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Chemistry for Everyone
Stories and Anecdotes in the Chemistry Classroom
Deborah A. Folino
Community College of Allegheny County, South Campus, West Mifflin, PA 15122

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December 2001
Vol. 78 No. 12
p. 1615

Abstract
The benefits of utilizing storytelling in the chemistry classroom are discussed. Examples of stories used by the author are given in the areas of content, history of chemistry, lives of chemists, blunders, and ethics. Also, general guidelines to assist teachers in developing their own stories are outlined.
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Folino, Deborah A. J. Chem. Educ. 2001 78 1615.
*  Keywords
History / Philosophy; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Public Understanding; Teaching / Learning Aids
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November 2, 2001
August 31, 2005
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