Key concepts in chemistry

One of my publications is:

Taber, K. S. (2012). Key concepts in chemistry. In K. S. Taber (Ed.), Teaching Secondary Chemistry (2nd ed., pp. 1-47). London: Hodder Education.

Contents:-

1.1 Chemistry is about stuff
Substances
An empirical view of substances
A theoretical view of substances
1.2 Mixtures
Previous knowledge and experience
A teaching approach
Dissolving and recrystallising
Separating salt from sand
Chromatography
1.3 Elements and compounds
Teaching about elements and compounds
The chemist’s elemental analyser
The periodic table of the elements
1.4 Change in chemistry – the concept of reactions
Chemical and physical change – a useful rule of thumb?
Teaching about chemical and physical change
1.5 Stoichiometry
1.6 How much stuff do we have? The mole concept
The chemist’s dozen
Range of moles problems
Coda

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