Beanium Lab

Today we conducted our first in class lab which involved identifying isotopes and calculating the average atomic mass of Beanium. We were able to accomplish this lab using the equations and methods we learned in yesterday's lesson on isotopes and their mass. Gillian and I successfully completed this assignment and feel we are prepared to use this information in tomorrow's quiz.

Pretest

To begin our new unit, we took the Unit 2 Atomic Structure and Radioactivity pretest today. Let me just say I am glad that was not the real test. I did not know anything on it which indicates I have a lot of studying and notes ahead of me. However, I am looking forward to this unit! I feel there are many new and interesting things for me to learn and I can't wait to see what kind of labs we can associate with this. Additionally, I am excited, and a little nervous, to start our next project over solar bodies and their chemical structures.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb1.htm

Common Yarrow- Achillea Millefolium

Common name: Common yarrow, milfoil

Genus: Achillea

Species: millefolium

Habitat: Eastern Deciduous Forest

Chemical Ingredient: Linoleic acid

Preparation: chew on leaves 

Uses: stop internal bleeding, pain relief, toothache

Sources:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232110/#CIT0004
http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/plant/achillea-millefolium.html
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ACMI2

Common Milkweed- Asclepias Syriaca

Common name: Common milkweed

Genus: Asclepias

Species: Syriaca

Habitat: Tallgrass Prairie

Chemical Ingredient: Oleic acid

Preparation: root tea, milky sap for sores and wounds

Uses: wounds, asthma, laxative (constipation), poison, sores

Sources:
http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_assy.pdf
http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/plant/asclepias-syriaca.html
http://66squarefeetfood.blogspot.com/2013/06/milkweed-flower-syrup.html

American Beech- Grandifolia Fagus

Common name: American Beech

Genus: Fagus

Species: Grandifolia

Habitat: Eastern Deciduous Forest

Chemical ingredient: guaiacol

Preparation: boil leaves to make a bandage

Uses: frost bite, toothache, burns

Sources:
http://www2.dnr.cornell.edu/ext/info/pubs/FC%20factsheets/american%20beech%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
http://www.sierrapotomac.org/W_Needham/AmericanBeech_070108.htm

Poison Ivy

Common Plantain

Sinicuichi

Fungus Infection

Sassafras
Chamomile

Chamomile- Chamaemelum Nobile

Common name: Chamomile

Genus: Chamaemelum

Species: Nobile

Habitat: Tallgrass Prairie

Chemical ingredient: Apigenin

Preparation: tea

Uses: knife cuts, abrasions, anti-inflammatory, fungus infection

Sources:

http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/plant/chamaemelum-nobile.html

Broken Bone

Chamomile
Common Yarrow
Boneset
Sassafras

Constipation

Common Milkweed
Boneset

Sphagnum Moss

Common name: Sphagnum Moss

Genus: Sphagnum 

Species: Andersoniam

Habitat: Eastern Deciduous

Chemical ingredient: Humic acid

Preparation: bandage, tar used as disinfectant

Uses: prevent infection, stops bleeding in wounds (gunshot, bear, knife, axe, deep puncture)

Sources: 

http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/s/sphagnum-cymbilifolium=sphagnum-moss.php