Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications: Easy-to-Use Labs and Demonstrations for Grades 8-12

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0876282621 ISBN 13: 9780876282625

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1999

This comprehensive collection of over 300 intriguing investigations-including demonstrations, labs, and other activities-- uses everyday examples to make chemistry concepts easy to understand. It is part of the two-volume PHYSICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM LIBRARY, which consists of Hands-On Physics Activities With Real-Life Applications and Hands-On Chemistry Activities With Real-Life Applications.

From the Back Cover:

This comprehensive collection of over 300 intriguing investigations— including demonstrations, labs, and other activities— uses everyday examples to make chemistry concepts easy to understand. It is part of the two-volume PHYSICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM LIBRARY, which consists of Hands-On Physics Activities With Real-Life Applications and Hands-On Chemistry Activities With Real-Life Applications.

For easy use, all materials are organized into the five units of study listed below with their sections. Each unit offers a variety of lessons designed to provide interaction between students and their world in a way that encourages scientific reasoning.

• MEASUREMENT: Language of Chemistry... Units of Measurement... Measurement
• MATTER: Atomic Structure... The Periodic Law... Diffusion and Osmosis... Changes of State... Classification of Matter
• CHEMICAL AND NUCLEAR REACTIONS: Chemical Bonding... Types of Chemical Reactions... Oxidation-Reduction (Redox) Reactions... Electrochemistry... Polymers... Nuclear Chemistry
• THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS: Thermochemistry... Heat Transfer... Chemical Kinetics... Chemical Equilibrium
• GASES, LIQUIDS, SOLIDS, AND MIXTURES: Gases... Colloids and Suspensions... Solutes, Solvents, Solutions... Colligative Properties... Acids and Bases... Acid and Base Reactions... Crystal and Crystallization

Each easy-to-follow lesson format contains a concise introduction using common knowledge examples... reproducible pages for students... a "To the Teacher" information section... and a separate listing of additional, specific applications that students can relate to.

More than 450 illustration and 100 tables supplement instruction, add interest, and heighten the learning process.
Also included is a handy appendix in reproducible form that contains valuable tables, lists, information on safety, chemical procurement and preparation, and more. And as a special help, each lesson provides complete answer keys and enough detailed explanations to ensure success for even the inexperienced science teacher.

You'll find Hands-On Chemistry Activities can be used to supplement any chemistry textbook or as a stand-alone chemistry program in itself. However you use it, these activities will help you inject new vitality into your curriculum!

About the Author:

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Norman Herr (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles) is Professor of Science and Computer Education at California State University, Northridge, and a former high school science department chair. He has also worked as a chemist, community college science instructor, and consultant for the College Board, and has written many science education articles. He is co-author with Dr. Cunningham of Hands-On Physics Activities With Real-Life Applications (1994) published by The Center.

James Cunningham (Ph.D., Science Education, Syracuse University) is Professor of Science and Computer Education and Chair of the Department of Secondary Education at California State University, Northridge. Formerly chair of high school departments of science and mathematics, he is author of Teaching Metrics Simplified, co-author of BASIC for Teachers and Authoring Educational Sofware, and co-author with Dr. Herr of Hands-On Physics Activities With Real-Life Applications.