Inquiry-Based Experiments in Chemistry (American Chemical Society Publication)

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 272 pages
• Published by: An American Chemical Society Publication May 4, 2000
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0841235708
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0841235700
• Book Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Product Review

"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


Product Description
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.

Reader Reviews
The strength of this book is that it lays out 35 detailed Chemistry experiments that are not cookbook labs. It has concrete examples of how to have students design their own procedures to solve a problem. When I first started reading the book I was very excited and thought I would definately use it. The farther I read though, the more disappointed I got that the labs do not include real-life connections. Most students are not inherently interested in "Calculating the Heat of Solution," but could become more engaged if the author made a connection between each topic and a real-life problem. I think that a book that is far superior is "Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry," by Gallagher-Bolos and Smithenry. It really explains how to get the students engaged in real-life inquiry-based problem solving and describes how to get them to do it as a community of learners. Comment | | (Report this)