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At position six on the periodic table, Carbon hits the goldilocks spot - not too big, not too small. And with four outer electrons dying to hook up it's perfectly primed for bonding with other elements and for use in nanotechnologies. Jonica Newby traces the path of carbon in nanotechnology and delves into the latest advances.

"http://yt.cl.nr/aOvIQyY30so" Carbon Dioxide is shown in all of its wonderful forms: solid, liquid, and gas!

Tackling greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is considered to be one of the most serious national and international challenges of our time. Australia has a sizable potential to mitigate GHG emissions and sequester carbon in agricultural production and land use systems.

How many protons, electrons and neutrons are in an atom of krypton, carbon, oxygen, neon, silver, gold, etc...?

This ten question multiple choice quiz tests your understanding of nucleonics. It covers alpha, beta, and gamma radiation, radioactive dating, fission and fusion. You may wish to review the basics of radioactivity and radiation and problems involving radioactive decay and carbon dating.

"http://yt.cl.nr/mAjrnZ-znkY" This song differentiates between the different families of organic compounds based on the sharing of functional groups in different positions on the carbon chain.

Yeast cells create easily observable carbon dioxide gas when presented to a favorable environment, and plants cell respiration can be observed with a simple leafy houseplant and some plastic wrap.  Read more: http://www.ehow.com/list_7379781_cell-respiration-experiments.html#ixzz2gNc2oRda