Reviews of Chemical Reactivity for School Science Teachers
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The purpose of this project is the collection and                       publication of at least twelve reviews covering the descriptive                 inorganic chemistry of the most important elements and their                    simple compounds, both in the pure state and in aqueous solution.               The reviews, for the most part, will be published in the Journal                of Chemical Education.  They will later be collected in reprint                 volumes for teachers.                                                                   The reviews are being modeled on the curriculum developed by            W. C. Bray and W. M. Latimer, "A Course in General Chemistry".                  The general characteristics of the reviews include: coverage of                 the chemistry of everyday materials rather than esoteric                        compounds; inclusion of laboratory exercises and demonstrations                 graded as to suggested usage level; description of safety and                   waste disposal methods; and de-emphasis of heavily theoretical                  models in comparison with qualitative models.                                           In conjunction with the project, a Policy Group, consisting             of chemical educators from both higher education institutions and               secondary schools is being formed.  A second group, the                         Reactivity Network, will consist of highly qualified secondary                  school chemistry teachers who will serve on writing teams and                   give presentations about the review program at professional                     meetings.                                                                               This project will address a serious shortcoming in                      precollege chemical education by providing materials focused on                 descriptive chemistry, an area largely ignored in current texts.                Secondly, it will help to modify the present approach to                        laboratory work in that the laboratory activities will become the               central feature of the materials, and will involve the solution                 of problems rather than the performance of illustrative                         experiments.
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