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1、Bendit,Stretchit,Hammerit,Breakit:MaterialsChemistryAppliedAbstractMakingchemistrybothaccessibleandinterestingtomiddleandhighschoolstudentscanbedifficult.Convincingmiddleandhighschoolteachersthattheywilllearnsomethingnewandapplicablefromaprofessionaldevelopmentworkshopinchemistrycanbeequ
2、allychallenging・Thispaperdescribestheuseofmaterialscienceasameanstoenhanceinterestinbasicchemicalconcepts.Bymakinguseoffamiliarmaterials,itseekstorevealtheapplicabilityofchemistrytoeverydaylife.Metals,semiconductors,andpolymerswerethematerialsattheheartofthiscourseforsecondarylevelteache
3、rs•Propertiesofthesematerialswereinvestigatedinhands-onactivitiesandfirmlyconnectedtothebondingtypeandstructureineachmaterialthroughinteractivediscussion.Thecourseitselfwillbedescribed,andafewoftheactivitieswillbehigh-lighted.Teachers'responsestodailysurveysandfinalevaluationswillalsobed
4、iscussed,andfuturedirectionswillbeaddressed.IntroductionAsthestudyofmatter,itsproperties,anditsreactions,chemistryplaysanintegralroleineveryaspectofeverylife.However,chemistrycanbeacomplexandabstractsubject,andstudentsoftenstrugglewithlearningit.Researchintomisconceptionsandproblemsolvin
5、ginchemistryilluminatesthisdifficulty(Bodner,1991;Kind,2004;Nakleh,1992).Thestrugglewithchemistryextendsbeyondthestudentstotheteachersofchemistry一teachinganabstract,complexsubject,andmakingitaccessible,relevantandapplicabletostudents,ischallenging(Gabel,1999).Theauthorsknowthisfromexperi
6、enceinteachingintroductorychemistrytocollegestudentsandhearthisanecdotallyfromcolleaguesteachinginmiddleandhighschools.teachers9attitudestowardteachingchemistrycanbejustascriticaltostudentsuccessastheirknowledgeofthesubject.uInalleducation,especiallyscience,theteacheristheenabler,theinsp
7、irationbutalsotheconstraint.・・・theirinstructionalbehaviorsareinfluencedbytheirattitudestowardsscience,afactthatdoesnotgounnoticedbystudents”(Vaidya,1993,p.63).Also,themiddleandhighschoolyearsarccriticalonesforsciencecducation.Studieshaveshownthatasstudentsgetolder,theirat
