The Chemistry of Art through Paint, Paper and Jewelry

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 for Section II: The Chemistry of Paper (To be done in the art class)

_____Journal Entries: Reflect on each day’s chemistry/paper 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.

Background Studies

_____Chemical Components of Wood

_____The Chemistry of Making Paper

_____Pulping Plants into Fiber

Web Research

_____Sensible Recycling, or Stupendous Waste

_____Making Pulp from Wood

_____From Timber to Paper

_____Bleaching Agents

Chemistry: Concepts & Connections (text)

_____Photosynthesis

_____Polymers

_____Intermolecular Forces in Water

_____Task 1: Raw Materials

_____Task 2: Chemi-Mechanical Soda Pulping

_____Task 3: Bleaching

_____Task 4: Refining

_____Task 5: Papermaking

_____Bleaching of Recycled Pulp

_____Floatation Deinking Experiment

_____Homemade-Recycled Paper Collection

_____History of papermaking. Research the history of papermaking. Include in your report the plant

sources and the processes used for the first papers made. Use at least two different sources for

your research. Provide a bibliography with your report.

_____Chemistry vs. Art. Compare and contrast what you did in the chemistry lab to what you did in

the art lab when making and recycling paper.

_____Total

This project is due ___________