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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2004  > April  >
Chemistry for Everyone
Chemistry and Song: A Novel Way To Educate and Entertain
Cory C. Pye
Department of Chemistry, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
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April 2004
Vol. 81 No. 4
p. 507
Abstract
In this article, a novel way of teaching chemistry is presented that uses contemporary music and chemical lyrics to educate. The aim of this technique is not to replace the lecture, but to combine the values of music (entertainment) and of chemical lyrics (education) to summarize and consolidate information. The musical aspect of this approach has the added bonus of increasing both attendance and attention in class. Examples of songs sung in this manner are presented.

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Included here are links to audio recordings (mp3 format) of the songs. Band names, song titles, song lyrics, and student responses are available in the JCE Supplement file. (Links follow below.)

Battery
Bohemian Rhapsody
Chem Man
Entropy Train
Father Murphy
Hotel Californium
I Disappear
Indicator, Acid Base Titration
Ksp
Mambo No5
Nitrobenzine
Purple Haze
Smoke on the Water
We Didn't Start the Fire
Welcome to the Gas Phase
What's a Nodal Plane
You Shook Me All Night Long

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*  Citation
 Pye, Cory C. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 507.
*  Keywords
 General Chemistry; Teaching / Learning Aids; Humor / Puzzles
*  History
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Last Updated:		 March 3, 2004
February 23, 2005
Link to Letter added (Dec 2004).
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