TEACHING RESOURCES INFORMATION
TITLE OF TEACHING RESOURCE
METU OpenCourseWare
NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
Various Authors
NAME OF PRODUCER
Middle East Technical University
TYPE OF PRODUCT
Online course
LEVEL OF CHEMISTRY KNOWLEDGE
Advanced
PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH
Cooperative learning, Problem solving, Modelling, Experiential learning
SUBJECT AREA
Fundamental Chemistry, Life Chemistry, Materials Science, Industrial Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry
TARGET GROUP LEVEL
Upper Secondary School
LANGUAGE/S OF TEACHING RESOURCES
Turkish
DESCRIPTION
This material has been prepared by academicians of Middle East Technical University for on-line courses at that university. There are many virtual experiments to use for the on-line courses and for individual learning of students. The material is open to everyone at the university’s web-site and registration is not needed.
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 but the topics are not 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 and academicians for advanced chemistry subjects. The material is scientifically reliable and it covers a wide range of virtual experiments towards the understanding of advanced chemistry subjects. They are very attractive for students that they can learn by themselves without being bored. The 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.
NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION
Kırıkkale University Education Faculty
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