A "Senior Research Project" in Chemical Education Special Problems in Chemistry is one of the senior chemistry electives open to chemistry majors at the Camden College of Arts and Sciences. This course was designed for students interested in cooperating in research with members of the chemistry faculty. In thespring of 1971, one of us (H.T.B.) suggested the possibility of broadening this course to include experiments in chemical education for those students committed to careers in teaching chemistry. The merits of this suggestion were quickly recognized, and the search for "laboratory facilities" and the design of the "experiment" were begun. Explanation of the Course Qualitative Approach t o Chemical Equilibrium Kinetic Approach to Chemical Equilibrium Thermodynsmic Approach to Chemical Equilibrium IIess' Law Standard Enthdpies of Reactions Specific Heet of Reactions Enthalpies of Dissociation and Bond Energies Acid-Base Equilibrium Acid-Base Theory Ionization of Acids and Bases Acidity of Solutions: pH
Calculation of pH Volumetric Methods of Analysis Principles of a Titration Standard Solutions Titration Methods Calculations with Molarity Calculations with Normality Back Titration Solubility Product Expression Calculating the Solubility Product Constant Solubility Involving the Common Ion Effect The Effect of pH on Solubility
The syllabus was developed by the senior student enrolled in Special Problems in Chemistry (H.T.B.) under the guidence of his faculty sponsor (S.A.K.) during the summer of 1971. The "experiment" was carried out under the supervision of 8. chemistry teacher (M.E.P.) at Collingswood High School. Nine twelfth grade high school students who had completed one year of chemistry were permitted to elect the mini-course as an enrichment program. The mini-course was offered during the first and second six-week marking periods. Classes met three times per week for one period during this time, and a laboratory period was included. Students were evaluated on the basis of homework problems, in-class quizzes and examinations, and grades were assigned a t the end of each marking- ueriod. Students successfullv comuleting . . - the mini-course received academic cred:lt. Student resDonse to the mini-course was excellent. and comments from the su~ervisinnteacher and hieh school priwipnl acre * I . enrour3gil.g that ctminuatiut. of t h e "rxprrimenr" appedrs w
