Students taught with inquiry-based methods have been shown to make significant progress in their ability to formulate hypotheses, make proper assumptions, design and execute investigations, understand variables, record data, and synthesize new knowledge. The inquiry-based approach encourages curiosity and openness, and fosters a stronger sense of responsibility and satisfaction in the students who are taught with it. This text presents a series of experiments that
are intended to serve as the solid basis for a first-year chemistry or physical sciences course, using an inquiry based approach. Each chapter provides: 1)instructions for an experiment; 2) teachers notes that give the instructor more in-depth information about the technical nature and intellectual
objectives of the experiment; and 3) a sample lab report that provides representative data and lists a composite of sources of typical errors.
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"This collection of 35 experiments for use in a high school chemistry class requires students to develop all or part of the lab procedures and decide what data to record and how to analyzed the data."--SciTech Book News
"This collection of 35 experiments for use in a high school chemistry class requires students to develop all or part of the lab procedures and decide what data to record and how to analyzed the data."--SciTech Book News
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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9 Schaubilder
9 line figures
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Höhe: 242 mm
Breite: 158 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-8412-3570-0 (9780841235700)
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High School Chemistry TeacherHigh School Chemistry Teacher, Hopkinton High School Hayden Rowe
1. Identifying Unknown Metals ; 2. Is Density an Intensive or Extensive Property of Matter? ; 3. Does Density Vary with the Form of a Substance? ; 4. The Graphical and Mathematical Relationship between Mass and Volume ; 5. Determining the Density of CO[2 ; 6. Determining the Percentage Composition of a Mixture ; 7. Heat Fusion of Ice ; 8. Heat of Crystallization of Wax ; 9. Determining the Specific Heat of a Metal ; 10. Comparing the Specific Heat of Metals and Nonmetals ; 11. Determining the Mass of a Sample of Metal Using its Specific Heat ; 12. Celsius vs. Fahrenheit ; 13. Name that Temperature ; 14. Temperature and the Rate of a Clock Reaction ; 15. The Effect of Temperature on the Reaction Rate of Alka SeltzerTM in Water ; 16. Calculating the Heat of Solution ; 17. Determining the Molarity of a Saturated Solution ; 18. Determining the Molality of a Saturated Solution ; 19. Factors Affecting the Rate of Solution ; 20. Calculating the Quantity of Heat Released from the Heat SolutionTM Handwarmer ; 21. The Effect of Concentration on the Boiling Point of a Sugar Solution ; 22. Determining the Melting Point of Lauric Acid ; 23. The Effect of Temperature on the Reaction Time of Magnesium and Vinegar ; 24. Brown vs. White Eggshells ; 25. Comparing the Rate at Which Water Cools in Various Containers ; 26. The Effectiveness of Various Antacids ; 27. The Juice Lab ; 28. The Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Diffusion ; 29. Determining the Formula of a Hydrate ; 30. Measuring the Expansion of Ice ; 31. What Percentage of Popcorn is Water? ; 32. Identifying an Unknown Compound (An Introduction to Qualitative Analysis) ; 33. Using Qualitative Analysis to Determine the pH of an Unknown Solution ; 34. The Qualitative Analysis of the Halide Ions ; 35. Identifying Unknown Solutions ; Appendix 1: Safety Rules ; Appendix 2: Master List of Materials and Chemicals ; Appendix 3: Cross Reference by Number and Topic ; Appendix 4: Ranges of Color Changes for Several Indicators ; Appendix 5: Tables of Solubilities in Water
