TEACHING RESOURCES INFORMATION
TITLE OF TEACHING RESOURCE
Virtual Laboratory
NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
Eralp Altun, Burak Feyzioğlu, Barış Demirbağ
NAME OF PRODUCER
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
TYPE OF PRODUCT
Downloadable software, Downloadable material
LEVEL OF CHEMISTRY KNOWLEDGE
Basic, Medium
PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
Cooperative learning, Problem solving, Modelling, Experiential learning
SUBJECT AREA
Fundamental Chemistry, Life Chemistry, Materials Science, History of Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry
TARGET GROUP LEVEL
Lower Secondary School, Upper Secondary School
LANGUAGE/S OF TEACHING RESOURCES
Turkish
DESCRIPTION
This material has been prepared by a group of academicians for students and teachers who want to learn about some concepts of chemistry. It has been prepared as a result of a project which is supported by Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council. It can be downloaded from the Education IT Network of the Ministry of National Education. The material is open to everyone and registration is not needed.
This interactive material has 20 virtual experiments about chemistry subjects. The experiments are related to the following subjects:
Chemistry lesson materials are grouped under the following headings:
Development of Chemistry – 4 experiments
Compounds - 2 experiments
Chemical changes - 3 experiments
Mixtures - 9 experiments
Chemistry in our life - 2 experiments
Contents of this web-site are highly reliable and very well-quality in terms of scientific and pedagogical manners. There are many interactive experiments that can attract students attention to chemistry. The virtual experiments are easy to use and colorful.
Many of the activities are aiming at making the connection of chemistry with everyday life applications and phenomena. In this way, the material aims to increase student motivation to learn and study chemistry and science in general.
The virtual experiments are suitable for classroom use and the topics are very well grouped for the grades and lessons in the regular curriculum of Turkey. Some educational technologies like computers, overhead projectors etc. are needed to use in regular classroom environments.
COMMENTS
This education material which has virtual experiments is specially designed for students, teachers, parents and other stakeholders of education by experts of each field. The material is scientifically reliable and it covers a wide range of activities, videos, interactive materials and solutions to problems about chemistry subjects in the regular curriculum. Especially interactive materials on the site are very useful for classroom and everyday use. They are very attractive for students that they can learn by themselves without being bored. The interactive materials are also very useful for teachers to use in their teaching. The materials can not be downloaded. So, internet connection is needed to use in the classroom. The only weakness of the web-site is the need for registration for some few materials.
NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION
Kırıkkale University Education Faculty
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