The Vinyl Chloride Problem: Several Routes to One Compound.

Scottish Council for Educational Technology, Victoria Crescent Road, Dowanhill, Glasgow G12 9JN, Scotland (1 pound plus postage).

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Royal Society of Chemistry (Scotland). Education Appeal Fund.
Scottish Curriculum Development Service (Scotland). Education for the Industrial Society Group.

Practitioners; Teachers

Chemical Industry; Chemistry; Decision Making; Science Activities; Science Curriculum; Science Education; Science Instruction; Secondary School Science; Teaching Methods; Units of Study

This unit is one of a group of units written to fit the Certificate of Sixth Year Studies (CSYS) chemistry course, but it could be used in most Sixth Form courses. These materials are designed for use in a group decision-making format with each of three groups representing a different manufacturing process which produces vinyl chloride. The unit contains three parts: (1) presentation of different manufacturing processes in separate groups; (2) combining the groups; and (3) further activities. Materials include: teacher packet (background, guidelines and answers); general student background information; information packets for each manufacturing group (with guidelines and considerations); combined group guidelines; and suggestions for further activities. Experience and interaction among students during decision making should help them understand that decisions in the chemical industry are multidisciplinary. (DH)

1986

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