This digital collection features selected chemistry sets, molecular models, and science kits used for both instruction and play, all primarily from the mid-20th century. Some of these objects were previously on display in the Institute's museum as part of the Science at Play exhibition. Materials in this collection also include lecture notes, such as Louis Pasteur’s on stereochemistry, as well as letters between scientists concerning the state of scientific education.
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13M
Photography - Tool of Scientific Exploration
- Science Screen Report
- 1983
The Science Screen Report is a series of educational films for science students in grades 8-12 in the United States school system. This film covers the basic history of photography and how photography was used in the…
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8M 37S
Delaware Valley Science Fairs
- 1980s
Promotional video for the non-profit organization, Delaware Valley Science Fairs, which hosts a regional science fair for students from Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Southern New Jersey.
- Creator Of Work Delaware Valley Science Fairs, Inc.
- Subject Science fairs, Science--Study and teaching, Science and education, Science--Experiments, Inventions, Education
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1H 20M 39S
Chemical Education Roundtable with Ron Tempest, Bill Bleam and Joseph S. Schmuckler
- 2008
An unedited version of a discussion between science educators Ron Tempest, Bill Bleam, and Joseph S. Schmuckler about the changes in chemistry education in the later half of the 20th century. In particular, they focus…
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1H 01M 26S
R. B. Woodward Remarks at Harvard Chemistry Department Alumni Symposium
- 1978-Mar-06
Talk given by R.B. Woodward at an alumni event for the Harvard University Department of Chemistry shortly before his death in 1979. This informal talk begins with the ringing of a gong and Woodward being carried on…
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26M 03S
Expand Your Horizons
- 2000-Apr-01
One of a series of events held in Philadelphia for sixth grade girls interested in careers in science. Speakers talk about their careers as women in science and lead attendees in conducting experiments related to their…
- Creator Of Work American Chemical Society. Philadelphia Section
- Subject Women in science, Science--Study and teaching, Science--Experiments
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1H 37M 05S
Chemical Heritage Foundation Conversazione
- 2000-Jul-03
A panel discussion about the past and future of the chemical industry, held in 2000 as part of the opening of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's new facilities in Philadelphia. Introductory remarks are given by Arnold…
- Creator Of Work Chemical Heritage Foundation
- Producer Bain & Associates, Inc.
- Subject Chemical Heritage Foundation, Chemical industry, Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Churchill, Stuart Winston, 1920-, Baker, Dexter F., Holliday, Charles, Stavropoulos, William Spyros, 1939-, Bryant, David R., 1936-, Johnstone, John W., 1932-2011, Sinfelt, John H., Terrorism, Science--Study and teaching
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58M 50S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1997
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1996 lecture includes the…
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56M 56S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1996
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1996 lecture includes the…
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56M 33S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1994
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1994 lecture includes the…
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57M 19S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1993
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1993 lecture includes the…
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59M 15S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri...
- 1990
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1990 lecture includes the…
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59M 39S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1987
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The video of the 1987…
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Fundamentals of Chemistry : A Text-Book for Nurses and Other Students of Applied Chemistry
- 1924
Textbook for first and second-year undergraduate students of applied chemistry. Author Dr. Jean Bogert (1888-1970) states in her preface that this work is set apart from other chemical textbooks due to its emphasis on…
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1H 12M 54S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1986-Dec-18
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1986 demonstrations focus on…
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1H 21M 31S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1985
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The video of the 1985 lecture…
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59M 12S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1983-Dec-06
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1980 lecture focuses more on…
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58M 49S
Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1982
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1982 lecture includes…
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56M 41S
The Best of Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 2011
This is a compilation of segments from the series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. All…
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54M 31S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1974
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1974 lecture includes…
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59M 10S
Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1975
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1975 lecture opens with an…
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18M 23S
Techniques of Organic Chemistry
- Part 4
- 1956
One in a series of four educational chemistry films made by Harvard professor Louis Fieser, demonstrating basic chemistry concepts and laboratory procedures. Fieser was an organic chemist known for his work with…
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19M 32S
Techniques of Organic Chemistry
- Part 2
- 1956
One in a series of four educational chemistry films made by Harvard professor Louis Fieser, demonstrating basic chemistry concepts and laboratory procedures. Fieser was an organic chemist known for his work with…
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59M 28S
Once Upon a Christmas Dreary in the Lab of Shakhashiri
- 1980-Dec-10
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1980 lecture begins with an…
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58M 07S
Once Upon a Christmas Cheery, in the Lab of Shakhashiri...
- 20th Anniversary
- 1989
One of many in a series of annual Christmas lectures given by Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, a Lebanese chemistry educator who spent most of his career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The 1989 lecture was the 20th…
