Environmental Chem

[brookefritz22]

Thanks! That does help some i get it a little more now. Ummm... i am still looking for suggestions. I doubt i will win but i want to have a chance at third or whattever. Instead of like fifth out of five teams. I am a sore loser so yeah i want some help. But that stuff did help {HECK YES!!!} thanks alot. please

[dynamite11]

try to only use websites with .edu, because that means they are from a college or a university most likely.

[pjbatmcms]

what am i supose to do in this event

[dynamite11]

its just basically stuff about testing soil and the formulas for fertilizer and that stuff

[oh joy]

Would we have to know stuff about soil and soil composition? Is environmental chem. mostly skills or is it mostly knowledge?

[oh joy]

umm...would we have to memorize the table of elements...??? im scared...

[EileenofSD]

Reading the rule sheet, I do not see anything about knowing the Periodic Table... I should just wear my tee-shirt with it on there the day of locals. xD Anyway, why would you have to know that?

EDIT;;
Ah, I see, 3c: "Students will be expected to know the chemical formulas of the 3 main components of NPK fertilizer." It makes sense to have to know about the elements that make up those formulas.

[dickyjones]

Really you only need to know the ones that directly relate to the nutrients and pollutants in this event (NPK, Al, Mg, Cl...). And likely all you need to know about it is just why they are necessary/pollutants, remediation of, and maybe some nutrient cycling if it directly relates to soil chem. This should be on your note sheets anyways, so you don't even have to memorize any of it.

[oh joy]

Is this event more lab based(hands-on) or more knowledge based?

[Flavorflav]

Is this event more lab based(hands-on) or more knowledge based?

Theoretically lab-based. In reality, who knows? It's supposed to be lab-based, but sometimes regional events are more test-like because those events are easier to write and run.