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Understanding Transition Metals: Vital Elements for Life and Health

Transition metals play a crucial role in the functioning of our bodies and the environment. From transporting oxygen in blood to forming essential compounds, these metals are integral to life. We delve into how metals like iron (Fe) contribute to blood color and composition, and explore their fascinating forms. We also discuss the implications of exposure to harmful substances such as carbon monoxide and its effects on metal binding. Discover fun experiments like creating 'alien blood' to understand the properties of these vital elements!

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Understanding Transition Metals: Vital Elements for Life and Health

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  1. How transition metals help you to function! Metallic you

  2. What are metals? • How do you think a metal looks? • They exist in many different forms.......... • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8

  3. What are the transition metals?

  4. Science-fiction? • You do not have to look like him....... ........to realise that we all contain transition metals in our bodies

  5. Metals in your body-Blood • Transport • oxygen • Iron (Fe) • colour • Haemoglobin

  6. Blood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-sKZWqsUpw

  7. Lights, Camera, Action!

  8. Alien Blood! • Which solution is which metal?? • Try each solution with each of the ‘mixing’ agents.... ...............and see what you get! • Have fun mixing and making alien ‘blood’! • Which blood suits your alien?

  9. Blood and Smoking • Oxygen reversibly-binds to the iron in our blood • What is in smoke? • Carbon monoxide-this does not reversibly bind!!!!!! • So what happens?

  10. Metals and cancer • Cancer is when cells divide uncontrollably............ • So what do cancer treatments target? • DNA – the building block of life! • Think of it as a ZIP

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