2015 № 6

The necessity of studying literary heritage of the great scientist and writer D. I. Mendeleev is discussed in the article.

The Legal Department of the Administration of the All-Russian Trade Union of Education is answering our readers’ questions.

The traditional methodology of teaching chemistry is aimed at organizing the students’ learning process. Due to the introduction of the new Federal state standard of basic secondary education, it now seems appropriate to re-evaluate this approach and consider ways of creating conditions under which students can organize their own cognitive activities. The ability to organize and educate oneself defines to a large extent the success of professional activities of a young person in the context of an innovative economy where new technologies are constantly implemented (innovation is absorbed from the outside). The current article considers the conditions which encourage self-organization of students in their cognitive activities (cognition).

The analysis of domestic and foreign publications shows that one of the priorities of strategic development of professional education is to prepare specialists who have not only acquired the necessary fundamental knowledge and skills, but also developed creative abilities. In the article the authors considers the problem of formation of creative teaching experience for teachers and students of pedagogical and chemical specialties. The difference between creative and uncreative problems is analyzed. The concepts of "pedagogical task", "methodical task" are discussed.

The work presents the organizational-pedagogical model of the education process of primary school age children through implementing project «Family chemistry» by technologies of systemically-active approach and group work in conjunction with children’s parents. The proposed approaches were proved to be successfully used in working with children during introductory stage of chemistry learning in the system of children’s additional education and within the class-lesson activities.

A worksheet for the lesson «Classification of inorganic substances» is suggested. The aim of the lesson is to summarize the information and form the system of knowledge about the structure of oxides, acids, bases and salts.

When studying the theme "Rate of Chemical Reactions" students, as a rule, have difficulties at introduction of concept of catalyst. The combination of chemical experiment and task story from the area of curious mathematics will help understand the phenomenon of catalysis.

Approach to learning based on compact basic scheme is not new, but in the modern world it is advisable to upgrade the basic scheme and convert it into electronic form. The article deals with the main approaches to the implementation of this direction in the example of lessons in chemistry and practical recommendations for the study of the topic "Nitrogen and its compounds".

Development of new e-learning tools requires a decision on their appropriate use in the framework of pedagogical techniques. This paper presents an integrated approach of using experimental laboratory SensorLab on the base of blended learning. The author focuses on the benefits of these methodological solutions and gives an example of a lesson in grade 11.

Conducting problem experiments, modeling problem situations during chemical experiment, using creative tasks are logically reasonable and represent an activity approach in chemistry teaching, as well as a basis for interactive training.

The author considers chemical experiments to study precipitation reactions of proteins. The proposed experiments are quite simple techniques, therefore, can be used by teachers of chemistry and biology in the classroom and in extracurricular activities.

The aim of the laboratory practice "Nitrates in food" is to get 10-graders acquainted with harmful chemicals contained in foods and their effects on human organism.

In the present paper, we describe a practical work for 9-graders. Students are given the task to identify a solution of a substance familiar to them from childhood, and carry out experiments to illustrate its properties. In addition, they investigate the effect of this substance on rust, tea brew, red beet water and copper coins.

The experience of cooperation of a rural school with a higher educational institution in vocational guidance of students and organizing their research activity is described.

The history of chemistry of solutions in our country until the middle of the XIX century is considered. Significant role in the development of this branch of science in our country was played by M. V. Lomonosov, T. E. Lovits, G. I. Gess, N. D. Abashev, D. I. Mendeleev.

The scenario of oral journal is offered, which was created on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. The journal content exposes the role of chemical elements and compounds in engineering solutions during the years of the war.