Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry: Creating Scientific-Led Scientific Communities - Softcover

"This book was written by teachers for teachers. Its a practical manual for the creation, care, and feeding of inquiry as a powerful learning tool. Read the book, set the stage, and get out of the way!"-Wayne Guntzel, Teacher and Science Department Chair, Clinton High School, Clinton Iowa

"A powerful and very readable book for all chemistry teachers who want to use projects and constructivism in their classrooms."-Herbert D. Their, University of California, Berkeley, Founding Director of SEPUP

"This delightful book exudes contagious enthusiasm for active learning, which will inspire virtually any teacher to venture down this path."-Susan and Steven Zumdahl, Authors of Chemistry, 6th Edition (Houghton Mifflin, 2003)

In their professional dreams, chemistry teachers imagine eager and self-sufficient students whose curiosity motivates their scientific explorations. Joan Gallagher-Bolos and Dennis Smithenry have realized this vision in their chemistry classrooms, and in Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry , they demonstrate how you can make student-led inquiry happen in yours.