Chemistry Is A Must Part Of Our Daily Life

Information on General Content of the Paper
The Chemistry in Life paper is supposed to be a paper about some LIFE topic. Along with other things which have to do with LIFE, I want you to see the chemistry that is IN the life topic. Basically, I'm hoping that in Chem 1110 and now 1120 you have started to see the chemistry around you, everywhere. This paper is an application of that idea.
Because chemistry is the study of anything that has mass and takes up space, it should be relatively easy to find Chemistry in any life topic that you choose to write about. If, after reading everything here, you have an idea of a topic but don't know how to include chemistry, email me!
The paper can literally be on any topic that has to do with life. Not biology, or 'life' as we generally talk about it, but your life. Think of a topic that you are PASSIONATE about. Something that, given the opportunity, you could spend an evening talking about with a friend or neighbor. That's a good topic! Hobbies that you love work well as topics. Anything that you've wanted to learn more about can be a great topic. Topics can include literally anything, including art, fashion, health, cooking, travel, medicine, money, bookbinding, etc. etc. etc.
When you write on it, you may include anything to do with that topic that interests you. You can talk about history, religion, social mores, politics, stigmas, etc.
In terms of formatting, you can make it a travelogue, you can give a personal narrative story, you may make it a 'day in the life', you may write it as a persuasion piece, etc. you really have massive freedom on this assignment!
Aside from writing a paper that makes sense and hits the nit-picky rules (detailed below), you can write about anything you want, so long as you talk about how chemistry interacts with this topic *somewhere* in there. I'm asking for just 2-3 pages of chemistry stuff (if you clump it all together), or 20% of chemistry stuff if you intersperse it throughout the text.
The chemistry you include should ideally be understandable by a typical high-school student, and should emphasize process as well as structure (IE don't just give me a list of 'structures' of illicit drugs; show or tell me how *this* drug interacts with it's binding site, or how *that* drug moves throughout the body to get to its target depending on whether it's inhaled, injected, or eaten)
Additionally, you should also have the following content guidelines:
- EITHER 2 pages out of the 7, OR 20% of the total text over time needs to be about Chemistry in context of the topic you choose. More is OK, less is not. Those 7 pages do NOT include your bibliography, if you choose to include one.
- No more than 20% of the material should be images, pictures, or figures. (That does mean that UP TO 20%of the material can be images, pictures, or figures!)
- No more than 10% of the material should be direct quotes. It is OK to rephrase concepts in your own words, though.
Additionally, you should also have the following reference guidelines:
- Anything you quote directly needs to be given in quotes AND have the reference shown explicitly. Failing to do so is A FORM OF PLAGIARISM AND FRAUD and will earn you a 0 and possible expulsion from the class. Anything above a 15% total Turnitin score may be subject to points penalties.
- Anything you borrow heavily from but rephrase into your own words should be referenced as well. It needs to be clear to me what part of the text is referenced and which parts are your own.
- Wikipedia itself cannot be referenced, however articles which you found on wikipedia can be referenced.
- "Common knowledge" does not need to be referenced (IE you don't need to provide a reference that a triglyceride is made of glycerol and three fatty acids).
- Specialized and often disputed knowledge does need to be referenced (IE if you want to tell me that MMR immunizations do cause autism I need to see what your references are).
- Your references page should be self-consistent and consistent with your text. I do not care what reference format you use so long as I can use it to find the original source and you use the same format across the board. If you have a reference listed in text, it needs to be listed on your references page. Failure to follow this rule automatically flags the paper for a plagiarism review.