Chemistry Comes Alive!, Volume 2
Jerrold J. Jacobsen and John W. Moore University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1396
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Chemistry Comes Alive! Volume 2 is the second in a series of CD-ROMs for Macintosh and Windows computers. Chemistry Comes Alive, Volume 1 (1) , is also available from JCE Software. Chemistry truly does come to life through this collection of pictures, animations, and movies depicting chemical reactions. Reaction of alkali metals. Multiple ammonia fountains. Ice bomb demonstration. In Chemistry Comes Alive!, the emphasis is on the chemistry. Reactions are shown close up. Only where scale is important can more than the demonstrators' hands be seen. All movies in Chemistry Comes Alive! include a voice-over narration and the sound of a reaction is included when it is important. Reactions or demonstrations have been chosen because they illustrate an important aspect of chemistry, involve substances or equipment that are not available in many schools, and/or are hazardous or cause problems of disposal or cleanup. All are certain to stimulate students' curiosity and help them learn. Cobalt(II) chloride in a flame. The Chemistry Comes Alive! collection is derived from the images previously published by JCE Software in ChemDemos Videodisc (2) , ChemDemos II (3) , and Titration Techniques Videodisc (4) as well as new video, graphics, and animations. The collection is divided into several CD volumes on related topics as recommended by a group of chemistry educators. Volume 2 contains several related topics generally included in an introductory chemistry course. The topics are divided into four chapters, Electronic Structure/Periodic Table, Bonding, Solids/Liquids, and Solutions. Specific topics included in the chapters are: Relative Reactivity of Alkali Metals Induction by Iron(II) of the Oxidation of Iodine by Dichromate Colors of Elements in a Flame Paramagnetism: Compounds; Oxidation States of Manganese; Nitrogen and Oxygen Isotopes: Heavy Water Ice Cubes Ferromagnetic Fluid Floating Squares Plastic Sulfur Ice Bomb Viscosity of Liquids Hardness of Solid Substances; Grinding Ferrimagnetism Ring Strain Like Dissolves Like: Demonstration and Exercise Piezoelectric Effect Sodium Chloride Crystal Cleavage Critical Point of Benzene Simulation of Dislocations in Metals Heat Treatment of a Metal Bobby Pin Heat Conduction by Diamond Thermochromism: Mercury(II) Iodide Memory Metal Liquefaction of Carbon Dioxide Boiling by Cooling Superconductivity Vapor Pressure: Drinking Bird; Collapsing Balloon Mercury Barometers; Big Barometer Boyle's Law: J-Tube Vapor Pressure: H-bonding vs. dipole-dipole attraction; Molecular Polarity; Molecular Weight; Raoult's Law Crystallization of Supersaturated Sodium Acetate Ammonia Fountain Multiple Ammonia Fountains Conductimetric Titration Canned Heat Extraction of Acid with Base Osmotic Pressure, Hydrostatic Pressure Curie Point of Nickel The Chemistry Comes Alive! CD-ROMs are organized in the manner of a World Wide Web site. You access their contents with a browser such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. Chemistry Comes Alive! provides links to JCE Online where you will find resources that complement the CD, including a consolidated index for all volumes of Chemistry Comes Alive! as they are developed, instructional materials that utilize Chemistry Comes Alive!, and previews of all the Chemistry Comes Alive! volumes. See http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/ for previews of Volumes 1 and 2 using movies that are smaller in size and of lesser quality than those on the CD. How to use this CD-ROM The movies on this CD-ROM are 320 x 240 pixel QuickTime movies and can be played directly using MoviePlayer on the Macintosh or Media Player in Windows. Images from the CD can be easily incorporated into multimedia presentations or lessons. Use of the Bookmark function of the Web browser is a particularly convenient method of organizing material for a lecture or for a student lesson. Hardware and Software Requirements Computer CPU RAM (MB) Disk Drives Graphics System Other Software Other Hardware Windows compatible 80486 or higher 16 2 x CD-ROM Hard disk 16-bit or 24-bit color Windows 95 or Windows 3.1 WWW browser, QuickTime, QuickTime Plug-in Internet connection (optional) Mac OS compatible 68040 or PowerMac 16 2 x CD-ROM Hard disk thousands or millions of colors System 7 or later WWW browser, QuickTime, QuickTime Plug-in, Indeo Video Internet connection (optional) Acknowledgement Funding for Chemistry Comes Alive! was provided by the National Science Foundation, New Traditions, grant DUE-9455928 and National Science Foundation, Instructional Materials Development grant ESI-9154099. Many individuals made significant contributions to the development of this project. These include: Frank Darrow, Ithica College; Steven D. Gammon, University of Idaho; Robert Gayhart, Bradley University; George Gilbert, Denison University; Lynn R. Hunsberger, University of Louisville; George Lisensky, Beloit College; Kenneth R. Magnell, Central Michigan Univeristy; Frederick Mattes, Hastings College; David Phillips and John Zimmerman, Wabash College; David Whisnant, Wofford College; Gerald Zweerink, Missouri Western State College; Kelly Houston Jetzer, Kristin Johnson, Tony Tautges, Greg Minix, and Neha Patani, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Chemistry Comes Alive! is narrated by Kelly Houston Jetzer, G. Earl Peace, and Cecilia M. Stodd. Literature Cited Jacobsen, J. J.; Moore, J. W. Chemistry Comes Alive!, Vol. 1, J. Chem. Educ. Software, 1998, SP 18. Moore, J. W.; Jacobsen, J. J.; Hunsberger, L. R.; Gammon, S. D.; Jetzer, K. H.; Zimmerman, J. ChemDemos Videodisc, J. Chem. Educ. Software, 1994, SP 8. Moore, J. W.; Jacobsen, J. J.; Jetzer, K. H.; Gilbert, G.; Mattes, F.; Phillips, D.; Lisensky, G.; Zweerink, G. ChemDemos II, J. Chem. Educ. Software, 1996, SP 14. Jacobsen, J. J.; Jetzer, K. H.; Patani, N.; Zimmerman, J. Titration Techniques Videodisc, J. Chem. Educ. Software, 1995, SP 9. Availability Available: Now

First Published: June 1998

Citation: Jacobsen, J. J.; Moore, J. W. Chemistry Comes Alive!, Volume 2 J. Chem. Educ. Software SP21

Keywords: Lecture Aid; High School; General; Demonstrations; Computer Room

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