The methodology used in this study was action-research and the considered activity is been applied successfully for at least five years to undergraduate and to master classes for Industrial Engineering students in Brazil. It showed a significant result in both cases, providing the basis for the deepening in the subject in further lessons.…

Purpose: Owing to the specialist nature of biological experimentation, scientific research staff have been largely neglected from the pro-environmental initiatives which have inundated other areas of higher education. This dearth of studies is surprising given that scientific research is recognised as a substantial contributor to the environmental…

Presents a criminalistics laboratory experiment of benzidine rearrangement and the detection of trace quantities of blood which does not utilize carcinogens. (SL)

Stefan's law is demonstrated by measuring the temperature of the tungsten filament of an electric light bulb and plotting a log-log graph of temperature against power dissipation. (MLH)

Describes an experiment which allows students to observe the four oxidation states of vanadium obtained in aqueous solution. (SL)

Describes an experimental arrangement which provides a simple introduction to holographic interferometry. (SL)

Presents simple and inexpensive demonstrations of properties of metallic glasses. (SL)

Describes an experimental method of measuring the molecular weight and subunit corporation of an oligomeric protein. (SL)

Describes a geology laboratory exercise involving weathering and topographic maps which allows students to put knowledge to practical application. (SL)

Describes a simple chemistry laboratory experiment which allows students to calculate thermodynamic values. (SL)

Describes a laboratory kinetic experiment which demonstrates the important phenomenon of general catalysis by bases and/or acids. (SL)

Describes a chemical experiment which illustrates the Beckman rearrangement and ring opening reactions. (SL)

Describes an open-ended chemistry laboratory project for organic chemistry laboratories. (SL)

Describes an experiment for an introductory chemistry laboratory for engineering students in the electroplating of dielectric substances. (SL)

Describes an undergraduate biochemical experiment involving the isolation and characterization of acid phosphatase from readily available materials. (Author/SL)