Dr. K's e-Chemistry Newsletter
October 2015
Hello Students and Parents,
I want to thank the GA Virtual School platform for giving me the opportunity to meet so many students from across the state. It has been my absolute pleasure to get to know each of the students. We are definitely cultivating the minds of future scientists in this class. I am so proud! Let's push on ahead and complete this semester with our minds full and our heart open for new scientific explorations!
This Month's HOT Forum Discussions
Groovy Soft Robots!
Jupiter's New Red Spot
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
"Only constant is Change" - Staying Up to Date on Scientific Innovations
This month's topics:
1) Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 - DNA repair mechanisms
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2015/
2) First Ever Octopus Genome Sequenced
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=135952&org=NSF&from=news
3) Caution: Shrinks When Warm
http://today.uconn.edu/2015/10/caution-shrinks-when-warm/
4) Jupiter's New Red Spot
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/02mar_redjr/
5) Soft Robots that changes color as it grips and walks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TcqitRNLpQ&feature=youtu.be