101 Intriguing Labs, Projects and Activities for the Chemistry Classroom
March 16th, 2008 . by admin
By Brian Rohrig — For many students chemistry seems about as far removed from their every day lives as the moon. The labs, projects, and activities in this book help students make the connections between classroom formula and household reality. — Topics covered include the scientific method, the metric system and density, percent composition and the mole, atomic structure and the periodic table, bonding, gases, energy, acids and bases, and chemical reactions. Students use a tabloid newspaper to explore the scientific method, determine the densities of soft drinks, calculate how much the human body is worth, figure out how many atoms are in a drop of water, explore the chemistry of stain removal, attempt to slow the speed of light and much more. Includes take-home labs. 86 pp., spiral-bound.