Presents background material regarding stereoisomerism, suitable for chemistry students at the secondary school level. (CS)

Describes the philosophy of a high school chemistry teacher, providing examples through classroom experiences, with emphasis on the use of demonstrations as instructional aids. Specific stoichiometry and conductometric titration demonstrations are discussed. (CS)

Reviews and provides sources for acquiring three filmstrips and one film concerning the following topics: laboratory safety, energy and entropy in chemical reactions, and chemical bondings. (CS)

Discusses main points to be considered in developing a state-wide competition for chemistry students in high school. (CS)

Describes a National Science Foundation sponsored enrichment program training high school teachers in modern innovative ideas. Specifically, the course described here was developed to present the uses and applications of spectroscopic methods. (CS)

Presents demonstrations for the following: laboratory safety in using oxygen; and cobalt complexes in equilibrium. (CS)

Presents computer assisted instruction (CAI) applications involving prelab simulations of organic chemistry experiments in advance of performing the actual experiments. Tables present the PLATO lessons used in the laboratory; and a comparison of average times for students to complete laboratories with and without the PLATO system. (CS)

Presents a viewpoint regarding guidelines that should be established in publishing reports of teaching innovation in laboratory courses. (CS)

Presents a physical chemistry experiment demonstrating the differences between thermodynamics and kinetics. The experiment used the formation of phenol and acetone from cumene hydroperoxide, also providing an example of an industrially significant process. (CS)

Presents an NMR experiment for the undergraduate organic laboratory, based on the disproportionation reaction of the mixed azine of benzaldehyde and acetophenone. (CS)

Provides background data on surface chemistry as an emerging discipline. Highlights the important role which surfaces play in catalysis by focusing on the catalyzed oxidation of carbon monoxide. Provides a demonstration of how surfaces exert their influences in heterogeneous phenomena and illustrates how experimental problems in this field are…

Suggests a way of distinguishing between the two classes of chemical reactions of the lanthanide series. (CS)

Describes how the potential energy diagram may be used to theoretically describe the processes involved in a system undergoing electron transfer. Examines factors important in electron transfer reactions and discusses several classes of electron transfer reactions. (CS)

Summarizes the ideas of Sir Robert Robinson and Sir C. K. Ingold that contributed to the controversy in developing the electronic theory of organic reactions. (CS)

Briefly describes a course called Environmental Chemistry offered at McNeese State University (Louisiana) that stresses the role of science in the future. (CS)