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GtrsRGr8 · 03-25-2016, 01:31 AM

This ebook is directed to teachers (professors) of chemistry in institutions of higher education, such as colleges and universities. There may not be many of them in MobileReader land, but I think that anyone with a casual interest in chemistry would really like this book and maybe even find it fascinating.

This ebook has an abundance of very helpful, color photographs.

Title: Chemical Demonstrations Booklet: Exciting Students about Chemistry and Helping Them to Understand Chemical Concepts.
Format(s): Pdf.
Author(s): Magda Wajrak; Tim Harrison (contributor).
Publisher: Edith Cowan University?
Pages: i + 57.
Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): N/A.
Price: $0.00.
Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available from there: N/A.
Book Description (from the Introduction):
Chemistry is a visual subject and there are many abstract concepts which students find difficult to grasp. Chemical demonstrations can be a valuable tool for teachers to help students to understand difficult concepts and at the same time excite students about chemistry . . . .

For a number of years now I have been teaching first year foundations of chemistry unit to students who have no or very limited chemistry background. I observed that the students struggled with many chemical concepts and also were as excited or interested in chemistry as I was, keeping their attention in a 2hr lecture was a challenge. I realised that I needed to do something to capture students’ attention and interest during the lecture. So I decided to bring ‘chemistry’ into the lecture theatre and perform chemical demonstrations during each lecture which were relevant to the topic being introduced and which helped students to grasp chemical concepts. However, finding chemical demonstrations which were safe enough to perform outside of the lab, didn’t take up too much time, were easy to implement and used relatively cheap chemicals was rather difficult.

I began to search for suitable demonstrations by talking to other chemistry lecturers . . . .

Many teachers have expressed interest in these demonstrations and therefore I decided to put together a booklet in collaboration with detailed information about each demonstration. The original booklet was created in 2008. In 2010 I teamed up with Mr Tim Harrison, Teaching Scholar from the University of Bristol, UK, and we decided to collaborate on a new version of the booklet . . . .

The demonstrations featured in this booklet are appropriate for a range of levels from year 8 up to year 12 [Australia, G.] and including foundation of chemistry units at University. Each demonstration has been thoroughly tested. For each demonstration, there is a list of equipment needed, preparation instructions, demonstration procedure and safety information . . . .
Comments: I believe this to be a legal free download due in part to the fact that it was offered as a download on at least two publicly-accessible webpages of Edith Cowan University: https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/natur...demonstrations and https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/natur...gdalena-wajrak.
URL: https://www.ecu.edu.au/__data/assets...oklet_2015.pdf.

03-25-2016, 01:31 AM	#220
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	FREE Pdf Book Designed to Stir Interest of Students in Upper-Level Chemistry Courses. This ebook is directed to teachers (professors) of chemistry in institutions of higher education, such as colleges and universities. There may not be many of them in MobileReader land, but I think that anyone with a casual interest in chemistry would really like this book and maybe even find it fascinating. This ebook has an abundance of very helpful, color photographs. Title: *Chemical Demonstrations Booklet: Exciting Students about Chemistry and Helping Them to Understand Chemical Concepts. Format(s):* Pdf. Author(s): Magda Wajrak; Tim Harrison (contributor). Publisher: Edith Cowan University? Pages: i + 57. Ebook Rating/Number of Reviews (Amazon): N/A. Price: *$0.00. Lowest Price at (or through Amazon) if available from there:* N/A. Book Description (from the Introduction): Chemistry is a visual subject and there are many abstract concepts which students find difficult to grasp. Chemical demonstrations can be a valuable tool for teachers to help students to understand difficult concepts and at the same time excite students about chemistry . . . . For a number of years now I have been teaching first year foundations of chemistry unit to students who have no or very limited chemistry background. I observed that the students struggled with many chemical concepts and also were as excited or interested in chemistry as I was, keeping their attention in a 2hr lecture was a challenge. I realised that I needed to do something to capture students’ attention and interest during the lecture. So I decided to bring ‘chemistry’ into the lecture theatre and perform chemical demonstrations during each lecture which were relevant to the topic being introduced and which helped students to grasp chemical concepts. However, finding chemical demonstrations which were safe enough to perform outside of the lab, didn’t take up too much time, were easy to implement and used relatively cheap chemicals was rather difficult. I began to search for suitable demonstrations by talking to other chemistry lecturers . . . . Many teachers have expressed interest in these demonstrations and therefore I decided to put together a booklet in collaboration with detailed information about each demonstration. The original booklet was created in 2008. In 2010 I teamed up with Mr Tim Harrison, Teaching Scholar from the University of Bristol, UK, and we decided to collaborate on a new version of the booklet . . . . The demonstrations featured in this booklet are appropriate for a range of levels from year 8 up to year 12 [Australia, G.] and including foundation of chemistry units at University. Each demonstration has been thoroughly tested. For each demonstration, there is a list of equipment needed, preparation instructions, demonstration procedure and safety information . . . . Comments: I believe this to be a legal free download due in part to the fact that it was offered as a download on at least two publicly-accessible webpages of Edith Cowan University: https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/natur...demonstrations and https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/natur...gdalena-wajrak. URL: https://www.ecu.edu.au/__data/assets...oklet_2015.pdf. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 03-25-2016 at 01:34 AM.