Provides short descriptions of chemists' applications of computers in instruction: an interactive instructional program for Instrumental-Qualitative Organic Analysis; question-and-answer exercises in organic chemistry; computerized organic nomenclature drills; integration of theoretical and descriptive materials; acid-base titration simulation;…

Describes the chemical reactions and compounds involved in making a cake. A protein coagulation and gas expansion laboratory activity is included in which the students bake a cake and eat it. (DS)

Evidence of last two decades indicates schizophrenic disorders related to imbalance of brain chemicals. Recent discovery made of association between chronic schizophrenia and variety of structural abnormalities. Included are frontal lobe reversal and accipital lobe reversal. Computer tomography scans and data presented. (SA)

The author sets forth a taxonomy of the decisions essential to planning a chemistry education curriculum. Elements of the taxonomy are: value decisions, content decisions, pedagogical decisions, sequencing decisions, evaluating decisions, feasibility decisions, implementation decisions, and accountability decisions. (RE)

Presents ways in which the valence bond (VB) theory describes the bonding and geometry of molecules, following directly from earlier principles laid down by Pauling and others. Two other theories (molecular orbital approach and valence shell electron pair repulsion) are discussed and compared to VB. (CS)

Provides information about the chemistry of steel making applicable to teaching secondary school science. Generalized chemical reactions describe the manufacture of steel from iron ore. Also discussed are raw materials, processing choices, and how various furnaces (blast, direct reduction, open hearth, basic oxygen, electric) work. (CS)

Describes the Chemistry-Industry Awareness Program, a community-related program implemented at Great Valley High School in Malvern, Pa., which provides opportunities and work experiences for second-year chemistry students that may aid in career decision making in chemistry-related occupations. (CS)

Two exam questions are presented with explanations of the acceptable solutions. The first deals with hybridization and the second with empirical formulas. (SA)

The uses of sulfuric acid in our technological society are given. The discussion includes sulfuric acid in the petroleum industry, construction industry, textile industry and in steel production. (SA)

Discusses problems of handling, storage, and disposal of chemicals in Australian secondary school science laboratories, and suggests ways of reducing the potential hazards which exist. (HM)

Presents details of anodic stripping analysis (ASV) in college chemistry laboratory experiments. Provides block diagrams of the analyzer system, circuitry and power supplies of the automated stripping analyzer, and instructions for implementing microcomputer control of the ASV. (CS)

Details the benefits of the development and maintenance of useful work activities, such as "co-op" or "internship" programs, for chemistry students who wish to acquire some understanding of the requirements of the industrial job market as they complete their college education. (CS)

Describes a first-year chemistry experiment that illustrates the fundamental concepts of a photoinduced reaction. Qualitative and quantitative parts of the photoreduction of potassium ferrioxalate are detailed. (CS)

Describes an advanced level experiment in which a transition metal cluster compound, cyclopentadienylcarbonyliron tetramer, is synthesized and characterized spectroscopically. Its redox properties are then explored through cyclic voltammetry. (CS)

The origins of academic chemistry are described and the author's views on the future of university academic chemistry are presented. (HM)