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TITLE OF TEACHING RESOURCE
Skoool
IMAGE
NAME OF PRODUCER
Greek Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs
DATE OF PRODUCTION
2012
TYPE OF PRODUCT
Online course
LEVEL OF CHEMISTRY KNOWLEDGE
Basic
PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
Problem solving, Modelling, Self-learning
SUBJECT AREA
Fundamental Chemistry
TARGET GROUP LEVEL
Lower Secondary School
LANGUAGE/S OF TEACHING RESOURCES
Greek
TUTORIAL SUPPORT
No
DESCRIPTION
Prerequisites: This teaching resource, available freely at the educational portal of the Greek Ministry of Education, does not require any special additional software for functioning.

Contents and Task Description: The teaching resource is a short on-line course of three main chemistry themes, namely chemical reactions of acids and bases, molecular theory of matter and chemical reactivity of metals. These are the three themes which are related to chemistry. The same resource contains short on-line courses on Biology (with 3 themes), Mathematics (with 2 themes) and Physics (with 2 themes). The application starts running immediately by clicking on the theme of interest.
Each theme consists of three main parts: a) Teaching presentation by a series of scenes which run consecutively. Each scene can run with or without sound and there is a possibility for repetition of scene, forward and backwards action, as well as pause, b) Short self-assessment multiple choice interactive test with congratulating comment (for right answer) or stimulus for further thinking (for wrong answer), c) Summary (recapitulation) section. The main teaching presentation contains a combination of short text which is also read out loud (if desired) and of simple graphical moving images which visualize the actions described by the text.
The educational material is of supporting nature. It presents only the basic concepts with no additional details and without making connections with other scientific fields or with everyday life experiences or phenomena.

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 parallel use of voice aims in attracting and conserving student’s attention. The self-evaluation test design aims in developing logical thinking.

Use in class: The tasks to be performed by the students are pretty straightforward. The material is designed mainly for use by the students themselves for self-learning and self-evaluation. However, the teacher can also incorporate the material in the class practice via the use of an interactive blackboard. This teaching resource is of supportive nature and can be employed towards the end of the lesson for summarizing and facilitating the assimilation of the new knowledge.
COMMENTS
This teaching resource is very easy to use directly without having to download any special program. It has short duration and it makes parallel use of sound and image in order to present concisely a few main issues related with chemical reactivity and with molecular theory. The self-assessment problems are quite effective (large pedagogical value) because they give the opportunity for further thinking in order to find the correct answer. They are however very few (only two problems per teaching unit). The teaching resource makes use of new technology for presenting classical chemistry concepts. It employs very simple graphics which on one hand make the point very clear but on the other they could also be characterized as boring. The information presented is scientifically reliable.
NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION
TEI of Ionian Islands

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