The Chemistry of Art through Paint, Paper and Jewelry

Project Portfolio

Notebook requirements:

· 1” – 2” 3-ring binder

· 3 dividers

· Section I: The Chemistry of Paint

· Section II: The Chemistry of Paper

· Section III: The Chemistry of Jewelry

Grading Rubric

_____Illustrated Cover

_____Table of Contents with Pagination

Section I: The Chemistry of Paint

_____Illustrated cover page

Journal Entries: Reflect on each day’s chemistry/paint activity. Include in your reflection

the purpose of the day’s activity, what you did, what you liked about the activity and why,

what you did not like about the activity and why. Also include recommendations to the teachers

things about the activity that they could change to make the activity better if the activity is

repeated next year.

_____Monday, Nov. 13

_____Tuesday, Nov. 14

_____Wednesday, Nov. 15

_____Thursday, Nov.16

_____Monday, Nov. 20

_____Tuesday, Nov.21

Lab Activities

_____Experimenting with Paints: Similarities and Differences

_____Synthesis of Pigments and Types of Reactions

_____Preparation of Binders

_____Preparation of Paint form Pigments and Binders

Paint Chemist Visit

_____Describe at least four concepts you learned about the chemistry of paint form the paint chemist’s visit.

Section II: The Chemistry of Paper

Section III: The Chemistry of Jewelry