Chem 1B Chemistry Limericks

• Let's have some fun with Chemistry. Use your knowledge, humor and wit, to entertain and educate your peers. Write a limerick for extra credit. Here are some examples of limericks:

(A) The compounds of sodium are great,
(A) If you can tell the chloride from chlorate.
(B) The one makes fried chips,
(B) Taste good on your lips,
(A) The other clears weeds from your gate.

The soil had so much uranium
It killed my prize geranium.
It would have won shows
But now it just glows
Enough to light up a stadium.

• A limerick is a poem containing five lines. It has a very distinctive rhythm and rhyme pattern.
• The last words of the first, second, and fifth lines all rhyme with each other ("A" above).
• The last words of the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other ("B” above).
• The first, second, and fifth lines all have this rhythm pattern: da DUM da da DUM da da DUM.
• The third and fourth lines have a different rhythm pattern: da DUM da da DUM
• 3 points extra credit will be given for completing the assignment.
• The two best limericks of each chapter will get an additional 2 points (5 points total) and will be read in class.

• They must be limericks in the AABBA format, as described above.
• They must be centered around the chapter you are assigned.
• E-mail me your limerick by 10 pm on the due date.

Starting Letter of Last Name	Chapter	Due Date Wednesday
A - C	9	w/ chp. 9 ALEKS
D - J	10	w/ chp. 10 ALEKS
K - M	11	w/ chp. 11 ALEKS
N - Q	15	w/ chp. 15 ALEKS
R - S	12	w/ chp. 12 ALEKS
T - Z	13	March 14

• Submit your limericks to me by email with your name and perm number.
• You will recieve 3 points extra credit for turning one in, and 2 additional point of extra credit will be awarded to the students whos limericks are read in class (so make them good).
• Your limericks will be posted on the website for your classmates to see.