Presents background information, laboratory procedures, classroom materials/activities, and chemistry experiments. Topics include sublimation, electronegativity, electrolysis, experimental aspects of strontianite, halide test, evaluation of present and future computer programs in chemistry, formula building, care of glass/saturated calomel…

A series of programs on organic chemistry written for a 48K Apple computer with Applesoft BASIC and a disk drive are reviewed. Strengths and weaknesses of the package are noted. It is felt the material would be an excellent purchase for any college library or chemistry department. (MP)

Presents chemistry experiments, laboratory procedures, demonstrations, teaching suggestions, and classroom materials/activities. These include: game for teaching ionic formulas; method for balancing equations; description of useful redox series; computer programs (with listings) for water electrolysis simulation and for determining chemical…

Committee on Computers in Chemical Education is conducting workshops to illustrate what can be done with currently available software and provide opportunities to review representative samples of publishers' materials. Guidelines for those requesting workshops, responsibilities of host school, costs, and workshop format are provided. (JN)

Indicates that the current philosophy of laboratory experimentation and instrumentation is creating students that are not well versed in basic principles of chemistry. (GS)

Describes simulated chemistry experiments programed into a Wang 360 programable calculator. Gives data on a sample titration simulation. (TS)

This software review focuses on five concept-related packages of programs in the Apple version and are viewed as well-written in terms of both educational sophistication and programing expertise. (MP)

A program written for the Apple II microcomputer that plots the "one-S" orbital of an atom is described. The material is used to move from the Bohr model of the atom to the quantum mechanical description. (MP)

Presents computer simulations of diffusion, equilibria, molecular movement across a membrane, moving quanta at random between atoms, nuclear disintegration, and nuclear decay and half life. (GS)

Provides criteria for evaluating microcomputer software. Categories include: (1) features/intent; (2) ease of use (documentation, operation, error handling, flexibility); (3) subject matter content; (4) pedagogic value; (5) student reaction; (6) recommendations for improvement; and (7) a summary section. (Author/JN)

Lists 13 producers/suppliers (including addresses) of computer programs in sciences, with brief comments related to chemistry. Also lists three periodicals and a book for pet microcomputer users. (JN)

Discusses computer/computing experiences at Ardsley High School (Westchester County, New York) to foster computer literacy and to show students how computers can be used to check/verify calculations. Focuses on programs developed for chemistry classes and problems with commercially available programs for physics. (JN)

Describes several sources of computer programs for secondary school chemistry. Provides an example of a computer package (RANALD I) on quantitative inorganic analysis suitable for O/A-level pupils as a supplement to laboratory work. (DS)

Reviews mathematical techniques for solving systems of homogeneous linear equations and demonstrates that the algebraic method of balancing chemical equations is a matter of solving a system of homogeneous linear equations. FORTRAN programs using this matrix method to chemical equation balancing are available from the author. (JN)

Details are provided about project SERAPHIM which is aimed at setting up a model system for dissemination of instructional materials in chemistry. Many of the instructional modules that will be handled by the project will be computer-based, with an emphasis on microcomputer-based materials. (MP)