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Volume 85 Issue 43 pp. 17-22
Issue Date: October 22, 2007
Issue Date: October 22, 2007
Chemistry Behind Bars
While balancing equations, inmates at San Quentin learn to balance their lives
Department: Education
The inmates in chemistry class at California's San Quentin State Prison didn???t have access to live demonstrations. Instead, volunteer instructor Chip Crawford, a grad student at University of California, Berkeley, taped several experiments done by chemistry instructors at UC Berkeley and showed the video clips in class.Watch what happens when different alkali metals are added to water, a rubber band is exposed to ozone, permanganate is mixed with hydrogen peroxide, and a quarter of a donut is immersed in liquid oxygen.
Credit: Courtesy of Chip Crawford and Lonnie Martin
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Molecules And Moles
Inmate Harrison Seuga studies the ACS textbook "Chemistry in Context."
Credit: Heather Rowley
Molecules And Moles
Inmate Harrison Seuga studies the ACS textbook "Chemistry in Context."
Credit: Heather Rowley
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Solid Commitment
Crawford is an enthusiastic teacher.
Credit: Heather Rowley
Solid Commitment
Crawford is an enthusiastic teacher.
Credit: Heather Rowley
Teaching Team
UC Berkeley grad students Douglas (from left), Crawford, Rousseas, and Fabrikant share the teaching load.
Credit: Leif Schroeder
Teaching Team
UC Berkeley grad students Douglas (from left), Crawford, Rousseas, and Fabrikant share the teaching load.
Credit: Leif Schroeder
Study Break
Erick Sandoval (left) helps fellow inmate Gilberto Hernandez with a homework assignment.
Credit: Heather Rowley
Study Break
Erick Sandoval (left) helps fellow inmate Gilberto Hernandez with a homework assignment.
Credit: Heather Rowley
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Picturesque
San Quentin overlooks the San Francisco Bay.
Credit: Public Information Office, San Quentin State Prison
Picturesque
San Quentin overlooks the San Francisco Bay.
Credit: Public Information Office, San Quentin State Prison
Bright Future
Inmate Scott plans on starting a business in toxic waste cleanup after leaving San Quentin.
Credit: Heather Rowley
Bright Future
Inmate Scott plans on starting a business in toxic waste cleanup after leaving San Quentin.
Credit: Heather Rowley
Diploma earned
David Cowen, who completed the chemistry course, was among seven inmates who graduated from the college program this past June.
Credit: Peg Skorpinski
Diploma earned
David Cowen, who completed the chemistry course, was among seven inmates who graduated from the college program this past June.
Credit: Peg Skorpinski
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