Chemical Bonding

Chemical Bonding

The post carries two assignments

1: Write an essay addressing this question and discuss the relevance of the concept or issue to helping a community to which you belong. Be sure to include some concrete information that was covered in this unit, explaining why this specific information is relevant to, or useful for, helping your community. Be sure to explain how the information is useful and give examples. Be sure to explain how the information is useful and give examples. Since you will be writing about science from a personal perspective, you should give personal examples and can use personal pronouns (I, we, you, etc.). You do not need to provide citations. Here are some examples of the types of questions you could address: 1) How can information about chemical bonding be used to test physical materials for low cost housing? 2) How can knowledge of aqueous reactions lead to improved water quality? See next page >>>>>> Here is an example of an approach you could take: 3) If A Student had been learning about chemical bonding in this course, and was writing this essay, they might choose this topic, and then relate it to their community in the following way: “When I learned about chemical bonding in this course, I found out that different materials have different properties. Metal materials are held together with metallic bonding, which have good conduction of electricity, malleability, and ductility. Although, metals are very sturdy and can be used for transfer of electricity in a home, they are also relatively expensive. By better understanding ionic bonds, which incorporate metals and nonmetals, we can test physical materials that are sturdy and more cost-effective. Now that I’ve learned more about chemical bonding, I think that this information could be used to help people from my own community to have more affordable housing.” This is an example of an approach you might take and questions you might formulate.

2:Explain, in general terms, the distinction between observational and theoretical concepts. Then exemplify the distinction with a scientific theory of your choice. That is, specify for some scientific theory T which theoretical concepts are introduced by T. Further, specify the concepts which are used to describe the phenomena that T is supposed to explain.

G. Schurz: Philosophy of Science. A Unified Approach, 2014.

R. Carnap: Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Chapter 23 — 25, 1966.
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H. Andreas: Theoretical Terms in Science, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/theoretical-terms-science/.

Chemical Bonding