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    Techniques of Problem-Solving

    Module
      Page
      Type

    Aspirin Adventures
      Aspirin Quiz
      paper activity
      Before Aspirin
      reading
      Compare the Aspirins
      lab activity
      Hoffmann, We Have a Problem
      reading
      The Important Lesson
      reading
      Making Aspirin (also in Antibiotics in Action)
      lab activity
      Real or Phony?
      lab activity

    Magic Bullets: Chemistry vs. Cancer
      Cancer Detectives: A Class Simulation
      simulation activity
      Designer Molecules: Esterification
      lab activity
      In a Puff of Smoke—Something's Burning: Combustion
      lab activity
      Separating Cherry Cola: A Simulation
      lab activity
      Sun and Clouds: UV Light and Sunscreen
      lab activity
      You Become What You Eat—Vitamin C in Fruit Juice
      lab activity

    Antibiotics in Action
      Comparing Catalysts
      lab activity
      Culturing Bacteria: Isolation and Identification
      lab activity
      Digging for a Cure
      reading
      Germs from Nowhere: Spontaneous Generation
      reading
      Making Aspirin (also in Aspirin Adventures)
      lab activity
      Medicine from Dirt: Isolating Actinomycetes
      lab activity
      Molecular Size: Oleic Acid Monolayers
      lab activity
      Name That Actinomycete: Isolating Soil Organisms
      lab activity
      Spallanzani and Pasteur: Re-creating Their Experiments
      lab activity
      X-Ray Vision: Crystallography
      simulation activity


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