Solid, Liquid, or Gas? (It's Science!)
by Sally HewittChildren's Press (CT)Presents information about the properties of solids, liquids, and gases, using observation and activities.
Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium
by Carla Killough McClaffertyFarrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)decades. The poor Polish girl who worked eight years to be able
to afford to attend the Sorbonne in Paris became one of the
most important scientists of her day, winning not one but two
Nobel Prizes. Her life is a fascinating one, filled with hard work,
humanitarianism, and tragedy. Her work with her husband,
Pierre - the study of radioactivity and the discovery of the
elements radium and polonium - changed science forever. But
she is less well known for her selfless efforts during World War
to establish mobile X-ray units so that wounded French soldiers
could get better care faster. When she stood to profit greatly
from her scientific work, she chose not to, making her methods
and findings known and available to all of science. As a result,
this famous woman spent most of her life in need of money,
often to buy the very elements she discovered.
Marie Curie's life and work are given a fresh telling, one that
also explores the larger picture of the effects of radium in world
culture, and its exploitation and sad misuse.
The Periodic Table: Elements with Style!
by Simon BasherKingfisherSolids, Liquids and Gases (Starting with Science)
by Ontario Science CentreKids Can PressSolids, Liquids and Gases has 13 experiments carefully chosen by the Ontario Science Centre. With minimal supervision, children can explore the three states of matter, what makes each state unique and how matter changes from a solid to a liquid to a gas through evaporation, condensation, melting and freezing. Filled with bright photographs, the Starting with Science series provides valuable lessons about basic science for five to eight year olds.
Using Ict to Enhance Teaching & Learning
by Steve LewisRoyal Society of ChemistryInformation and Communications Technology has revolutionised the ways we process, access and use information and, as computers and other devices become ever more powerful, and information becomes more readily available, the next generation will need to be able to interact with digital media effectively to exploit these amazing new technologies to their full potential for the benefit of society. It is therefore imperative that teachers become familiar with ICT and its true potential and can present information with a perspective similar to that which the present generation of young people is using to develop their interests in their everyday life. This resource from the RSC gives teachers of chemistry the practical help needed to integrate ICT into their teaching and stimulate the enthusiasm of a new generation of scientists in the exciting new areas of chemistry that are opening up such as Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Furthermore, it will be highly effective in developing the new ethos of sustainability that will be a major driving force behind the next advances in chemistry that are vital if we are to survive the manifold problems confronting society in the next few decades. This resource is ideal for all secondary teachers of chemistry, trainee teachers and university lecturers.
Acids and Bases (Chemicals in Action)
by Chris OxladeHeinemann LibraryThis volume is part of a series which introduces the core areas of chemical science, covering important concepts in an accessible style. Each book in the series contains a number of experiments and demonstrations, approached through the process of problem, hypotheses, experiment and conclusion. Definitions of important terms and explanations of key concepts are provided, as are formulae and word equations. Each text contains a periodic table with explanatory notes. All the books support the QCA schemes of work.
