Contribution of www.microchem.de to Quality Initiative Sinus
German
SINUS wants to improve science education by ....
              .... " Testing  units  of new curricula and/or methods, ...
                     ---> Learning at Stations for biology, chemistry and physics,
                    ---> the Experiment as centre of science work,
                          motivating experiments, hand experiments, home experimentation,
                   ---> Microscale methods in science teaching,
                   ---> use of computers in science teaching."
MICROSCALE CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTATION  (MCE) is practical and creative science in the volume range between 5 microlitre (microdrops) and 5 millilitre .
MCE saves chemicals, waste, space, time („didactic money“), energy.
MCE improves safetit ie und erhöht die Sicherheit.
MCE motivates pupils and students, promotes their home experimentation.
MCE was introduced into in pre-service teacher training of Ain Shams University Cairo by E l-Marsafy 1988t.

Even quantitative MCE can be performed on the levels of primary and secondary schools. In spite of  the small quantities and apparaturus  reasonable results can be observed
Substances of the daily life are prefered for didactic, economic and ecological reasons.
Injection bottles and infusion bottles are materials replacing bunsen burners and classical laboratory glassware. Syringes with blunted hypodermic needles are suitable burettes and measuring pipettes. Even measuring cylinders or a Hofmann apparus can be built from syringes. Cola cans are used for many purposes (as electrods, source of Fe and Al, explosion experiment, implosions experiment).
Beads are models to visualize smallest particles, structure of matter and its changes.
An Egyptian two-pan scale with self-made weights is a measuring instrument of highest didactic value and sufficient certainty.

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