Consultation Seminar on Sixth Form Chemistry Curriculum

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Consultation Seminar on Sixth Form Chemistry
Curriculum

• Resources
• Mr W C HO
• 29/5/04

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Nature of Light and Spectroscope Activity (2.1)
http//solar-center.stanford.edu/activities/cots.h
tml
US7 per classroom set of 45 posters plus
diffraction gratings
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Atomic Emission Spectra (2.1)

• http//jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/elements/Elements.h
  tml

Emission
Absorption
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The Periodic Table (2.5)http//chemlab.pc.maricop
a.edu/periodic/periodic.html
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Packing of spheres in crystal lattices (4.2)

• Open Review collection, JCE
• http//www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib/WebWare/collect
  ion/open/index.html

Octahedral holes preserved
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Buckminsterfullerene (4.6)

• Build a Buckyball (1, 2)
• http//www.seed.slb.com/en/lab/buckyball/index.htm
  
• http//kchf-45.karlov.mff.cuni.cz/JanValenta/C60/
  BUCKYBA.HTM
• Discovery and applications of fullerenes
• Science Update Programmes

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Simulate Maxwell-Boltzmann curves at different
temperatures (5.5)

• ChemLand, University of Massachusetts
  http//colossus.chem.umass.edu/bvining/downloads/
  chemland2
• Spreadsheet, RSC

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Choice of Indicators (6.2)

• Chemistry Simulations, Royal Society of
  Chemistryhttp//www.chemit.co.uk/java/

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More Simulations

• http//www.chem.iastate.edu/group/Greenbowe/sectio
  ns/projectfolder/animationsindex.htm
• ftp download from Iowa State University

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CD-ROM Spectroscopy for Schools College, RSC

• Video clips on IR, NMR and MS
• Tutorial, Problems, Exercises Reference for
  interpreting spectra
• Sample versionhttp//www.chemsoc.org/networks/le
  arnnet/spec-cd.htm
• NIST Chemistry WebBook - http//webbook.nist.gov/c
  hemistry

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IT for Interactive Learning

• Resources to be developed in collaboration with
  Dept of Chemistry, HKU
• Simulations, animations, tutorials, photos,
  videos
• For teacher presentation, student self-learning,
  guided-inquiry
• Tentative topics
• Emission spectra and electronic transitions
• Mass spectra
• Synthetic routes of natural products

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Article Reading Activities

• Development of the various models of atom to
  appreciate the evolutionary nature of science
  (2.1)
• Development of the Periodic Table (2.5)
• Impact of the development of modern materials,
  such as semiconductors, nanotubes and liquid
  crystals, on our daily life (4.7)
• Use of s-block compounds in fireworks (8.1)
• Health hazard associated with PAH (12.3)
• Development of environmentally benign oxidising
  agents like H2O2 and oxygen (12.7)

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Reading to Learn

• Catalyst http//www.philipallan.co.uk
• Chemistry Review
• ChemMatters
• Chem 13 News, U of Waterloo, Canada
  http//sciborg.uwaterloo.ca/chem13news/index.html
• Education in Chemistry

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Reading to Learn

• Reading resources to be developed in
  collaboration with Dept of Chemistry, HKU
• Thought provoking questions
• Encourage learning beyond the curriculum
• Experiences of local scientists
• Follow up discussion and essay writing
• As portal for further information searching
• Forum, polling, mp3
• Sample http//web.hku.hk/chmtycc

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References

• http//resources.edb.gov.hk/science/chem.htm
• Other learning activities
• Useful websites
• Reference books
• Journal articles
• CD-ROMs

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Resources for S4-5(under Development)

• Nomenclature of Organic Compounds

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Resources for S4-5 (under Development)

• Fun with Chemistry

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Your Feedbacks and Participations
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Thank you !

• Mr W C HO
• cdosc21_at_edb.gov.hk
• Tel [phone]