Content and Context: Entropy Principle Experiments in a Course for Non-Science Students.

Bell, Jerry A.

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Content and Context: Entropy Principle Experiments in a Course for Non-Science Students

Bell, Jerry A.

Journal of Chemical Education, 52, 2, 182-184, Mar 75

Describes an approach which begins with observations and systems familiar to the student and proceeds to develop and test models to explain them. Experimental topics include Brownian motion, a germinating cell, phase change of p-dichlorobenzene, extension and contraction of rubber, and an enzyme system. (GS)

Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Concept Formation, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Instruction, Laboratory Experiments, Models, Science Education, Scientific Concepts

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