Chemistry, Friday, Period 1

[tyler_gone]

Tyler watched the students filing in, arms crossed before him and a covered Styrofoam chest with a slight curl of steam rising from it resting on the lab table at the front of the class. When it seemed like everyone who was going to come was there, he started to talk.

"Morning. Today, we get the joy of dealing with housekeeping before my lecture. First, midterms are due in three weeks, so think about them, okay? You need to design and carry out an experiment, either during or before class on the 24th, then write a report on what you found. If you need ideas, there are books on the table with a slew of them. Or talk to me. I'm still in my office every Monday and I can only spend so much time online arguing about Supers. Group work is fine, but I'll expect it to be more complex than what one person could do, no signing your name to your buddy's work."

"Also, five of the 12 of you, I won't say who because you know who you are, skipped class last week. I assume you all have good stories. Talk to me after class if you want to get the handouts from last week, and I can do a makeup lab Monday if anyone's interested. And if you're gonna cut, don't do it the same week half the class does, it makes me feel unloved. Blah blah blah too many unexcused absences equal detention blah blah blah, and consider this your warning."

He drew a deep breath, lifting the loose-fitting lid off the chest and watching the steam rise. "All right. Now. Fun part. Dry ice. This is frozen carbon dioxide -- the same stuff that makes soda fizzy. Cool thing about dry ice, it doesn't really want to freeze on this planet, so if you force it to, it's continuously evaporating and turning into a gas." With gloved hands, he reached into the chest and brought out a kernel of the ice, then dropped it into a black plastic film can. A few seconds later, the lid of the canister flew off, narrowly missing the first row of chairs. Tyler smirked, then continued his lecture about the properties and uses of dry ice and the science behind it.

"For your lab segment today, I'm just going to let you play with this stuff." He started handing out one-pound chunks in small trays, placing them in front of each student alongside some other supplies they might want to use to test the ice. A light fog from the ice's evaporation filled the room. "Wear lab gloves unless a cold burn sounds like fun to you. Here is a handout with some ideas to get you started. I like the comet myself."

Once everyone had some ice, he waited at the back of the classroom. "Go to it. I'm around."

Comments

Sign In [Chemistry, 10/03]

[tyler_gone]

As you do.

Re: Sign In [Chemistry, 10/03]

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

Michael Guerin

Re: Sign In [Chemistry, 10/03]

[im-afrog.livejournal.com]

Adam Park

General Class Stuff [10/03]

[tyler_gone]

Listen, chat, pass notes, etc.

Re: General Class Stuff [10/03]

[intraspective]

She spared Michael an utterly filthy glare (it was a holdover from Wednesday) before taking notes and humming a bit at the handouts.

Re: General Class Stuff [10/03]

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris took notes and started coming up with some ideas for his project.

Re: General Class Stuff [10/03]

[the_merriest]

Rikku was fidgety, but she took scribbly notes anyway.

Re: General Class Stuff [10/03]

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Now this was interesting. Jack took notes, wondering if you stuck your tongue to dry ice if it'd freeze like a lamppost.

Re: General Class Stuff [10/03]

[wantstodirect]

Tony took notes and wondered what he could do for a project.

Experiment [10/03]

[tyler_gone]

Each lab table has dry ice and the supplies for all experiments listed on the linked web pages, as well as anything else you wanna have. Mod the reactions as you see fit.

Re: Experiment [10/03]

[rebelheartalien.livejournal.com]

Michael was going to have fun playing with the dry ice.

Re: Experiment [10/03]

[the_merriest]

Okay, Rikku had to try the singing spoon thing.

... Neeeeeeeeeat.

And then she was going to try to set up a cloud chamber, just to see if she could.

Re: Experiment [10/03]

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack was making a comet. Everything was going well, and he hadn't even frozen himself yet.

Re: Experiment [10/03]

[wantstodirect]

Tony had to try the singing spoon thing as well.

Talk to the TAs [10/03]

[tyler_gone]

After they tag in.

Re: Talk to the TAs [10/03]

[intraspective]

Ino was here, and contemplating ways to play with the dry ice.

Re: Talk to the TAs [10/03]

[the_merriest]

Rikku was here. Seriously enjoying that steam effect.

Talk to Tyler [10/03]

[tyler_gone]

Who is not shirtless or wet, despite the icon.

Re: Talk to Tyler [10/03]

[notasuiciderisk.livejournal.com]

After class, Eric approached, a bit timidly. "... Sir?" he said. "I wanted to apologise for missing last week's class."

Re: Talk to Tyler [10/03]

[the_merriest]

Rikku was biting her lower lip and waiting for Tyler -- Mr. Durden -- Tyler -- after class.

Re: Talk to Tyler [10/03]

[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack had to man up about missing class. Problem was, he didn't have a reason.

Re: Talk to Tyler [10/03]

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"I overslept last week," Dean said with a shrug. Because my mun forgot to sign me in. "Recovering from being a girl is tiring."

OOC [10/03]

[tyler_gone]

I'm just gonna go take a nap, think my boss will mind?

Re: OOC [10/03]

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Mmmm naps.

And, random story share time, when I was in high school, we had dry ice as a prop for one of our musicals.

The cut through from the dressing rooms to the stage area included a walkway about the swimming pool.

So on the last night, after the show, we dumped all of the leftover dry ice in the swimming pool. It was fun.

Re: OOC [10/03]

[notthehulk.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish I could nap at work. Damn packages.