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Appendix
General Resources
Listed below are resources that enhance the ideas found
in the workshops. Many of them are web resources and are,
therefore, available to you immediately. Most are aimed
at chemistry teachers but there are resources for the professional
chemist and for students as well.
Professional
Chemistry Web Sites
ChemWeb:
A concise site about research in chemistry, including abstracts
of many scientific journals, databases (safety data, electronic
searches), scientific forums, where to buy, etc. Registration
required.
ACSchem
Education: The American Chemical Society’s
site on education. Includes curriculum materials, professional
development and related links and resources.
ChemInfo:
A site from Indiana University. Click on links to "resources"
and "databases" at top of page.
From the WWW
Virtual Library, a site with extensive chemistry
links. Scroll down left navigation bar
ChemIndustry
provides hundreds of links on this page to chemical manufacturers,
suppliers, organizations and other resources.
Web
Sites for Chemistry Teachers
General
Sites
ChemSource:
Index for more than 25 complete units of study in chemistry
from ChemSource: A concise source for activities,
lesson plans and pedagogy on the Web and in print (Mary
Virginia Orna, O.S.U; James O. Schreck and Henry Heikkinen;
eds.
National
Science Teachers Association site with latest
information and resources for science teachers.
Teaching
Standards: On-line edition of the National
Science Education Standards from the National Academy
Press
ChemTeam
provides links to tutorials on many topics in chemistry.
Click on topics on this page..
Chemistry
Coach: A site from Wilton High School, with
information for teachers, from pedagogy to safety topics,
activities, methods and lesson outlines.
Chemistry
Coach links to other chemistry resources on
the web.
ACSchem
Education: The American Chemical Society’s
site on education. Includes curriculum materials, professional
development and related links and resources.
Chemistry:
A source for chemistry teachers, including links, activities,
problem sets, software, etc.
ChemJava:
Interactive sites for learning chemistry. Most require Java
1.1 or higher.
ChemMovies
- Site contains links to hundreds of experiments and activities
as well as Quicktime movies.
The
Sourcebook for Teaching Science with links
to chemistry teaching resources,
Chemistry
Teaching Resources from Umea University. Resources
links
Safety
Safety
Guidelines from the Council of State Science Supervisors.
Safety:
Materials Safety Data Sheets from Cornell University
Experiments
and Activities
Lab
Lesson Plans from DOW/NSTA Summer Workshops. Click
on each year to see list of topics.
Teach-nology
— Teacher-submitted lab activities for many topics.
edHelper
— This site has collected science lessons from hundreds
of sources and linked them on this site. Not all are chemistry
topics.
Chemistry
Coach — links to dozens of lessons and activities
in chemistry.
Models
for Science Education
Learning
Theories: A site with useful links for education
and teaching. Not all are related directly to chemistry.
Scroll down the page and click on any of the links. Several
sources on constructivism.
Teaching
Models: Links to definitions of teaching models,
from the University of Colorado's School of Education
National
Science Education Standards:
the teaching standards comprise a national model for teaching
science.
Instructional
Design Models from Saskatchewan Education
Constructivism
and the 5 E’s — resource on the learning
cycle in the science classroom from the Miami Museum of
Science
Chemistry
Bibliography
Journal
of Chemical Education suppliers of books, textbooks,
journals and other resources
The Bookstore:
A list of the 50 most popular chemistry reference books
Modeling
and Software
Chemical
Software: computerized resource for teachers which
includes downloads, softwares, internet projects
ChemSW:
A software catalog for laboratory applications, MSDS (safety
data sheets), chemical data and chemical inventory management.ChemSW
ChemModeling:
This site contains a large number of chemistry visualization
resources for teachers.
ChemVis:
A method for better visualization of chemical concepts.
Click on "Curriculum" for high school topics.
Resources
for Chemistry Educators with emphasis on multimedia.
The
Nature and Structure of Scientific Models —
a paper from the University of Wisconsin’s Center for
Education Research.
Databases
ChemFinder:
A database for researching anything about chemistry, including
news, information about chemicals, where to buy, everyday
applications, etc.
ERIC
database: A database for searching the net for references
about various topics in education , including chemical education
Chemical
Databases from Chemical Software for Windows
Electronic
Journals
Electronic
Journal of Science Education.
Online journal. Searchable with index. Membership not required
Journal
of Chemical Education (membership required for full
text)
Web
Sites for Chemistry Students
General
Sites
High
School Hub — a variety of resources for chemistry
students. Click on "Chemistry".
Chemistry
Coach — High school chemistry resources on
the web.
Audrey
Sanderson’s chemistry site.
Resources
for Chemistry Educators Click on "Gen Chem
Student Page" or on "Student-Oriented Sites"
for links to chemistry pages for students.
Ten
Cool Sites from the Exploratorium
Periodic
Tables
WebElements:
Authored by Mark Winter, University of Sheffield, England,
this site contains concise information about the elements
of the periodic table.
Chemlab:
A Phoenix College site which includes software for calculating
periodic trends, information about the elements, and many
links to other periodic table resources on the Web.
Periodic
Links: Many periodic table links from Wilton HS
Chemical
Elements: Information about the elements, including
electronic configuration and more.
Periodic
Properties: From Los-Alamos National Laboratory,
resource for students, including properties, isotopes, and
history
VisElements:
A site from the Chemical Society, with an emphasis on the
visual aspects of the elements
Create
your own periodic table: Activity from NASA
Print
Resources
- Journal of Chemical Education
- Chemical and Engineering News
- International Handbook of Science Education, parts 1&2
(Barry J. Fraser and Kenneth G. Tobin, eds.) Kluwer Academic
Press, Boston, 1998.
- Chemsource, Version 2.1 (Orna, Mary Virginia, O.S.U.;
Schreck, James O. & Heikkinen, Henry, eds.), printed
in the US, 1998
- Chemical Demonstrations: A Handbook for Teachers,
Bassam Z. Shakashiri, The University of Wisconsin Press,
c/o Chicago Distribution Center, 11030 S. Langley Ave,
Chicago IL 60628.
Video
Resources
Software
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