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ChemPages Laboratory covers more than 30 laboratory techniques and items of equipment. It teaches introductory chemistry students what they need to know--before they come into the lab.

A screen from one of the ChemPages Laboratory modules, Graduated Cylinder. Click Sample Modules to see more.

Joe L. March, John W. Moore, and Jerrold J. Jacobsen
Department of Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706

1. Students go to an assigned module and work through it. (See the abstract for a list of modules.)
2. There are many still images so that students can become familiar with laboratory apparatus and procedures.
3. There is video to show each procedure with audio narration to explain the manipulation. Students can repeat a video as often as needed.
4. Important points are check by a Self Test in which the student is presented with a question and clicks to obtain the answer.