Laboratory skills for AS chemists, online

By 2009-01-01T00:00:00

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The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has teamed up with Pfizer to provide an online AS Chemistry Labskills module to UK secondary schools

The Royal Society of Chemistry(RSC) in collaboration with Pfizer, through its outreach programme Discover chemistry, has launched a two-year project to disseminate Bristol ChemLabS' AS Chemistry LabSkills module to as many secondary schools as possible in the UK through PGCE chemistry teachers. 

The module is an interactive laboratory manual for AS chemistry students, developed by Learning Science and chemists at the University of Bristol. The module covers techniques and experiments required at this level, providing students with practice in setting up equipment, taking readings, and analysing results. An introduction is provided to each technique, which explains what it is and how it is used, and there are separate sections on basic skills - weights and measures, and preparing solutions - and lab calculations. The module is intended to be used by students as a 'pre-lab' exercise to help them get the most out of their own practical work.  

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