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date	topic	reading	assignments
week 1
1- 17 tues	intro; ancient arts
1- 19 thurs	ancient arts; types of matter	CaA: chapt 1 Ball chapt 1 & 3 (Elkins intro)
week 2
1- 24 tues	studiolab: Copper Smelting, Copper Working and Making Verdigris Pigment	CaA: chapt 2 (Elkins 1 - 3)	studiolab prep write studiolab summary write reflectionob weeks 1 & 2
1- 26 thurs	lecture: metals and solids, atomic structure alchemy		do study questions (found as "words and concepts" in the left side bar on-line)
week 3
1- 31 tues	studiolab: Copper Coloring metal transmutation, patina I and II, liver of sulfur	CaA: chapt 3 Ball: 4	studiolab prep write summary
2- 2 thurs	lecture: alchemy, molecules and reactions	(Elkins 4 - 8)	study questions (on-line) Hand in Notebooks Quiz (in class)
week 4
2- 7 tues	studiolab: Metal Pigments I chrome yellow and prussian blue	CaA: chapt 6	studiolab prep write summary
2- 9 thurs	lecture: medieval art, types of pigment reactions	Tro: 14	study questions (on-line)
date	topic	reading	assignments
week 5
2- 14 tues	studiolab: Metal Pigments II chrome green and carmine step 1	CaA: chapt 8 Ball: 5-6,10	studiolab prep write summary
2- 16 thurs	lecture: types of pigment reactions		study questions (on-line) Hand in Notebooks Quiz (in class)
week 6
2- 21 tues	studiolab: ancient dye carmine	Ball: 5-6,10	studiolab prep write summary
2- 23 thurs		CaA: chapt 6, 16	study questions (on-line)
week 7
2 -28 tues	studiolab: make a fresco	Ball: 5-6,10	studiolab prep write summary
3 - 1 thurs	lecture: acid base chemistry mordants, fresco problems	CaA: chapt 10	study questions (on-line) Hand in Notebooks Quiz (in class)

week 8	SPRING BREAK! FIND SUN!!!

date	topic	reading	assignments
week 9
3 -13 tues	studiolab: binders	Ball: 5-6,10	studiolab prep write summary and reflection
3 - 15 thurs	lecture: holding it all together: and organic chemistry primer	CaA: chapt 4	Worksheet #2 due Hand in Notebooks

week 10
3 - 20 tues	studiolab: Lab Practical	Ball: 5-6,10	studiolab PRACTICAL prep
3 - 22 thurs	intermolecular interactions introduction to dyes and fibers Perkins Purple chemistry	CaA: chapt 12 Ball: 7,9	Hand out take-home exam
week 11
3 - 27 tues	studiolab: Perkins Purple		studiolab prep write summary
3 - 29 thurs	Renaissance Art new colors, new art dawn of chemistry	CaA: chapt 9 Ball: 2	take-home exam due
week 12
4 - 3 tues	lecture: color vision and detection	CaA: chapt 5 Ball: 8
4 - 5 thurs	lecture: spectroscopy	CaA: chapt 7
week 13
4 - 10 tues	studiolab: spectroscopy		studiolab prep write summary
4 - 12 thurs	lecture: microscopy	Ball: 11
date	topic	reading	assignments
week 14
4 - 17 tues	studiolab: pigment identification		studiolab prep write summary
4 - 19 thurs	photochemistry and photography	Ball: 12	worksheet due Hand in Notebooks
week 15
4 - 24 tues	studiolab: pin hole camera photography		studiolab prep write summary
4 - 26 thurs