Operation Chemistry

操作化学将是由美国化学会指导的全国中小学(4-8年级)教师培训项目，仿照美国物理研究所的操作物理。后一个项目开发了材料，并与教师、大学教授和科学导师团队合作，以改善这些年级的物理(物理科学)教学。本课程的第一阶段将为中学物理的化学部分开发教材，以供教师培训的后期阶段使用。这些材料将由经验丰富的教师和教授团队在学校和大学层面上开发。威斯康星大学奥什科什分校的保罗·凯尔特博士和美国化学学会的安·本博博士(高中前项目经理)将指导编写12本单元教师工作坊书籍。在这些年级教授的物理科学的化学内容，到目前为止，还没有在现有的课本或文献中得到很好的定义。我们挑选了一批知识渊博的化学家和教师来完成这项任务。这些材料将在上述年级的学校进行实地测试，以确定它们在水平和可实施性方面是否合适。它们将是基于探究和发现的哲学的动手体验活动。这些材料随后将用于该项目的第二阶段，以“培训”由教师、行政人员、科学监督员和工业化学家组成的小组，以传播这些材料并为其他教师举办讲习班。该项目为该项目的第一阶段，即材料的开发和实地试验提供资金。美国化学学会和威斯康星大学奥什科什分校分担了美国国家科学基金会约49%的资金申请。

Operation Chemistry will be a national elementary and middle school (grades 4-8) teacher training project directed by the American Chemical Society, modelled after Operation Physics of the American Institute of Physics. The latter project developed materials and worked with teams of teachers, university professors and science supervisors to improve the teaching of physics (physical science) at these grade levels. This first phase of Operation Chemistry will develop the teaching materials for the chemistry component of middle grade physical science to be used in the later phases of teacher training. The materials will be developed by teams of experienced teachers and professors at the school and university levels. Dr. Paul Kelter of the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh in conjunction with Dr. Ann Benbow of the American Chemical Society (manager of the Pre High School Program) will direct the preparation of twelve modular teacher workshop books. The chemistry content of the physical science which is taught in these grade levels has not, as yet, been well-defined in the available texts or literature. A very knowledgable group of chemists and teachers have been selected to accomplish this task. These materials will be field-tested in schools at the above- mentioned grades to determine their appropriateness in terms of level and implementability. They will be hands-on experiential activities based on the philosophy of inquiry and discovery. These materials will subsequently be used in the second phase of the project to "train" teams of teachers, administrators, science supervisors and industrial chemists to disseminate the materials and lead workshops for other teachers. This projects funds the first phase of the project, the development and field-testing of the materials. About 49% of the NSF request for funds has been cost-shared by the American Chemical Society and the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.