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The Cambridge IGCSE (R) Combined and Co-ordinated Sciences series
is tailored to the 0653 and 0654 syllabuses for first examination
in 2019, and all components of the series are endorsed by Cambridge
International Examinations. This Chemistry Workbook is tailored to
the Cambridge IGCSE (R) Combined Science 0653 and Co-ordinated
Sciences 0654 syllabuses for first examination in 2019 and is
endorsed for learner support by Cambridge International
Examinations. Covering both the Core and the Supplement material,
this workbook contains exercises arranged in the same order as the
coursebook and are clearly marked according to the syllabus they
cover. Developing students' scientific skills, these exercises are
complemented by self-assessment checklists to help them evaluate
their work as they go. Answers are provided at the back of the
book.
Educating the next generation of chemists about green chemistry
issues, such as waste minimisation and clean synthesis, is vital
for environmental sustainability. This book enables green issues to
be taught from the underlying principles of all chemistry courses
rather than in isolation. Chapters contributed by green chemistry
experts from across the globe, with experience in teaching at
different academic levels, provide a coherent overview of possible
approaches to incorporate green chemistry into existing
curriculums. Split into three sections, the book first introduces
sustainability and green chemistry education , before focussing on
high school green chemistry education initiatives and green
chemistry education at undergraduate and post-graduate levels.
Useful laboratory experiments and in-class activities to aid
teaching are included. This book is a valuable resource for
chemical educators worldwide who wish to integrate green chemistry
into chemical education in a systematic and holistic way. It is
also of interest to anyone wanting to learn more about the
different approaches adopted around the world in sustainability
education.
This unique book of real chemistry and science for children
illustrates the nature of physical and chemical change using the
very smallest parts of things: atoms and molecules. It encourages
children, ages 5-12, along with their parents or teachers, to
become active learners of science, to discover meaning not only in
the ideas and definitions of others, but also (and especially) in
their own world. Chapters include: Evaporating, Condensing,
Dissolving, Crystallizing, Mixing, Separating, Melting, Freezing,
and Reacting.
The 21 Super Simple Chemistry Experiments workbook presents the
steps of scientific investigation individually in separate
experiments so students can focus on one aspect of scientific
inquiry at a time. Students will learn how to make good
observations, build models, and evaluate data. Each experiment is
simple and easy to do and will help students develop the skills
they need for real science investigations. Each experiment has a
one page description with minimal setup and materials.
MOLECULES and the Chemical Bond is about understanding
Schrodinger s equation, for chemical systems.
In his famous Lectures on Physics, Richard Feynman quotes Paul
Dirac on what it means to understand an equation. I understand what
an equation means, said Dirac, if I have a way of figuring out the
characteristics of its solutions without actually solving it. That
hits the nail on the head It s precisely what Conceptual Valence
Bond Theory does for Schrodinger s equation.
A physical understanding of an equation, adds Feynman, is a
completely unmathematical, imprecise, and inexact thing, but
absolutely necessary for a physicist. It unfolds in MCB in two
stages, described by Newton as a stage of Analysis (a union of
observations and inductions) and a stage of Synthesis (use of
inductions, accepted as first principles, to explain
observations).
The book s chief vehicle for creating an intuitive understanding
of solutions of Schrodinger s equation is the world s largest and
to the author s knowledge, virtually only library of line drawings
of exclusive orbital models of chemical species electron density
profiles.
By focussing attention on fundamental physical principles and by
avoiding use of atomic orbitals and, thereby, mathematical
complexities associated with Schrodinger s equation (the only
source of atomic orbitals), the book s essays provide a
scientifically sound, student-friendly introduction to modern
valence theory.
Repetition of fundamental ideas, here and there, is intended to
make individual essays understandable and interesting, each by
itself, so that readers may examine them in any order, in leisurely
walks, so to speak, in the big garden that is valence theory,
picking bouquets to their liking. "
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