Describes a course based on the belief that no particular topic in chemistry is absolutely necessary for nonscience majors. Concentrates on enhancement of the general education of students rather than the teaching of technical skills. (DF)

The problem of fair grading of unknowns is discussed. An approach is presented to answer some of the important questions concerning faulty procedures, level of accuracy and precision, recognition of bad unknowns,'' and dry labing. (DF)

The course was designed: (1) to broaden the base for chemistry majors to build their courses; (2) to illustrate how some chemistry principles are applied to real situations; and (3) to serve as an introduction to geochemistry for geology majors. (DF)

Provides a review of new television and film equipment for use in the classroom. (DF)

The First Law of Thermodynamics is discussed based on childhood experiences such as playing with seesaws, falling balls, thrown balls, bouncing balls, friction, combustion, and arithmetic. (DF)

Survey conducted to determine students' attitudes about programed learning revealed opinions favorable to this teaching method. (PS)

Consideration of relative oxidizing/reducing strength is greatly facilitated when this topic is presented in terms of transfer of one or more electrons between members of a conjugate redox pair. (DF)