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Teaching Methodology
Discussion
Gurinder singh Sahota | added on Dec 02, 2011
Teaching generally emphasizes the basic concepts and ignore the excitement and application part of chemistry.
| Topic: | engaging the youth | Audience: | students, general public, teachers, scientists, global |
One Million IMPACTING Two Hundred Million
Collaboration
Sydney Kloppers | added on Dec 02, 2011
This project is focusing on the further development of NATURAL SCIENCE & CHEMISTRY in junior and high schools in developing nations around the World over the next 10 years at least, and we have called the project “One Million IMPACTING Two Hundred Million”!!
Honoring Clara Immerwahr: a heroine of chemistry and humanity
Collaboration
Pierre Waithe | added on Nov 30, 2011
Clara Immerwahr is a German chemist who took a lone but courageous stand against her nation and her infamous husband/rival, famed chemist Fritz Haber in opposition to chemical warfare during World War One.
Handling of rejected material from Lab.
Discussion
Qixue Qin | added on Nov 14, 2011
The rejected material from Lab is becoming more and more serious, because of ingoring the harming to water and soil, we often see the discharging of rejected material without no handling. This is a problem to be solved urgently.
| Topic: | hands-on activities, workshops, environment, water quality | Audience: | students, high schools, researchers, global |
Nanotechnology-Storage Devices
Suggestion
Tejas Reddy | added on Nov 11, 2011
We can increase the memory storage capacity of a storage device like CDs, Floppys, Pen drives, and San Disks.
| Topic: | engaging the youth, experiments, hands-on activities | Audience: | professional chemists., researchers, students, teachers, scientists, international, global |

