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Baker, Christopher; Patel, Bhavik Ani; Cragg, Alexander S.; Cragg, Peter J. – School Science Review, 2013
Open day activities rarely give applicants a real sense of the practical and intellectual work that goes on in university chemistry departments. We devised an experiment for year 13 (age 17-18) students based on the size-dependent colours of gold nanoparticles and linked this to current research in diagnostic medicine. The experience was designed…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Experiments, Technology, Medicine
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Education in Science, 1977
Discusses issues raised by the English Health and Safety at Work Act, legislation regulating laboratory safety in industry and in schools in Great Britain. (SL)
Descriptors: Labor Legislation, Laboratory Procedures, Laboratory Safety, Legislation
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Mole, Ronald – School Science Review, 1995
Presents experiments that avoid using mercury by using pressure transducers to investigate the gas laws. (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Foreign Countries, Investigations, Laboratory Safety
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Bolton, R. – Education in Chemistry, 1973
Discusses the conduct of a new course, The Control of Chemical Hazards, at the Bedford College with emphasis upon pollution measurement and control. (CC)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
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Education in Science, 1977
Presents a series of behavioral objectives for a 60 hour science unit designed to train laboratory technicians in safety, basic laboratory skills, laboratory service and fittings, and first aid. (SL)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Higher Education, Instruction, Laboratory Procedures