RE: photo chemistry in the classroom

You might consider the mixing of a paper developer and use it to make some
Printing negs with an ortho film. You'll have plenty of red light to allow
students to see and experience the dark, and yet not so dark as to make it
impossible for newcomers. Perhaps an old contact printer would allow contact
printing of those negative.

Eric Neilsen Photography

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Suite 9

Dallas, TX 75226

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From: Barry Kleider [mailto:bkleider@sihope.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 10:27 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: photo chemistry in the classroom

Halvor,

Thank you for this article. There is certainly a lot here. I will be working
with groups of 10th grade students (15 - 16 years old) in a public school.
There will be as many as 25 in each class. I can assume they will not be
very careful with their measurements - or take the warnings about health
effects seriously.

Because of the hazardous chemicals, vapors and wastes, I think most of these
experiments are beyond what we can do.

But reading this has sparked some ideas about projects we could do....
Perhaps something on photoluminescence....

thank you,

Barry Kleider

Halvor Bjørngård wrote:

Barry Kleider wrote:

Hi, all.

I have been asked to teach a chemistry of photography class for high school
students next fall.

Almost all of my work to date has been on the creative side of things. My
lab work has been strictly by the book - the actual chemistry wasn't very
important - as long as it worked.

Now, I need to figure out a short curriculum that I can do in a high school
chemistry lab with all of the strict rules about hazardous chemicals, fumes,
etc.

I know some of you also teach... I'd like to come up with a project that
involves having students mix their own chemicals, and leaves them with a
print they can exhibit and take home.

Feel free to contact me of list, or let the discussion take off.

Thanks,
Barry

Hi Barry

This is maybe a bit on the side of what you want and a bit higer level, but
have a look..

"A collection of experiments for teaching photochemistry" (2.5 mb pdf file)

http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/1992/pdf/6409x1343.pdf

halvor
Received on Wed Apr 6 22:58:30 2005