Laboratory Instructions in General Chemistry

NICMOS Proposal Instructions 1: General Instructions

In this ISR the Proposal Instructions for the NICMOS Science Instrument are described. This report discusses the possible SI configurations, modes, and most of the optional parameters. The optional parameters which support the creation and association of patterns of exposures are discussed in a companion ISR (NICMOS-013).

Using home-laboratory kits to teach general chemistry

University-level chemistry courses that contain a substantial laboratory component have always been a challenge to deliver effectively through distance education. One potential solution is to enable students to carry out real experiments in the home environment. This not only raises issues of logistics and safety, but also the fundamental question of whether an equivalent learning experience co...

Laboratory Exercises in Physical Chemistry

Computer Assisted Laboratory Instructions: Learning Outcomes Analysis

This paper presents results of a case study undertaken to understand the effect of computer assisted teaching methodology on learning effectiveness in a laboratory environment. The effects of computer assisted instructions on different levels of cognition of individual learners, as described by Bloom’s Taxonomy have been evaluated. For this students in mechanical engineering subject area were e...

Organic Chemistry I Laboratory

For many years the dehydration of 2-methylcyclohexanol to a mixture of alkenes has been carried out in college organic chemistry labs to demonstrate the application of Zaitzev’s rule and the occurrence of the E1 reaction mechanism in alcohol dehydration reactions. In 1994 David Todd, then a chemistry professor at Pomona College, was distilling the product alkenes out of the reaction mixture whe...