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Safety
         • "Minimum Safety Guidelines for Chemical Demonstrations"
          • NSTA Guidelines http://www.nsta.org/pdfs/SafetyGuidelines.pdf

            • MSDSs

            • Flinn Scientific Safety Guidelines http://www.flinnsci.com/Sections/Safety/Snotes/snotes.asp

ICSC Registry http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/products/icsc/dtasht/CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and disease Registry  

American Industrial Hygeine Association (AIHA): http://www2.umdnj.edu/eohssweb/aiha/accidents/topic.htm

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry:  http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html

Chemical and Engineering News List of Safety Letters

         J. Chem. Educ. CLIPS:  http://membership.acs.org/c/ccs/pubs/CLIPS/default.htm

ACS Safety in Academic Laboratories http://membership.acs.org/c/ccs/pub_3.htm

   Prudent Practices in the Laboratory:  http://books.nap.edu/books/0309052297/html/index.htmlOther References

Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, Sixth Edition, by Peter Urben, Leslie Bretherick; Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999ISBN:075063605X

Bretherick’s reactive chemical hazards database [electronic resource] / edited by P.G. Urben.CD-ROM. Version 3.0.Oxford : Butterworth Heinemann, c1999ISBN:0750643420

Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards:  An Indexed Guide to Published Data, CRC Press, Cheveland, OH, 1975.

Scott Van Bramer, Safety Information on the Web     http://science.widener.edu/svb/cccenews/safety/

Hanson, R. Safety Quiz (Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories, ACS): http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/chemistry/safety/

Howard Hughes Medical Institute site (Safety Summaries from Prudent Practices) http://www.hhmi.org/research/labsafe/overview.html

Prudent Practices in the Laboratory Handling and Disposal of
Chemicals (1995) http://books.nap.edu/books/0309052297/html/index.html

  The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npg.html

    Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances  http://www.ccohs.org

   OSHA http://www.osha.gov

    EPA http://www.epa.gov

     Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity (DSSTox) Public Database Network  http://www.epa.gov/nheerl/dsstox/

    NIOSH http://www.cdc.gov/niosh

    CDC Office of Health and Safety Directory of manuals &sites http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/

    
NIH Household Products Database: http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/index.htm

 

State Standards, Handbooks, and  for college and K-12 teachers

        Texas: http://www.tenet.edu/teks/science/stacks/safety/safety_manual.html

        California:  http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/science.html

        Arkansas:  http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/lab_safe2.pdf

        New York:  http://csss.enc.org/media/scisafe.pdf;               

                    http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/regs/370parts.htm
        Illinois HSs: http://www.isbe.net/secondaryed/ http://www.isbe.net/secondaryed/Science%20Ed/Guidebook%20Science%20Safety/science%20education.htm

        Connecticut - Science Safety http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/curriculum/currsci_safety1.htm

LSI (Laboratory Safety Institute) BLOG:  http://www.blog.labsafetyinstitute.org:80/

 

Colleges and University Safety Materials

http://www.mpcfaculty.net/ron_rinehart/hazmatrs.htm
Many sources available

Oklahoma State University - Environmental Health & Safety
Online Safety Library: Laboratory and Chemical Safety
http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/labchem.htm

UC Berkeley - EH & S Fact and Help Sheets
http://www.ehs.berkeley.edu/pubs/factandhelp.html

University of Michigan - Laboratory Safety
http://www.umich.edu/~oseh/labsafety.html

Princeton University - Laboratory Safety Manual
http://www.princeton.edu/~ehs/labmanual/

University of Wisconsin - Safety Department
http://www.fpm.wisc.edu/safety/
link to Chemical Safety, General Safety, etc.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Laboratory Safety
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/EHSRM/LAB/

University of Victoria, BC, CANADA - Occupational Health and Safety
http://web.uvic.ca/ohs/
Link to Table of Contents - Lab Safety, etc.

Laboratory Safety - Department of Chemistry
http://www.che.ilstu.edu/ChemSafety/index.htm

University of Illinois - Safety
http://www.las.uiuc.edu/safety.shtml

University of Colorado - Chemistry - Laboratory Safety
http://orgchem.colorado.edu/safety/labsafety.html#osha

University of Virginia - Laboratory Survival Manual
http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/lsm/home.html

10. Miscellaneous

Vermont, Safety Information Resources, Inc.
http://siri.uvm.edu/
http://hazard.com/course/
http://www.sis/rim.nih.gov/

Links to Hazards
http://www.mpcfaculty.net/ron_rinehart/hazmatrs.htm

Laboratory Safety Institute
http://www.labsafety.org

Flinn Scientific - Safety
http://www.flinnsci.com/homepage/sindex.html

University of Akron - The Chemical Database
http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/

New Jersey - Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm

King County - Rehab the Lab
http://www.metrokc.gov/hazwaste/rehab/index.htm

University of Georgia -
Design Criteria for Laboratory Furniture and Fume Hoods
http://www.usg.edu/ehs/guidelines/fume_design.phtml

  MSDS:   

MSDS Database List:  http://www.google.com/Top/Health/Occupational_Health_and_Safety/MSDS/       

   MSDS Database (Fackler):  http://howard.nebrwesleyan.edu/classes/cs295/shoemaker/chem/index.php

www.hazard.com ; http://hazard.com/msds/

Safety Info and MSDS sources: http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html
Florida State University Environmental Health &Safety Homepage:
http://www.fsu.edu/~safety/msds.html
MSDS Search Page:  http://www.msdssearch.com/DBLinksN.htm
Hazardous Materials Information Website: http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/9511/
Vermont SIRI (Safety Information Resources) MSDS Website: http://hazard.com/

NOAA Reactivity Worksheet: http://www.response.restoration.noaa.gov/chemaids/react.html

MSDSs: http://www.msds.com/

 

Safety References:

 

Hal Harris' JCE Chemical Education Resource Shelf has references to Safety Books:

http://www.umsl.edu/~chemist/cgi-test/mybooks.pl?category=55

 

CONFChem Online Conference on Safety: http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2002/c/

 

"Safety" Section (p. T-1) in "Tested Demonstrations in Chemistry by G.L. Gilbert et al.
includes Bodner, George M. "Lecture demonstration accidents from which we can learn." J. Chem. Educ. 1985 62 1105;  Nagel, Miriam C. "Dangerous Demos" (ST). J. Chem. Educ. 1986 63 81; and other safety information.

From "The Science Teacher" (NSTA):\
    Chemical Safety (Part I) by J. A. Young  http://www.nsta.org/pdf/tst/tst9703/p43-45.pdf
   Chemical Safety (Part II) by J. A. Young   http://www.nsta.org/pdf/tst/tst9704/p40-43.pdf
    The NSTA summary of National Science Education Standards, Teaching Standards D:  Safety http://www.nsta.org/pdf/tst/tst9703/p46-49.pdf

The NSTA "Safety and School Science Instruction" http://www.nsta.org/handbook/safety.asp
The "Final Word" on Contact Lenses:  http://pubs.acs.org/cen/safety/19980601.html
ACS Safety Notes from C&EN: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/safety/
An Oxford University online manual for students is at: http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/safety/menubar.html
Laboratory Safety Institute:  http://www.labsafety.org/
EPA Health Data: http://www.epa.gov/ttnuatw1/hlthef/
EPA Technology Transfer Network:  http://www.epa.gov/ttnuatw1/
University of Virginia Office of Environmental Health and Safety: http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/
Merch Manual Home Edition:  http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/search.htm
Hazard.com: http://hazard.com/bookstore/chemsafe.html OR http://hazard.com/

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Safety Training Videos:  http://www.hhmi.org/science/labsafe/training/videos.html

NIHToxTown (home, farm, and community safety):  http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/town/main.html

CCC Online Safety Course and Links: http://science.widener.edu/svb/olcc_safety/

 

Demo Web Sites

About.com: http://chemistry.about.com/labels.htm?terms=chemistry%20demonstrations&SUName=chemistry&TopNode=3058&type=1

  http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistrydemonstrations/Chemistry_Demonstrations.htm

Access Excellence Activities (National Health Museum Activities Exchange) http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/

                         http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/data/released/0373-ChrisHilver/index.html

ACS WonderScience: http://www.acs.org:80/wondernet/

American Chemical Society/NSF Doing Chemistry Site (David W. Brooks, Center for Curriculum and Instruction,

Angelo State Univ., Texas http://www.angelo.edu/faculty/kboudrea/demos.htm

University of Arizona http://quiz2.chem.arizona.edu/preproom/demonstrations.htm

Amateur Scientist Website:  http://www.amasci.com/

Becker Demos:http://ChemMovies.unl.edu/Chemistry/BeckerDemos/BD000.html http://ChemMovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BDdesc.html

Bill Nye The Science Guy: http://www.nyelabs.com/billnye.html 

Bizarre Stuff You can Make in Your Kitchen (Brian Carusella): http://www.geocities.com/molerat1964/default.htm
Brainiac:  several short clips can by found by web search, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m55kgyApYrY

    or http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 but the science may not be entirely reliable:

     http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/AlkaliBangs/index.html

Brigham Young UniversityChemical Demonstrations Page

Cal Poly Pomona Physics Demos:http://www.intranet.csupomona.edu/~physics/demos.html

The Catalyst (Michael Geyer) : http://www.thecatalyst.org/m05demos.html
                                           http://www.TheCatalyst.org/special.html

CONFCHEM Spring 2000: Lecture Demonstrations in Chemistry on the World Wide Web: http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2001/a/index.html (Dr. Oliver Seely and Dr. George Wiger)

Chemistry Educators of Maryland Demos Page:  http://fermi.walkersville.fr.k12.md.us/nhisim/chemd/demos.htm

Chemistry Film Studio (Oxford) : http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/filmstudio/about1.htm

Chemistry in the Toy Store http://www.chymist.com/toy_store.html

Chemie KKGWHV Demos Page      http://www.kkgwhv-schule.kwe.de/kkg_chem/ag_allg/alghome2.htm#Experiment

ChemSource:  M.V. Orna:  http://intro.chem.okstate.edu/ChemSource/chemsource.html

Delights of Chemistry (Univ. Leed):  http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/delights/

The Exploratorium (San Francisco):http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/snackintro.html

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich  http://www.cci.ethz.ch/en/exlist.html?ismovie=-1&exchap=-1&exlist=-1

Elmhurst College (Charles Ophardt): http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/demos/  http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/demos/index.html

Faraday, Michael (1860) Chemical History of a Candle:http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=ALQ5362.0001.001

Frontier HS, Red Rock MT:  http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/demochm.htm

Frostburg State University:  http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/demos/resources.shtml

Fun Science Gallery  http://www.funsci.com/

Georgia Tech Physics Demonstrations  (Sarah Paukstis)http://www.physics.gatech.edu/demopage/

Goble's (George) Charcoal lighting with liquid oxygen    http://ghg.ecn.purdue.edu/

How Does A Thing Like That Work? Physics Demos and Portal http://www.pitt.edu/~dwilley/hdatltwmenu.html

Indiana University Department of Chemistry Demonstrations and AudioVisuals (Listed by Chapter reference in Silberberg chapter topic): http://chemlearn.chem.indiana.edu/demos/   http://chemlearn.chem.indiana.edu/demos/Democontweb.htm

JCE Software: Chemistry Comes Alive CDs and Chemistry Demonstration Videodisks:
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/Programs/video.html
http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/Issues/Series_SP/SP18/abs-sp18.html

Katz, David http://www.chymist.com/toy_store.html

Keusch, P. Organic Chemistry Demonstration Links:

http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/nat_Fak_IV/Organische_Chemie/Didaktik/Keusch/link.htm

Kitchen Chemistry Etc: http://www.go.com/WebDir/Science/Natural_sciences/Chemistry/Kitchen_chemistry

Lapeer Community Schools (Patrick Gormley):  http://chem.lapeer.org/Chem1Docs/

McDonald, Lauri and Ann Sullivan: Rubber Ball:  http://pslc.ws/macrog/activity/ball/   http://pslc.ws/macrog/index.htm

MAD Scientist's Network Edible Demos, Regular Demos

Mad Science Theo Gray http://graysci.com/

Magnetism:  Forcefield/WonderMagnet:     

    http://www.wondermagnet.com/dev/demo.html

Magnetism:  Nijmegen Magnet Laboratory Levitated Frog: http://www-hfml.sci.kun.nl/froglev.html

Materials Science Exhibit, Ontario Science Center, Toronto:  http://www.strangematterexhibit.com

Mattson, Bruce microscale gas experiments:  http://mattson.creighton.edu/

Miami U. Ohio (Terrific Science):  http://www.terrificscience.org/freeresources/presentations/index.jsp

Michigan Technological University PhysicsLecture-Demonstration Facility

Midcontinent Regional Educational Laboratory "Whelmers":http://www.mcrel.org/whelmers/

Ms. Stewart's Bluing (Magic Salt Crystal Garden): http://www.mrsstewart.com/mainhomepage/msbscg.htm

Museums of Chemistry/Science http://www.chemweb.com/alchem/2000/news/nw_001006_edu.html

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: http://dwb.unl.edu/Chemistry/DoChem/DoChem00.html

                                http://129.93.84.115/Chemistry/DoChem/DoChem00.html

Newton's Apple: Public TV Science Activities:   http://www.tpt.org/newtons/

North Carolina State University Science House:http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/science_house/

North Caroline State Physics Demos     http://demoroom.physics.ncsu.edu/resources.html

NSDL: University of Wisconsin http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/demonstrations/General_Chemistry_Demos.html

Oklahoma State Forensic Demonstrations:

http://intro.chem.okstate.edu/ChemSource/Forensic/forechem8.htm

Otis Rothenberger and Jim Webb's Chemistry & Magic: http://www.chemagic.com/cmbook.htm

Oxford University Chemistry Film Site:  http://neon.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/filmstudio/home.htm

PIRA: Physics Instructional Resource Association Demonstration Database [and Links]: http://www.physics.ncsu.edu/pira/

Polymers at University of Southern Mississippi, Dept. Polymer Science http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/teach.htm

Professor Zounds (spoof of Mr. Wizard): http://www.profzounds.com/wiz.html

Purdue's Department of Physics Physics Outreach Programs

Purdue Lecture Demonstration Movie Sheets http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/

Pyrotechnics: http://cc.oulu.fi/~kempmp/pyro.html

Reeko's Mad Science: http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/

Ron Rinehart's Collection: http://www.mpcfaculty.net/ron_rinehart/exptdemo.htm

Science Alliance Demo Page:  http://www.twsu.edu/~obswww/sa_demo.html

Science House Kitchen Chem: http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/pams/science_house/learn/CountertopChem/index.html

Science Teachers' Lounge Demos:  http://www.deepwell.com/~ccimino/demos.html

Shakhashiri Science is Fun Page: http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/

Shakashiri Home Expts: http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/HOMEEXPTS/HOMEEXPTS.HTML

South Dakota School of Mines Demo Page  http://boyles.sdsmt.edu/
Spartech Software/Reeko's Mad Science: http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/

Sprott, Julien Clinton, U. Wisconsin Physics Demos:   http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/intro.htm

Steve Spangler http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiments/

Terrific Science (Miami U. Ohio):  http://www.terrificscience.org/freeresources/presentations/index.jsp

Thinkquest CHM101 Home Page: http://library.thinkquest.org/3310/lographics/index.html
University of California/Berkeley Physics Demos:  http://www.mip.berkeley.edu/physics/physics.html

University of California/SanDiego: http://chem-courses.ucsd.edu/CoursePages/Uglabs/Lecture.demos/

Universityof Illinois http://www.chem.uiuc.edu/demos/index.html   http://www.chem.uiuc.edu/clcwebsite/demos.html

University of Leeds Demonstration Site: http://chem.leeds.ac.uk/boronweb/ormsby/lect_demos/
                               http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/delights/texts/
                                http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/delights/animations/

University of Minnesota Minneapolis,Physics Lecture Demonstrations

University of Nebraska - LincolnScience Education Programs

University of Regesburg Demos Links (P. Keusch): http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/nat_Fak_IV/Organische_Chemie/Didaktik/Keusch/link.htm

University of Southern Mississippi Polymer Demos: http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/demos/index.htm

Washington University Mad Scientist Network:http://www.madsci.org/labs/MAD_labs.html

University of Wisconsin Demonstrations Page:  http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/demonstrations/
                                   http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/demonstrations/Default.htm
University of Wisconsin Nanoscale Lab Manual http://mrsec.wisc.edu/edetc/nanolab/

Virginia Operation Chemistry (C. Hermann) http://www.biochem.purdue.edu/~bcce/exchange/w22/

WonderScience: http://www.acs.org:80/wondernet/

Woodrow Wilson Leadership Program in Chemistry: http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/chemistry/

 

Newsgroup FAQ on Demonstrations:http://www.faqs.org/ search for "demonstrations" or navigate to "sci" Page 4 of 7, section 15

From: B.Hamilton@irl.cri.nz (Bruce Hamilton) Newsgroups: sci.chem,sci.answers,news.answers Subject: Sci.chem FAQ - Part 4 of 7 Followup-To: sci.chem Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:13:14 GMT Organization: Industrial Research Limited Expires: 15 February 1999 00:00:01 GMT Message-ID: <369db27c.399685677@Newshost.comnet.co.nz> Reply-To: B.Hamilton@irl.cri.nz X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Archive-name: sci/chem-faq/part4 Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: 2 October 1997 Version: 1.16

rec.Pyrotechniqs FAQ http://www.faqs.org/faqs/pyrotechnics-faq/

 

Demonstration Books and Bibliographic Resources

The JCE Chemical Education Resourse Shelf http://www.umsl.edu/~chemist/books/
Hal Harris' JCE Chemical Education Resource Shelf:  Demo Books http://www.umsl.edu/~chemist/cgi-test/mybooks.pl?category=53 

 

You may search under "demonstrations" or "demonstrations books at the CHEMED-L Archives:  http://www.optc.com/chemed-l-thread/search.html

Institute of Chemical Education (ICE, University of Wisconsin Madison) ICE Picks:
http://144.92.39.64/ice/reference/Ice_Picks/ip_author_index.html

 

 

Articles on the philosophy, method, and style of Science Demonstrations

    Beall,H. Report on the WPI Conference "Demonstrations as a Teaching Tool in Chemistry: Pro and Con" J. Chem. Educ. 1996 73 641.

    Bent, H.A.  "The Role of Lecture Demonstrations in Teaching Chemistry," J. Chem. Educ. 57, 609-18 (1980); reprinted in Shakhashiri, B.Z., "Chemical Demonstrations," The University of Wisconsin Press, 114 North Murray St., Madison, WI, Volume 2, pp. xiii-xxvii.

 Beasley, Warren. Teacher demonstrations: The effect on student task involvement. J. Chem. Educ. 1982 59 789.

    Bowen, C.W. and Phelps, A.J.  "Demonstration-Based Cooperative Testing in General Chemistyr:  A Broader Assessment-of-Learning Technique,"  J. Chem. Educ. 74, 715-19, (1997).  

   Deese, William C.; Ramsey, Linda L.; Walczyk, Jeffrey; Eddy, Danny, Using Demonstration Assessments to Improve Learning," J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 1511.

    Kauffman, George B., "Lecture Demonstations, Past and Present," The Chemical Educator, 1, (5) at http://journals.springer-ny.com/chedr

    Kelter, Paul, "Are our Demonstration-Based Workshops Doing More Harm than Good?," J. Chem. Educ. 71, 109-110 (1994).

    Kolb, D.  "The Joy of Teaching Chemistry," Shakhashiri, B.Z., "Chemical Demonstrations," The University of Wisconsin Press, 114 North Murray St., Madison, WI, Volume 3 p. xiii-xviii.

     Roth, W-M.; McRobbie, C.J.; LUcas, K.B.; Boutonne, S. “Why May Students Fail to Learn from Demonstrations?  A Social Practice Perspective on Learning in Physics,” J. Research in Science Teaching, 34, 509-33, (1997).        

    O'Brien, Thomas, "The Science and art of Science Demonstrations," JCE 68, 933 (1991).

    Ramette, R. W. "Exocharmic Reactions."  J. Chem. Educ. 57, 68 (1980)

    Roadruck, Michael D. Chemical demonstrations: Learning theories suggest caution (VIEW). J. Chem. Educ. 1993 70 1025.

    Shakhashiri, B.Z. "Lecture Demonstrations," JCE 61, 1010 (1984).

    Shakhashiri, B.Z. "Presenting Effective Demonstrations," in Shakhashiri, B.Z., "Chemical Demonstrations," The University of Wisconsin Press, 114 North Murray St., Madison, WI, Volume I p. xvii..

    Silversmith, E.F.  Organic Lecture Demonstrations, JCE 65, 71-3, 1988.    

    Sokoloff, D.R.; Thornton, R.K. Phys. Teach., 1997, 35, 340-47

    Tanis, D.O. "Why I Do Demonstrations."  JCE 61, 1010 (1984).

National Science Teaching Standards http://www.nsta.org/main/pdfs/store/PB161Xnp.pdf

 

Bibliographies of Science Demonstrations

Derrick, J. O. One hundred high-school chemistry projects, J. Chem. Educ. 1940, 17, 492.

Derrick, J. O. A Bibliography of Chemistry Projects and Demonstrations, J. Chem. Educ. 1950, 17, 562-564.

Eddleton, Jeannine E., G.L. Long, and L.T. Tayler, "Chemical Demonstration Resources:  Part 1, Books (continued), CHEM 13 News, October, 1998, p. 16.

    Eddleton, Jeannine E., G.L. Long, and L.T. Tayler, "Chemical Demonstration Resources:  Part 1, Books (continued), CHEM 13 News, November, 1998, p. 10.

    Eddleton, Jeannine E., G.L. Long, and L.T. Tayler, "Chemical Demonstration Resources:  Part 2, Journal Articles," CHEM 13 News, December, 1998, p. 10.

    Eddleton, Jeannine E., G.L. Long, and L.T. Tayler, "Chemical Demonstration Resources:  Part 3, The Internet as a Resource.," CHEM 13 News, January, 1999, p. 12.

Katz, David A., "Science Demonstrations, Experiments, and Resources," JCE 68, 235 (1991).

 

Demonstration Books:

 

·   Becker, B.  "Twenty Demonstrations Guaranteed to Knock Your Socks Off. Volumes I and II. Flinn Scientific, Batavia, IL 60510, 1994.

 

·   Benedict, Francis Gano. "Chemical Lecture Experiments" The Macmillan Company, New York, NY 1921.


·  Borgford, Christie L.  and Summerlin, Lee. R. "Chemical Activities" (available in both teacher and  student editions)  ACS 1988.

 

·   Carpenter, Jr, D. Rae; Richard B. Minnix "The Dick and Rae Physics Demo Notebook" They are both from Virginia Military Institute.

 

·   Chen, P.S.  "Entertaining and Educational Chemical Demonstrations"  Chemical Elements Publishing Co., 529 Mission Dr., Camarillo, CA 93010, 1974.

 

·  Cunningham, James and Norman Herr "Hands-On Physics Activities with Real Life Applications"

 

·   Ealy, J. B and J. L. Ealy, "Visualizing Chemistry," American Chemical
Society, Washington, DC 1995.

 

·   Fowles, G. "Lecture Experiments in Chemistry"  P. Balkinson's Son & Company, Philadelphia, PA 1937.

 

·   Gilbert, G.L. Alyea, H.N., Dutton, F.B. and Dreisbach, D.  (Eds.), "Tested Demonstrations in Chemistry", (2 volumes, $60), Journal of Chemical Education and Division of Chemical Education, Inc., American Chemical Society, Easton, 1994, available from Dr. George Gilbert, TD-Text, Denison University, Granville, OH 43023.  This compilation builds on the out-of-print volume edited by Hubet Alyea and Fred Dutton, Tested demonstrations in chemistry,  Journal of Chemical Education, 6th ed. Easton, Pa. 1990(1965).
    By far the most complete compendium of Tested Demonstrations

 

·   Gross, G.R.; Bilash, B. II; Koob, J.K.  "A Demo A Day:  A Year of Chemical Demonstrations"  Flinn Scientific, Batavia, IL, 1995.

 

·  Humphreys, David.  Demonstrating Chemistry".  (C) 1983 David A. Humphreys, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

 

·   Lippy, J.D.  "Chemical magic" with introduction by Howard Thurston, New York, G. Sully and company, inc. [c1930]


·   John D. Lippy, Jr. and Edward L. Palder. "Modern chemical magic" Harrisburg, Pa., Stackpole Co. [1959]

 

·  Lister, Ted, compiled by; O'Driscoll, C. and Reed, N. (Eds.).  "Classic Chemistry Demonstrations".  The Royal Society of Chemistry, 1995.

 

·  Meiners, Harry F. "Physics Demonstration Experiments"  The Ronald Press Company, Volume I (Mechanics and Wave Motion) and Volume II (Heat, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, Atomic and Nuclear Physics), 1970.

 

·   Palder, E.L. "Magic With Chemistry"  Grosset and Dunlap, NY 1964.

 

·  Sae, A. "Chemistry Magic from the Grocery Store" (1991), Published by Author, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 88130 (andysae@yahoo.com).  This text includes demos, which do not use hazardous chemicals, listed alphabetically and by concept.  It includes useful discussion of each, and safety guidelines.

 

·   Sarquis, M. and Sarquis, J. (Eds.) "Fun With Chemistry", , Institute for Chemical Education, Volume I and II, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1991.

 

·   Shakhashiri, B.Z., "Chemical Demonstrations," The University of
Wisconsin Press, 114 North Murray St., Madison, WI (4 volumes).  http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/demoser.html

 

·    Shmaefsky, Brian R.  "Favorite Demonstrations for College Science", NSTA Press; Arlington, VA 2004.  http://store.nsta.org/, 800.277.5300.

 

·   Summerlin, Lee R.  and Ealy, James L. Jr., "Chemical Demonstrations, A Sourcebook for Teachers,"  ACS 1985.

 

·   Summerlin, Lee. R.; Borgford, Christie, L. and Ealy, Julie B. "Chemical Demonstrations, A Sourcebook for Teachers, Vol. 1, 2,  ACS 1987.

 

·   Taylor, Charles, The Art and Science of Lecture Demonstration (Paperback), Taylor & Francis (January 1, 1988)

 

·   Wilson, J.W., Wilson, J.W. Jr., Gardner, T.F.; "Chemical Magic." (C) by authors, 1977.

 

 

DigiDemos Information and Related Sites

    Demonstrations accepted for Tested Demonstrations will automatically be posted at the JCE DigiDemos website, and discussion forums will be opened for them.

    "DigiDemos", Ed Vitz and John Moore, BCCE 18 PowerPoint

 

Related Digital Libraries:

Analytical Sciences Digital Library  http://www.asdlib.org

Chemistry Collective (Carnegie Mellon University IrYdium Project).  Contributions not reviewed.  http://www.chemcollective.org/

Compadre:  Physics collections developed by experts with user input  http://www.compadre.org/portal/index.cfm

Geotechnical, Rock and Water Resources Library (GROW); a user contributed, reviewed library:  http://www.grow.arizona.edu/index.shtml

iLumina, University of North Carolina/Wilmington.  Nascent collection; allows contributions:  http://turing.bear.uncw.edu/iLumina/index.asp

Merlot  http://www.merlot.org

 

 

 

 

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