Scientific Education

560 items

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.

3 items
Charts, diagrams, etc

Periodic Table Card Game
- Circa 2014
Memory game features 54 card deck; 34 cards feature element number and cartoon characters who personify or act out elements and their characteristics, 16 group cards, and 4 command cards; game includes Periodic Table of…
- Manufacturer Artec Educational
- Subject Science--Study and teaching, Card games, Artec Educational, Periodic table of the elements
Plastics, Molecular models

Bakelite Molecular Orbital Model
- Undated
Black Bakelite cylindrical base with four steel arms giving it support; red Bakelite circles are attached to the end of each arm; the model itself is attached with a steel arm that protrudes upward from the base; model…
- Subject Molecules--Models, Molecular orbitals, Bakelite
Molecular models

Disc Molecular Models
- Undated
Rectangular grey cardboard box with white writing and colored disks on sides; box contains a cardboard separator that divides the inside into four compartments and an instruction booklet; the compartments contain a…
- Manufacturer W. A. Benjamin, Inc
- Subject Molecules--Models
Chemistry sets

Chemcraft An Introduction to the Wonders of Modern Chemistry
- Undated
Chemistry sets reached their heyday in the 1950s, but production of them began in the United States during World War I. Playing with a toy chemistry set inspired many a boy to become a chemist, and not until the late…
- Manufacturer Porter Chemical Company
- Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company
Plastics, Molecular models

Bakelite Molecular Orbital Model
- Undated
Black Bakelite cylindrical base with four steel arms giving it support; red Bakelite circles are attached to the end of each arm; the model itself is attached with a steel arm that protrudes upward from the base; model…
- Subject Molecules--Models, Molecular orbitals, Bakelite
2 items
Manuscripts

Praktische Uebungen in der Benützung und Anwendung des Polarisationsmikroskopes
- Practical Exercises in the Use and Application of Polarization Microscopes
- Undated
Practical exercises in the use and application of polarization microscopes provided by Professor Schwartzman.
- Subject Microscopes, Polarizing microscopes, Microscopy, Science--Study and teaching
8 items
Manuscripts

Notes on manufacturing catalysts
- Undated
Scientific notes and diagrams on the manufacturing of catalysts written by Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Catalysis, Chemistry, Science--Study and teaching
Molecular models

Harshaw Crystal Model Kit
- Undated
Blue cardboard box containing three compartments; two compartments hold a number of black and white stone marbles; third compartment holds four brass rods, numerous glass spacers, and sheets of thin paper; box also…
- Manufacturer Harshaw Scientific, Division of the Harshaw Chemical Company
- Subject Molecules--Models
Plastics, Molecular models

Bakelite Molecular Orbital Model
- Undated
Black Bakelite cylindrical base with four steel arms giving it support; red Bakelite circles are attached to the end of each arm; the model itself is attached with a steel arm that protrudes upward from the base; model…
- Subject Molecules--Models, Molecular orbitals, Bakelite
32m 44s
Video Recordings

Radioactivity and the Parts of an Atom
- Undated
"Radioactivity and the Parts of an Atom" is one of fifty-three short education films originally produced in 1955 for KQED San Francisco as part of the series Tempest in a Test Tube. This series of half-hour episodes…
- Producer American Chemical Society, KQED-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
- Subject Radioactivity, Educational films, Nuclear physics, Nuclear energy, Science--Study and teaching