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    This document provides an overview and discussion questions for the book Alchemy of Air. It discusses that students will be asked different types of questions about the text, including recall questions, comprehension questions, and connection/discussion questions. An example article will also be read and used to demonstrate these question types. The document outlines the key topics of alchemy and the Faust quotation that are important to understanding the book. It provides context on the structure of the story and jumping timelines. Students are asked to consider why the inventor is called the world's greatest invention and to think about connections to the story of Faust.

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    Lecture Notes For Alchemy of Air Introduction

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    This document provides an overview and discussion questions for the book Alchemy of Air. It discusses that students will be asked different types of questions about the text, including recall questions, comprehension questions, and connection/discussion questions. An example article will also be read and used to demonstrate these question types. The document outlines the key topics of alchemy and the Faust quotation that are important to understanding the book. It provides context on the structure of the story and jumping timelines. Students are asked to consider why the inventor is called the world's greatest invention and to think about connections to the story of Faust.

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    Lecture Notes for Alchemy of Air Introduction:

    We will read together Alchemy of Air. Each week (or so) you will be given the opportunity to ask questions about the text. The first thing we are going to do is to talk about the kinds of questions that you may ask. Recall information questions Comprehension Connection/Synthesis/Discussion

    We are going to read an example article from the NY Times to discuss these different kinds of questions.

    Read the article together. Recall questions: eg. What was Gatsbys name before he changed it? The author refers to a Gatsby revival in 1974, what crisis in the country occurred at the same time?

    Comprehension: eg. In the authors view, in what way are Americans similar in character to Jay Gatsby? What is the importance of the color green in the novel The Great Gatsby?

    Connections/Synthesis/Discussion: eg. This reminds me of what happened in 2008 housing crisis because the market became exuberant about real estate. Lots of people were very optimistic that the real estate market would continue producing money, but they overlooked the fact that people were borrowing money when they shouldnt be able to get money.

    Mr. Keffaber will mostly be responsible for answering the first kinds of questions (recall). If you have discussion/comprehension questions save those for the days in the library to give us all

    something to talk about. These save you from listening to me or Mr. Keffaber from lecturing at you. Distribute the novel Introduction to the novel: We have two things before we begin that we should make sure that we understand because they are both important to the entire book.

    1. Alchemy: What is it? What do you suppose this may have to do with a book about artificial fertilizer? 2. Turn to the quotation before the book. It comes from a play/poem by Goethe called Faust. Faust is the story of a scientist who is frustrated by the limits of science. Specifically, he wishes to know the secrets of nature, but he cannot achieve this through his instruments. As a result, he makes a deal with the Devil to learn all of the secret workings of the universe in exchange for his soul. There is in this story a parallel to the book of Job in the Bible because God and the Devil meet to discuss Faust. What do you suppose could be the connection to this story that we are going to be reading? Caveat Lector!

    The structure of the story bounces through time. It begins in a lecture hall in 1898. William Crookes is addressing the British Academy of Sciences about his prophecy of widespread famine because the growth of the worlds population is outstripping its agricultural ability to supply food. We then track the discovery and development of different kinds of fertilizer leading eventually to a war in South America over fertilizer in the 19th century. From here we jump to Germany at the turn of the century to the development of manmade fertilizers. We follow the cast of characters introduced in this section throughout the remainder of the book. Dont be discouraged by the jumping around. Keep in mind the reasons for why the author is doing this.

    Questions to keep in mind as you read the book: Thomas Hager describes the Haber-Bosch process that is the subject of this book as the worlds greatest invention. Why do you suppose that he thinks this? Do you agree or disagree? If you disagree what would you say is the greatest invention or discovery?

    Think about connections to Faust that we talked about. Why did the author choose to begin his book this way? Did the Haber-Bosch process solve the worlds problem of feeding the population? Or did we just kick the can down the road?

    More information at the Science Book Club web site at http://wmssciencebookclub.blogspot.com/

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