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Adamson, Ishola – Journal of Chemical Education, 1980
Described is the first part of a two-term project involving final-year students in biochemistry. Listed are the required experiments compiled to test students' abilities to search biochemical literature, extract experiments from journals and carry them out, generate data, and interpret results. (CS)
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education
Frankovits, Nicholas; Luton, Grant; Rabelo, Javier – 1999
This teacher module provides background information and resources to the Annual Duracell/National Science Teachers Association Scholarship Competition Invention Challenge for high school students. Contents include: (1) "Introduction to the Competition"; (2) "Tips for Motivating Students"; (3) "Preparing for Inventing"; (4) "Teaching Invention:…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Competition, High Schools, Inventions

Campbell, Bob; And Others – Science Education, 1994
Analyzes the process of large scale curriculum development. Locates the projects and their development within the range of approaches advocated in science education and considers the practical decisions taken during the development in relation to theories of curriculum development and change. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum

Martin, William – Science Teacher, 1991
Describes an activity that allows students to design and build a craft whose propulsion is derived entirely by the carbon dioxide produced in the chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Science Activities, Science Education
Schrader, Clifford L. – Agora: Journal of the Science Education Council of Ohio, 1993
Describes a chemistry classroom project of forming a company to acquire 10,000 pounds of zinc sulfate monohydrate from a company that wanted to dispose of it. The zinc was eventually sold to an agricultural company for use in fertilizer. (PR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, High Schools, Science Activities, Science and Society

School Science Review, 1976
Included are abstracts of 40 science projects for secondary level courses of biology, physical science, and chemistry. (SL)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Science Activities

Carpenter, Ernest – Chemical and Engineering News, 1989
Describes this year's chemistry exhibition held in Japan and sponsored by the Chemical Society of Japan. Summarizes the purposes, preparation, and the activities of the exhibition. (YP)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Exhibits, Foreign Countries, Science Activities

Horwitz, Paul; Barowy, Bill – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1994
Describes a project that explores the use of interactive computer software for teaching Einstein's special theory of relativity to secondary students. Also describes ways to use computers to help students visualize and experiment with otherwise inaccessible phenomena. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Concept Formation

Browning, D. R. – Education in Chemistry, 1975
Provides abstracts and materials requirements for 20 chromatography projects. Experiments range in complexity; some require synthesis steps, apparatus construction, or special preparation techniques. (MLH)
Descriptors: Abstracts, Chemical Analysis, Chemistry, Chromatography

McHugh, Susan A. – Science Scope, 1994
Presents an introduction to a unit on the periodic table in which students are asked to assume the roles of the element families. (MKR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Junior High Schools, Middle Schools

Harpp, David N.; Butler, Ian S. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1984
As an alternative to traditional science projects, students in introductory organic and inorganic chemistry were given the opportunity to produce an "audiovisual" term paper. Rationale for the project, responses from student self-evaluation questionnaires, and comments on implementing the project (including cost and time factors) are…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education
Vaughn, Rachel L; Seifer, Sarena; Vye Mihalynuk, Tanis – National Service Learning Clearinghouse, 2004
Service-learning in the chemistry curriculum provides an opportunity for students to learn while contributing to their communities. Examples of chemistry service-learning projects at the post-secondary level include: (1) teaching students about lead poisoning avoidance while assessing and analyzing lead content in the paint of older homes; (2)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Science Projects, Poisoning, Hands on Science

Munn, R. W.; Pratt, A. C. – Education in Chemistry, 1975
Feeling that projects in chemistry could be used effectively to enhance appreciation of chemistry, a project-based course for the first-year sixth formers was developed in 1973 and because of its success another was organized. Projects from both courses are described. (EB)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Development, Instruction, Laboratory Experiments

Harmer, A. F. – School Science Review, 1980
Describes a Malaysian school project which deals with tin, and extracting tin from its ore in the laboratory, as well as the economics involved and the locating and mining the ore. (HM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Industry, Science Activities, Science Experiments

Amenta, D. S.; And Others – Journal of Chemical Education, 1979
An experiment is described in which undergraduate students can optimize the relative yield of sec-butylbenzene by varying molar ratio and temperature. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Chemical Analysis, Chemistry, College Science, Instructional Materials