Describes two computer programs in which students select chemical substances and amounts for use on an imaginary trip. Written in BASIC, the 400-statement program is suitable for use on microcomputers. (SK)

Describes the construction of an apparatus which can be used to demonstrate vapor pressures of solids, liquids, and solutions. (SK)

Presents 15 recommendations to be discussed by delegates attending the international conference on chemical education at the University of Maryland during August 1981, including: exchange of information, new organizations, college instruction, new experiments and low cost equipment, academic-industry cooperation, popularizing chemistry, and…

Describes advances in catalytic determinations and other applications of kinetics in chemical analysis. A section on instrumentation and computers is included. Cites 158 references. (CS)

Presents tabular information concerning recent research in the field of enzymes in analytic chemistry, with methods, substrate or reaction catalyzed, assay, comments and references listed. The table refers to 128 references. Also listed are 13 general citations. (CS)

Presents a 52-item bibliography of works in the ERIC collection dealing with science instruction at two-year colleges. The entries cover the areas of general science, agriculture, biology, chemistry, earth science, economics, engineering, environmental sciences, interdisciplinary sciences, social science, mathematics, physics, psychology, and…

Described are different chemistry curricula that use lecture-experiments. Different components are discussed within the lecture-experiment format, such as determinism, memory, note taking, descriptive chemistry, and holistic chemistry. Also discussed are different personalities in chemistry education. (DS)

Described is a Piagetian learning cycle based on Monte Carlo modeling of several simple reaction mechanisms. Included are descriptions of learning cycle phases (exploration, invention, and discovery) and four BASIC-PLUS computer programs to be used in the explanation of chemical reacting systems. (Author/DS)

Described is a diffusion apparatus to be used in an undergraduate physical chemistry laboratory experiment to determine the diffusion coefficients of aqueous solutions of sucrose and potassium dichromate. Included is the principle of the method, apparatus design and description, and experimental procedure. (Author/DS)

Cites recent experiences of the Leeds School Science Industry Liason Committee in organizing contacts between schools and industry. Procedures are discussed for developing kits of teaching materials based upon local industries. (CS)

Describes the tasks of the Industry/Education Unit (IEU), established within England's Department of Industry to deal specifically with changing the attitudes of young people toward industry. (CS)

Provides a coding system, with flow charts, for "Hazchem," which provides an application of the knowledge of chemical behavior to emergency situations. (CS)

Reviews and provides sources for acquiring three filmstrips and one film concerning the following topics: laboratory safety, energy and entropy in chemical reactions, and chemical bondings. (CS)

Describes a competency-based, modular laboratory course emphasizing the synthesis and characterization of polymers and directed toward senior undergraduate and/or first-year graduate students in science and engineering. One module, free-radical polymerization kinetics by dilatometry, is included as a sample. (CS)

Outlines a variety of laboratory procedures, discussions and demonstrations including the preparation and analysis of a square planar copper (11) complex, thermit reactions in a sand mould, product solubility, an aid for learning common oxyanions, thermal decomposition of nitric(v) acid. and nine others. (GS)