The publication presents outlines of some of the difficult experiments suggested in the chemistry syllabus for the Certificate of Sixth Year Studies in Scotland. The experiments included in the publication form a small part of the total experiments suggested in the syllabus. Simple experiments, the details of which are available in textbooks, are…

This manual is designed for use in the laboratory phase of courses dealing with microbial aspects of pollution. It attempts to cover the subject area broadly in four major categories: (1) microorganisms in clean and polluted waters, (2) carbonaceous pollutants, (3) nitrogen, phosphorus, iron, and sulfur as pollutants, and (4) sanitary…

The major objective of the IITRI Computer Search Center is to educate and link industry, academia, and government institutions to chemical and other scientific information systems and sources. The Center was developed to meet this objective and is in full operation providing services to users from a variety of machine-readable data bases with…

This manual describes safety procedures which should be observed in the chemistry laboratory. Accidents which may occur when working with chemicals such as peroxides, phosphorus, heavy metals, acids, etc., need special treatment. Quite suitable descriptions of such treatment are listed for each kind of possible accident in the laboratory.…

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CURRENT BOOKS AND RECENTLY PREPARED COURSES OF STUDY FOR SCIENCE IN GRADES 7 THROUGH 12 COMPOSE THE TWO DIVISIONS OF THE VOLUME. APPROXIMATELY 120 COURSES OF STUDY FOR JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE ARE LISTED. ALL HAVE BEEN PREPARED SINCE 1960, AND ALL ARE AVAILABLE FROM STATE OR LOCAL SCHOOL UNITS…

AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE OF THE ARTICULATION GAP WHICH RESULTS FROM THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS OF FIRST-YEAR COURSES, AND FROM A LACK OF AGREEMENT ABOUT THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF CHEMISTRY COURSES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. ELIMINATION OF THIS GAP WAS CONSIDERED BY THE…

An explanation for the failure of technology and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) in particular to make much headway in education is that even when innovations are introduced in the classroom, their potentials are not exploited; rather, they are used in traditional ways. The integration of new technologies with other classroom activities is…

A technique is described for the generation of perspective views of three-dimensional models using computer graphics. The technique is applied to models of familiar thermodynamic phase diagrams and the results are presented for the ideal gas and van der Waals equations of state as well as the properties of liquid water and steam from the Steam…

Provides a brief history of chemistry up to the founding of the American Chemical Society in 1876. Includes developments in the understanding of matter, phlogiston theory, atomic theory, and chemical reactions. (MLH)

Reviews the history of selected topics in inorganic chemistry, including catalysis, mechanisms, transition metals, and noble gases. (MLH)

Reviews the history of selected topics in physical chemistry, including kinetics, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, and nuclear chemistry. (MLH)

Reviews the history of selected topics in analytic chemistry, especially analytical instrumentation. (MLH)

Reviews the history of drug research and the chemical aspects of medical research. (MLH)

Provides a historical development of efforts to explain biological phenomena in terms of chemical substances present in living organisms. (MLH)

Evaluates the CHEM study topics of kinetic theory of gases, phase changes, chemical bonds, and equilibrium as to the level of cognitive development required for an understanding of each subject. Advocates an assignment of topics within the range of a student's cognitive ability in an individual study format of instruction. (CP)