have the students design and maintain a website
  about insect chemistry
• Provide insect-related experiments to demonstrate
  the various topics in chemistry
• Keep the students updated on my research and new
  developments
• Virtual tour of my lab via web-conferencing

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Insect Chemistry Website

• News from the insect world
• What is an insect? Whats a bug?
• Ongoing class projects
• Class pictures
• Updates of Katys research
• Insect pictures
• Insect Chemistry
• Student reflections
• Links to other sites

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Chemistry Syllabus

• Science of Chemistry
• Matter and Energy
• Atomic Structure
• Electronic Structure
• Periodic Table
• Writing Formulas and Chemical Equations

• Chemical Bonding
• Organic Chemistry
• The mole
• Stoichiometry
• Thermodynamics
• Gases

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Experiments

• Detection of cyanogenesis in plants
• Mosquito orientation to odors/CO2
• Butterfly wing chromatography and fluorescence
• Water striders and surfactants
• Bombardier beetles and exothermic reactions
• Chromatography of cuticular hydrocarbons
• Chromatography of cucurbitacins and beetle
  feeding behavior