Whether it is your intuition, your sense of smell, or mastering the colours, chemistry has a way of sharpening all your senses at one go. The author shares in this article her love for chemistry — from the coloured solutions in reagent bottles in a school laboratory to the current research in nano science —- the mystery continues to unfold.
For a change, we feature a poem that tells us that chemistry is all over the place — from the ingredients in the kitchen to the perfumes, soaps and shampoos that we use everyday, there really is no space where chemistry does not find a place.
A former student pays a small tribute to her chemistry teacher for inculcating in her a passion for the subject which ultimately helped her in making wise choices in her educational journey.
This article makes an impassioned plea to make use of the five senses and enjoy the subject instead of being bogged down by habit.
Chemistry is a central science and connects several peripheral disciplines. In fact, it can be described as a giant banyan tree spreading its branches all around. A look at how chemistry touches everything from ‘salt to camphor’.
Is everything that has the tag of ‘chemical’ bad? Are there no good chemicals? The fact is nobody really knows — not the doctors, not the scientists. The problem is that the human body is very complex and its interaction with the environment impossible to clarify. People are exposed to a vast array of compounds and how they interact with each other and with the naturally present compounds in the body defies analysis. This article highlights the fact that the numbers are important and everything chemical is not necessarily bad.
How can teachers build on the natural curiosity of children and make chemistry a subject that students can enjoy learning? Involvement, humour and wonder can be powerful in helping students understand the subject. Here are a few tips that teachers can use to make their chemistry classes interesting.
Demonstrations are the soul of chemistry teaching. These help trigger discussions and questions so that children enjoy watching the demos and also learn the concepts thoroughly. This article outlines a few demonstrations related to acid-base chemistry which is one of the first topics to be taught in chemistry. All the experiments are doable .
Science teachers in Yadgir district of Karnataka come together to discuss their approaches to teaching chemistry and find solutions to their problems. A summary of these discussions.
What does history tell us about chemistry, and chemistry about history? Behind each question is a fascinating story and since history is a record of stories of human ingenuity and frailty, chemistry has a lot to say about history. Discover in this article some fascinating insights into the history-chemistry link.
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