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Direct linkBromfield-Lee, Deborah C.; Oliver-Hoyo, Maria T. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2007
This laboratory experiment utilizes the characteristic aromas of some functional groups to exploit the sense of smell as a discriminating tool in an organic qualitative analysis scheme. Students differentiate a variety of compounds by their aromas and based on their olfactory classification identify an unknown functional group. Students then…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Classification, Laboratory Experiments, Olfactory Perception
Rockwell, Robert E.; And Others – Instructor, 1983
Methods for teaching pupils to use their senses to explore colors, shapes, textures, and sounds of the great outdoors are described. Ideas include: (1) having children hug their own special tree; (2) looking for geometric shapes in nature; (3) taking nocturnal nature walks; (4) building a track for racing insects; and (5) collecting objects with…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedHorner, David T.; Robinson, K. Desix – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Discusses the size-weight illusion that occurs when a person lifts two equal-weight objects differing in size and perceives the larger object as lighter than the small object. Describes several inexpensive techniques for demonstrating the size-weight illusion and reviews some relevant issues concerning this phenomena. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Experiments, Error Patterns
