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TITLE OF TEACHING RESOURCE
Chemistry e-Book (Upper Secondary School – 1st Grade)
IMAGE
NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
Liodakis, S.; Gakis, D.; Theodoropoulos, D.; Theodoropoulos, P.; Kallis, A.
NAME OF PRODUCER
ΟΕΔΒ ΑΘΗΝΑ
DATE OF PRODUCTION
2011
TYPE OF PRODUCT
Online course, e-book
LEVEL OF CHEMISTRY KNOWLEDGE
Medium, Advanced
PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
Problem solving, Self-learning
SUBJECT AREA
Fundamental Chemistry, Life Chemistry, Materials Science, Industrial Chemistry
TARGET GROUP LEVEL
Upper Secondary School
LANGUAGE/S OF TEACHING RESOURCES
Greek
TUTORIAL SUPPORT
Yes
DESCRIPTION
Prerequisites: This teaching resource, available freely at the portal of the Greek Ministry of Education, does not require special additional software for functioning, except for the use of “Adobe Schockwave Player” for some interactive virtual laboratory experiments.

Contents: The teaching resource is the enriched electronic version of the standard chemistry textbook used in the 1st Grade of the Upper Secondary School in Greece. The e-book is organized in seven main sections with several subsections. These sections are the following: Fundamental chemistry concepts (with 5 subsections), Periodic Table – Chemical Bonds (with 4 subsections), Chemical Reactions (with 1 subsection), Stoichiometry (with 4 subsections), Thermochemistry (with 2 subsections), General organic chemistry (with 5 subsections) and finally Biomolecules and other molecules (with 5 subsections).
The basic design of each section is the following: At the beginning of the first subsection there is a short description of the main anticipated results (ie what one should learn) from the study of the section. This is followed by one (or a few) image with some text, aiming at attracting the student’s interest in learning more about the specific subject that the section deals with. The main material is presented by using a combination of text, photos and a collection of links by clicking on small characteristic images or hot words. The links include connections to short videos, interactive virtual laboratory experiments, additional or explanatory information (usually Wikipedia links), other websites. Some interesting historical facts related to the lives of famous chemists are also given. In most subsections there are a few problems/exercises that are solved analytically. In that last subsection of each main section, there are texts that bring out the connections of the subject with other scientific fields and/or with everyday life experiences. Finally, there is a collection of exercises and review questions for self-assessment.

Aims: The educational material provided, aims mainly in encouraging self-learning, ie in motivating the student to learn chemistry by studying on his/her own. The material aims in increasing the student’s ability for logical/analytical thinking and problem solving. It also aims at bringing out the connection of chemistry with other sciences and with everyday life experiences of the students.

Task Description and use in class: The student has to go through the material not only by passive reading but also by interacting with it. For example the student is asked to to perform virtual interactive laboratory experiments, or stoichiometric calculations. Of course, the material provides with a lot of tasks (review questions, exercises, activities) that have to be performed by the students as homework. The material can also be used in class, for example the interactive quizzes and the virtual laboratory experiments, as long as an interactive blackboard is available. The website which makes available this e-book, contains also supplementary material for both the teacher (“Teacher’s handbook”) and the student (“Student’s handbook”). This material provides specific guidelines and practical information on the possible ways of incorporating the e-book in the class practice.
COMMENTS
This teaching resource makes use of photos and some interactive applications that can have a significant effect in motivating students to explore the world of chemistry. However, there is a tendency to use rather lengthy texts which may be discouraging for the average student. In addition, the self-evaluation problems would be more effective if they were interactive. The links to Wikipedia could be problematic because they are not always in Greek and also because sometimes they contain specialized information which is difficult to be assimilated by secondary school students. On the other hand, the material is easily approachable, and is presented in a systematic manner. The material is overall scientifically reliable.
NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION
TEI of Ionian Islands

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