This is a teacher's guide to the October 2112 ChemMatters edition featuring the role serendipity plays in scientific discoveries.
Type of Material:
This is a teacher's guide or lesson plan. It is a downloadable word.doc file.
Recommended Uses:
This should be used only by teachers to help them guide their students through “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind”:
Great Discoveries in Chemistry
Technical Requirements:
Microsoft Word is required.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
How to get the most from this issue of ChemMatters by providing guiding questions and in-class activities. In addition, answers are given for all the questions, including common student misconceptions, and a large amount of background material and additional resource links are provided.
Target Student Population:
Teachers of High School chemistry.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
The teacher should have studied: “Chance Favors the Prepared Mind”:
Great Discoveries in Chemistry
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
Exhaustive review of the topics. Any teacher would be well prepared and confident to tackle this subject after reading through the resources provided.
Concerns:
Tied to the October 2012 ChemMatters issue (must be purchased in order to use in class).
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
Easy-to-use guiding questions and handouts are provided. Also included are links to additional in-class activities.
Concerns:
None.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The document has a detailed table of contents that makes navigation easy and provides an overview. The dcoument does have a clear layout and is filled with diagrams and figures.
Concerns:
There could be a brief introduction to what ChemMatters is and what the purpose of the teacher's guide is.
Creative Commons:
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