CHARLOTTES ARTS& SCIENCE

Beta Version Issue 1

Nov 2014

Space, The final frontier.

The weatherman with no
accuracy. The Physicists
that studies gravity...on
earth. The Chemist who
makes everything by
scratch. The skinny one
is a thespian (or is he?)
- No one that matters

Science

Chemistry Experiments

Weather

A Spoof you cant believe

Harding, Luke. Stinson, Kia. Zaniboni, Thomas

Chemistry
Crafts #1
ITS TIME TO SLIME!
Ingredients

Directions
Pour the glue into the jar. If you have a big bottle of glue, you want 4 oz. or 1/2

1.

Borax Powder

2.

Water

3.

4 ounce (120 ml) glue (e.g.,

Elmer's white glue)

4.

Teaspoon

5.

Bowl

6.

Jar or measuring cup

7.

Food coloring (optional)

8.

Measuring cup

cup of glue.
Fill the empty glue bottle with water and stir it into the glue (or add 1/2 cup of
water).
If desired, add food coloring. Otherwise, the slime will be an opaque white.
In a separate, mix one cup (240 ml) of water into the bowl and add 1 teaspoon (5
ml) of borax powder.
Slowly stir the glue mixture into the bowl of borax solution.
Place the slime that forms into your hands and knead until it feels dry. (Don't
worry about the excess water remaining in the bowl.)

Tips
Use white glue, such as Elmer's brand. Most school glues do not have the correct composition.
Don't eat the slime. It is not toxic enough to cause any major or fatal injury, but it
is not good for you either!
Slime cleans up easily. Remove dried slime after soaking with water. If you used
food coloring, you may need bleach to remove the color.

Yuk!

Weather Technology

Technology is a forever growing and

changing part of our
life. With recent adaptations in all

forms of technology
including Medical,
Construction, and

Adam Joseph

computer sciences,

Barometers, Thermometers, and Hygrometers are some of the earliest forms of instru-

technology has

ments used for weather data extraction. However, times have changed for the better.

branched out to

To understand weather forecasting we need to understand a basic concept; a climatic

many sub-fields in-

prediction can only be made after taking into account the weather conditions all over

cluding Meteorolo-

the world. An interview with Mr.

gy, Education even

the way babies learn
to communicate.

Adam Joseph a meteorologist from

abc6 Action News in Philadelphia,
PA. Adam started his career as a
weekend Meteorologist in 2005
with WBOY-TV in Clarksburg,
West Virginia. I asked Mr. Joseph
for an interview and he was de-

BUFKIT Raw Data Extraction for Doppler Radar

lighted to speak with me. Our main

focus was to understand the technology used to understand the weather forecast.
BUFKIT is every Meteorologists companion when it comes to understanding the
weather. Raw data is transmitted to this software via satellite, then adapted to manual
input specs from BufGet. A software with data adapted from observation. Adam says:
While Technology makes it easier and faster to predict current weather, you cannot
rely on only the technology. With the addition of BUFKIT prediction has been made
simpler than that of past technologies but more math in the BS degrees offering Meteorology had to be added.
5

Breaking Bad
Chemistry Spoofs
In the hit T.V. series breaking bad Walter is a chemistry teacher trying to battle increasing finical trouble by using his skills as a chemist. So naturally what
does he do to fix the problem? Make crystal meth of course! All while trying to
dodge the DEA, beat cancer, and keep his family together. Now there are multiple scenes where Walter White uses chemistry to do everything from teaching his
class, or disposing a dead body. Yet how accurate are all of these scenarios to real
world chemistry, you would be surprised at how many of the seasons most critical moments where science fiction.
Crystal Blue Persuasion
Lets start with the whole plot of the show and its goal, making crystal
meth. First there are two kinds of crystal meth one is the well-known drug variant
and the other is a chemical weapon. Secondly, making meth can result in a hazardous environment referred to as, Red, White,
and Blue Process. Each color represents a byproduct of the production of crystal meth. Red
represents phosphorus, white is ephedrine or
pseudoephedrine, and blue is iodine used in hydroiodic acid. If the process is not stable and you
are carless you can expose yourself to highly toxic
phosphine gas. White phosphorus with sodium hydroxide produces the gas, usually as a result of over-

I suspect most chemistry

teachers don't keep big jugs of
hydrofluoric acid in their labs.
Walt apparently kept plenty on
hand and brought some hydrofluoric acid to aid in disposing
of a body. He instructed Jesse
to use a plastic bin for dissolving the body, but didn't tell him
why. So... Jesse puts the dead
Emilio in a bathtub, adds the
acid, and proceeds to dissolve
the body, the tub, the floor
supporting the tub, and the
floor below that. Hydrofluoric
acid is corrosive but highly
acidic and it has been proven
that hydrofluoric acid will not
be able to eat through a tub, no
matter how concentrated.
Hydrofluoric acid
attacks the silicon oxide in
most types of glass. It also
dissolves many metals (not
nickel or its alloys, gold, platinum, or silver), and most plastics. However, the plastics Fluorocarbons such as Teflon
(TFE and FEP), chlorosulfonated polyethylene, natural rubber
and neoprene all are resistant to
hydrofluoric acid. Hydrofluoric
acid is so corrosive because the
fluorine ion is highly reactive.
Even so, it is not a strong acid
because it does not completely
dissociate in water. Just because it is corrosive does not
mean that it is strong enough to
completely dissolve a fullgrown human body, a tub, the
floor, and the ceiling.

heating red phosphorus, plus white phosphorus can

autoignite and blow up the entire lab.

Mercury Fulminate

Now it is not hard to make meth but it is by no means smart either. First and
foremost it is highly illegal, and very hazardous to your health. Secondly, what makes it so
easy to create crystal meth is reducing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, which coincidently
in the most used over-the-counter allergy and cold medicine is so closely monitored and
hard to acquire.
Now everything about meth in Breaking Bad is true except for one detail and
that is crystal meth cannot be blue. Meth is either clear or a faintly yellow but cannot be
blue in pure form; true pure meth is colorless or white in appearance. However, blue meth
does exist in the real world but again it is not pure meth as portrayed in the T.V. series. A
fun little fact is in series they actually used blue rock candy.

Jokes Up high!

M0 Tornado- Cows in an open field are spun around

parallel to the wind flow and become mildly annoyed
M1 Tornado- Cows are tipped over and can't get up
M2 Tornado- Cows begin rolling with the wind
M3 Tornado- Cows tumble and bounce
M4 Tornado- Cows are AIRBORN

Im reading a great book on anti-gravity. I cant put it down.

I have a new theory on inertia but it doesnt seem to be gaining momentum.

Why cant atheists solve exponential equations? Because

they dont believe in higher powers.

Schrodingers cat walks into a bar. And doesnt.

Do you know the name Pavlov? It rings a bell.

A group of protesters in front of a physics lab:

A New Way to Live

Raspberry Pi is a modular and open source.
Computer Science has made a breakthrough
through to offer anyone in the world to have and
afford a computer. Although, a basic project this
system has amazing capabilities. Such as home
automations, media server, even cell phone
technology.

Below is an open source view of internal hardware