Chemistry Implementation as Attractive Scientific Discipline for Pupils

POSPÍŠILOVÁ PETRA: Chemistry Implementation as Attractive Scientific Discipline for Pupils. Bachelor`s Thesis. Prague: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Teaching & Didactics of Chemistry 2011. The aim of my bachelor thesis is to detach chemistry curriculum from its stereotypical image of dull subject and bring it close to students as an essential element of everyday life. The first part deals with the problem of popularization of chemistry and a variety of didactic means and principles of their creating, which are used in Czech schools. In the practical part of the thesis an interactive Web sites focused on carboxylic acids were made, which offer a depersonalized world of chemistry in a funny way for students and it provids teachers with modern teaching aid. A set of worksheets with the author's answers is a part of these websites as well as powerpoint presentation "Carboxylic acids around us" and suggested experiments that are designed to link theoretical knowledge of students with practical skills and bring chemical aspects of everyday life naturally to them