Week of	Activity	What's due? (to Prof. Tyson by e-mail)	Group #	Background Topic	Technique
7-Sep	Recruit and register		1	As in soil: phytoremediation	ICP-MS
12-Sep	Recruit and register		2	As-containing herbicides	ICP-OES
19-Sep	Recruit and register		3	CCA wood	Portable XRF
26-Sep	Kick-off meetings		4	As in water: the Bangladesh situation	Solution spectrophtometry
3-Oct	Work on background		5	As in food	HG-AFS
10-Oct	Work on background	Background paper: midnight 10/16	6	As containing animal feed supplements	HG-AAS with QTA
17-Oct	Work on how to measure		7	As in water: the US situation	Field test kits based on the Gutzeit reaction
24-Oct	Work on how to measure,	How to measure As: midnight 10/30	8	As microbiology, biological methylation	AAS with ETA
31-Oct	Last day to drop with W: 10/31. Work on proposal. Each group measures 2n samples	Brief report on participation: 11/6	9	As human toxicity	HPLC
7-Nov	Project meeting 11/7. Work on proposal	Proposal: midnight 11/13	10	As in embalming fluids	Dissolving solid samples
14-Nov	Work on project		11	As pharmaceuticals	GC
21-Nov	Work on project
28-Nov	Project meeting 11/28. Work on project
5-Dec	Work on project
12-Dec	Project meeting 12/12. Work on project. Last classes 12/14			The report on the background material should be about 500 words long and contain 7-10 links to websites of relevance.	The report on the measurement technique or procedure should be about 500 words long and contain at least one diagram and 2 links to relevant websites.
19-Dec	Work on project	Project report. Report on group participation. Report on value of experience: midnight 12/23		The proposal should be about 750 words long.