Laboratory inquiry in chemistry
Grades: 9 10 11 12
ENC#: ENC-030679
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company
Date: 2005
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Subjects:
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Chemistry. Educational issues. Physical Science. Teaching methods. |
Resource Type:
Textbooks.
Abstract:
This second edition lab manual, developed for a college or honors-level classroom, offers 48 inquiry-based chemistry investigations that support cooperative learning. Topics range from data trends to intermolecular forces to ionic solids. The manual provides a three-phase inquiry-based learning cycle to help students construct knowledge about the conceptual basis of laboratory techniques. Students explore chemical behaviors through a posed problem, construct scientific knowledge through the use of data and observations, and apply understanding in order to extend the experiment and report the findings. Each investigation begins with a real-life scenario, goals to focus students on constructing an appropriate investigation in response to the scenario, and a list of materials and reagents that students need to carry out their designed investigation. Hints for planning the investigation, as well as information about what should be incorporated in the final report, are also included. At the end of each investigation, students fill out a team contribution form to indicate to what extent each group member helped in completing the investigation and writing the report.
In one investigation, students pretend they are on a committee for selecting new park benches. They design an experiment to determine what type of metal bench can be placed in sunny areas but will not burn the skin, and they report their findings to the contractor in the final report. The appendix reviews the basics of multiple types of data collection, including pH, pressure, and voltage. A separate instructor's version of this lab manual is also available online. (Author/JAT)
Table of Contents:
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Acknowledgments
Preface
Your role in learning
Your group
Your lab instructor
Proposals and class discussions
Lab notebooks
Scientific reports
The investigations
What are the safety concerns in the lab?
What's in the flask?
How should data trends be presented?
How is lab equipment used?
What's in the bottles?
How can the waste be made useful?
Is the water hard or soft?
How hot is the water?
Which metal will burn the skin?
Are all neutralization reactions the same?
How much sodium bicarbonate is in the mixture?
Is it economical to recycle aluminum?
What is a copper cycle?
Who wrote the ransom note?
How can UV sensitive beads be used to test sunscreens?
What factors affect the intensity of color?
How much cobalt is in the soil?
How much copper is in the coin?
Which iron compound is it?
Should we mine this ore?
What causes intermolecular attractions?
What are the structures of some alloys?
How is LED light color related to composition?
What is the molar mass of Mars ice gas?
Are pollutant gases harmful to plant life?
How much gas is produced?
Which alcohols are in the barrels?
How is heat of combustion measured indirectly?
What is the rate law?
How fast does the crystal violet decolorize?
Why is the vinegar factory rusting?
What factors affect the solubility of kidney stones?
How many chemicals are in the vial?
What factors affect chemical equilibrium?
What is the formation constant?
Are household items acidic, basic, or neutral?
What is the pH of soil?
What is the acid dissociation constant?
What is the solubility product?
What are some chemical properties of cream of tartar?
What are the metals?
How can a battery be made from coins?
What is the complex ion?
What formulation makes the best toy?
How are anions identified?
How are cations identified?
How are more cations identified?
How are ionic solids identified?
Presentations and poster sessions
Appendices
Automated data collection
Transmittance and absorbance data collection
Measuring pH
Temperature data collection
Pressure data collection
Voltage data collection
Selected lab techniques
Lab equipment
Sample material safety data sheet
Tables
Pricing Information:
 | Description: 1 text (paperback) | Cost: $43.95 | ISBN: 978-0-534-42424-4 | |
Publisher:
Brooks/Cole Publishing Company Contributor(s):
| Authors: Richard C Bauer; James P Birk; Douglas J Sawyer. |
Specifications:
1 text (vi, 252 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.)
Record Created: 09/14/2004 Last Modified: 07/25/2005
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