Chemistry Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 3
Teaching Aims
When we ask adults what they still remember from their chemistry lessons at school, we
often get the answer: “Uhm, there were these formulae,” and they are proud when they still
remember the formula H
2
SO
4
- not what it means. Most chemistry knowledge did not
survive. A senior officer from a school board, a scientist, told me once: Don't talk to me
much about the educational value of chemistry
...
it's only formulae [
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