Chemistry Reading Competition

1. Chemistry Reading Competition Book Title: Horrible Science – • Painful Poison Group members: Ma Chun Ping 3A (26) Wong Shuk Fan 3A (34) Yuen Wing Shan 3A (37)

2. Content • Introduction • Reasons of finding it interesting • Most impressive extract • Applications of the ideas • Thoughts about Chemistry • after reading • Comments

3. Introduction Poison: • a substance that upsets the chemical workings of your body • DEADLY ∵ • our body cannot stay alive without • chemical reactions!

4. Introduction some poisonous some poisonous • plants • chemicals safety some poisonous • precautions • animals how to detect • poisons

5. Reasons of finding it • interesting • Title: Horrible Science – Painful Poison 1 • know how painful and powerful poisons are from movies & books interested in knowing how they work + different kinds of poisons

6. Reasons of finding it • interesting • Methods of interpretation 2 • use of diaries, newspaper articles, warnings, magazines, etc. • amusing illustrations and language very interesting

7. Most Impressive Extract Do you know how many poisons do you • take in regularly each day? • 1 • 3 • 2 From the book BUT poisonous! An “ORDINARY” meal

8. 1 • 3 • 2 Water is a poison! • 1 • drink too much: • upset the chemistry of nerve signals • feel confused and tired • 

9. 1 • 3 • 2 Saltis a poison! • 2 • contains 2 poisons – sodium & chlorine • eat too much (quite a few tablespoonsful): • upset the chemistry of nerves • 

10. 1 • 3 • 2 Sugaris a poison! • 3 • draws water from body bits into blood -can dry out a microbe only scoff LOADS of sugar will suffer this fate!

11. Oxygen in air is a poison! • a molecule made up of O O • essential for life • 4 • too much = loads of murderous molecules messing up the • vital chemical reactions • 

12. Don’t worry! • Only having huge amounts Normal healthy meals won’t do any harm to our body!

13. Applications of the ideas • Poisons: • things we don’t come across in our daily lives • formilitary use/killing people in detective stories Beforereading

14. Applications of the ideas realize poisons are everywhere 1 e.g. water, salt, sugar should pay attention to everything around us After reading

15. Applications of the ideas learn that poisons are fatal 2 do our to avoid them e.g. • make a note of any poison dangers • keep poisons out of reach • of children After reading

16. Thoughts about Chemistry after reading CHEMISTRY: • closely related to our daily lives • help us live healthily and safely • a bunch of weird vocabularies • & symbols

17. comments • interesting 1 • Choosing of contents: • poisons from our daily lives to • poisons used for special reasons • methods of interpretation • not too informative and wordy

18. comments • clear & easy to follow 2 • well-organised • (different kinds of poisons  • introduced in different sections ) • precise & concise • easy words

19. comments • can learn a lot from it 3 • wide range of content • detailed description • rich chemistry knowledge “Learning through entertainment”

20. comments inspiring 4 • help realisethat Chemistry is much more than complicated symbols & vocabulary • find out more about • the interesting side of Chemistry

21. Wants to know more about this book? • Read it yourself! We highly recommend this book for students who want to know more about Chemistry!

22. The End Thank you!