What chemical subjects and abilities are important to include in a high school curriculum

CHED 528

Adela Castillejos, adelac@servidor.unam.mx, Enrique Bazúa Sr., Maribel Espinosa, Ana Martínez, Kira Padilla, Cristina Rueda, Ana Sosa, and Luis Miguel Trejo. Chemistry Faculty, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, D.F, México, Mexico
In the current paper we present the results of an institutional project, which aims to select the fundamental chemical concepts and abilities needed in a high school curriculum. Our work team is conformed by people of different work backgrounds in order to attain a wider vision. All of us are interested in chemical education and teach at different chemical courses at distinct levels, which include from middle high school to graduate studies. The present project products will give way to 3 different texts: a printed one, a digital one, and a published online. These will include 5 chapters: The macroscopic world of the observations, The submicroscopic world of models, Chemical language, Chemical bonding, and Chemical reactions and energy. The institutional project includes other areas such as physics, mathematics, biology, philosophy, history, and attempts to start a debate in order to modify the actual high school curriculum at a national level.
 

General Papers
1:00 PM-4:25 PM, Thursday, 14 September 2006 San Francisco Marriott -- Salon 6, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 232nd ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, September 10-14, 2006