Describes a laboratory exercise illustrating the use of the Cannizzaro reaction in synthesis, the production of commercial resin, and the importance of natural products in industrial chemistry. (SL)

Describes an experiment utilizing the Solvay synthesis of sodium hydrogen carbonate to teach students to organize and plan a synthesis procedure. (SL)

Short reports contributed on a variety of topics in chemistry are presented. (CP)

Reviews experiments performed in a mobile spectroscopy laboratory. (SL)

Reviews the chemistry of oxidation appropriate for inclusion in secondary school chemistry. (SL)

The set-up and checking-out of a simulated chemical pilot plant as part of a chemical engineering technology lab is described. (BB)

Associates science teacher "bad days" with the inability to answer the questions asked by students. Proposes that publications focus on providing the answers to recurring questions experienced by science teachers. (CP)

This experiment, mixing solutions of potassium iodide and lead nitrate to give a bright yellow lead iodide precipitate, often leads students into other topics such as making paint from the precipitate. (BB)

Investigates how student ability, anxiety level, question wiseness, and relative difficulty of questions influence students' opinions of and performance on a chemistry examination. Examines strategies employed by students in selecting questions. Concludes that the major problem for test candidates is anxiety. (Author/DB)

Reviews exercises in the analysis of samples and interpretations of results from the geochemical survey portion of a three year teacher education program in geology presented at Salisbury College of Advanced Education. (SL)

Reports the results of an investigation of sex stereotyping in 17 high school chemistry textbooks. Results indicate definite sex bias in all books reviewed with a greater portrayal of male roles and activities. (SL)

Described are a method of cultivating Euglena, a method for presenting and solving mole equations, and a design of a simple solar collector. (SL)

The validity of the Test of English as a Foreign Language was examined in relation to prediction of success of fifty Asian students in engineering, chemistry, or mathematics. The test was significantly correlated with grade point average. (Author/JKS)

Summarizes the Ising model of ligand binding as it applies to cooperative binding to long chain molecules. Also presents some illustrations which help to visualize the connection between the interaction parameters and the shape of the binding isotherm. (Author/MR)

A precise method of determining absorption maxima where Gaussian functions occur is described. The method is based on a logarithmic transformation of the Gaussian equation and is suited for a mini-computer. (MR)