24 Lessons that Rocked the World [Textbook Binding]

Ian Guch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1999

24 Lessons that Rocked the World contains 24 complete lessons for high school chemistry teachers. Each lesson contains a laboratory activity, a worksheet, a student handout, and a complete teacher guide. The teacher guide includes solutions to the lab and worksheet, lab preparation instructions, and tips about any problems that students may have with the concept being studied.

Subjects for each chapter include the scientific method, separation of mixtures, significant figures, flame test/introduction to spectroscopy, the periodic table, mole calculations, percent composition, properties of ionic and covalent compounds, the six types of chemical reaction, conservation of mass, equation writing, simple stoichiometry, limiting reagents, heat capacities, calorimetry, energy diagrams, the combined gas law, gas law stoichiometry, solutions and molarity, solubilities, acid and base properties, titrations, kinetics, and radioactive decay. All labs are designed to teach familiar ideas in unusual ways while maintaining the highest level of laboratory safety.

In addition to the lessons, 24 Lessons that Rocked the World includes an Appendix involving laboratory safety and an appendix about equipping a complete chemistry laboratory on a tight budget.

Editorial Reviews

Review

One thing that keeps teachers from doing interesting labs is lack of guidance - this [book] provides it. -- Addison Ault, Cornell College

The instructions are well-written and complete. Teachers would purchase this manual in order to bring variety to their laboratory program. -- Steve Haderlie, Springville High School

About the Author

Ian Guch lives in Virginia and is currently involved with teaching International Baccalaureate and General Chemistry students. This book was written based on experiences with gifted, general level, and learning disabled students.

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 363 pages
• Publisher: Cavalcade Publishing (December 15, 1999)
• ISBN-10: 0967650909
• ISBN-13: 978-0967650906
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,169,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is great!, August 15, 2000

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Roger Answall (Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 24 Lessons that Rocked the World (Textbook Binding)

I got this book because I was looking for some new lab ideas with my GT kids. When I got it I was amazed! Instead of just having some general lab suggestions like most books, "24 Lessons..." has everything you need except the equipment. The labs are good for all levels of student, from LD to GT classes, and I plan on using it extensively!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, solid activities for high school students, September 12, 2002

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"chem_teacher" (NY, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 24 Lessons that Rocked the World (Textbook Binding)

I bought this book about a year ago and use about eighteen of the "lessons" with my students. I've found that my classes like the easygoing style of the labs, and I appreciate that the teacher resources in each chapter tell me everything from how messy my room is likely to get to the points that students are most likely to have problems with.

The worksheets are really nothing revolutionary, but complement the activities well. The student handouts do a good job of getting the concepts across, though you may need to expand your explanation of each topic during your lectures.

I'm not sure this book is really appropriate for AP classes, but these labs and activities work well with Chem 1 and Concepts Chemistry classes. These lessons don't exactly "rock the world" (that's a tall order for any resource book!) but they do make my planning a lot easier.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 24 Lessons that were Mediocre, August 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 24 Lessons that Rocked the World (Textbook Binding)

Many of the worksheets are nearly identical to those found in the complementary material for instructors that accompanies textbooks (at least for "Chemistry: Connection to Our Changing World"). On the plus side, everything in the labs is nontoxic and readily available. However, many of the lessons are not experiments, but activities or worksheets. The worst part is that the review sheets and prelab discussions too often contain wrong infomation in an attempt to be breezy.