国际科学教育视角下1-9年级学生“物质”核心概念进阶维度研究

概念转变理论、认知架构理论、概念形成理论都验证了核心概念建构的重要性。基于核心概念建构的进阶路径,介绍了学生理解“物质”概念进阶表征框架、“物质”和学生能力水平进阶表征框架、“物质”结构的学习进阶表征框架、“物质”核心概念区块理论表征框架和“物质”概念描述理论表征框架,并以“水的认识”为例分析了其构造图和结果空间。基于美国、英国、澳大利亚、爱尔兰、新加坡、加拿大阿尔伯塔省、加拿大安大略省、中国台湾、中国大陆9个国家或地区1至9年级科学课程文件,梳理了学生“物质”核心概念,并从“成分与辨识”“性质与应用”“变化与转化”3个视角划分了学生“物质”核心概念进阶维度,介绍了“物质”核心概念进阶测量方法,以期对我国科学教育有所启示。     

日本初中理科教科书中“粒子的存在”内容选择及启示

日本理科课程中“粒子”科学概念主要与化学课程相关,“粒子的存在”是“粒子”的首要核心概念,主要发展学生从微观层面认识物质的性质、结构及2者之间关系的能力,明确物质是由粒子构成的,粒子包括分子、原子和离子等,且粒子的性质决定物质的性质。从“重要事实”“核心内容”和“主要观念”3个方面自下而上对日本《新科学》教科书中“粒子的存在”相关内容的选择进行分析,发现《新科学》教科书在内容选择上具有注重“粒子模型”构建的层次性和观念层面要求显性化的特征。     

核心素养为本的单元教学设计与实施——以“探究水的组成”为例

以“探究水的组成”教学为例，通过课标、教材及学习者分析，从认识角度、探究水平、认识水平等3个维度整体规划“身边的化学物质”主题单元目标学习进阶，明确“探究水的组成”课时目标，通过温故建模、据模探究、探究推理等3个阶段的教学实施，建立具体物质的研究思路模型，运用模型研究陌生物质（氢气），初步形成定量研究物质组成的能力。     

促进学生化学学科核心素养发展的“铁盐和亚铁盐”的单元教学

设计了“铁盐和亚铁盐”的单元教学,以“探究硫酸亚铁的性质”和“线路板腐蚀液的研究”为核心任务,把铁盐与亚铁盐的性质、Fe²⁺和Fe³⁺的相互转化等核心知识贯穿其中,建立从物质类别、元素价态视角研究物质性质及转化的思路方法,促进多维度化学学科核心素养的融合发展。经过多轮次教学改进,结合教学实践过程及其教学效果抽提出“注重应用无机物的认识模型,重点把握研究物质性质的角度和思路”“抓住典型活动,培养学生的关键能力”“设计开放性任务,通过有效的师生对话进行诊断,外显问题解决思路”等教学策略。     

学科能力导向的“物质构成的奥秘”教学研究

以王磊提出的化学学科能力框架为理论依据,对“物质构成的奥秘”主题进行分析,从核心知识经验、认识角度思路、认识对象及问题、能力活动要素等4个维度构建了“物质构成的奥秘”主题的学科能力模型。运用实验法进行教学实践,证实了本研究设计的教学方式更有利于学生学科能力的发展提升。最后提出学科能力导向的“物质构成的奥秘”教学设计模式和教学实施的有效策略:(1)单元整体系统化设计,有层次有梯度的发展学生学科能力;(2)侧重应用实践型任务的解决,外显知识的输出性功能和价值;(3)重视核心知识和认识角度的建立过程;(4)追问、外显学生的认识角度和认识思路。     

促进学生认识发展的学科教学认识的构建——以“原电池”为例

阐释了学科教学认识和促进学生认识发展教学的基本内涵,在此基础上结合化学学科和“原电池”的内容特点,从有关“原电池”的学科知识、课程知识、学生理解的知识、教学策略及表征的知识等4个方面,论述了“原电池”主题的学科教学认识的构建。     

高中化学“氧化还原反应的应用”项目式教学——设计过氧化氢使用注意事项标签

以“设计过氧化氢使用注意事项标签”为项目主题,开展高中化学“氧化还原反应的应用”教学。学生通过说明书对比发现问题,完成“探究过氧化氢能否与氧化性物质混用”“探究过氧化氢为何不能与还原性物质混用”“探究过氧化氢起消毒作用原理”等3个主项目任务及“寻找日常生活中常见消毒剂”的拓展任务,完成过氧化氢性质的预测及验证,在探究过程中建构并应用价性模型,形成从化合价角度认识物质氧化性或还原性的思路方法,认识氧化还原反应的重要意义。本教学设计为单课时微项目,学生思维的开放度稍弱,可以适当延长课时。     

以实验和论证为杠杆撬动化学概念深度学习*——以“分子与原子”教学为例

以倡导“理解与批判、联系与构建、迁移与应用”的深度学习为理念,围绕“分子与原子的概念”比较教材与文献的设计思路,调整认知脉络,着力解决“概念学习过程中实验探究少,宏观现象进入微观分析的相关实验不匹配,忽略证据推理、变化观念与平衡思想核心素养”等不足。设计“3种形态的碘与淀粉的反应、H2O2溶液与品红反应、H2O2溶液的分解反应”3组实验,设置学生画分子模型、画H2O2分子分解的微观过程等活动,提炼“物质种类、分子种类、物质性质之间的关系是什么？你从实验中找到哪些证据支持观点？前2个单元的实验,还有哪些可作为论证的依据？”等问题,引发学生充分论证。“实验、活动、问题、论证”环环相扣,促成教学内容的有效结构化,通过化学概念的深度学习实现化学学科核心素养的发展。     

物质的分类相关概念及其教学分析

“物质的分类”是普通高中化学课程标准要求学生必须建立的基本的化学观念。论述了物质的分类相关概念的知识层级结构,包括静态分类和动态分类,分析了物质的分类相关概念的学生认识发展和学习困难,解析了物质的分类相关概念的教学关键问题,揭示了基于观念建构为本的教学有利于学生建立“分类观”和形成解决这类问题的能力。     

“二氧化碳的性质及其转化”的项目式教学——探寻二氧化碳的工业捕集方案

以探寻二氧化碳的工业捕集方案为项目主题,开展初中化学二氧化碳的性质及其转化的教学。学生通过“建立价类二维模型并设计二氧化碳的理想转化路径”“实验探究二氧化碳的实际转化”“解决二氧化碳的工业转化”等3个项目子任务理解了物质“组成、性质、变化”之间的关系,运用手持技术数字化实验探究了二氧化碳在不同碱溶液中的吸收效率,发展了实验探究能力,构建了物质转化在化工生产领域的认知模型,提高了思维迁移的能力。从“碳捕集”到“碳利用”的进阶解决问题模式,有利于学生化学学科核心素养的内化。     

Analysis and assessment of the occurrence, the fate and the behavior of nanomaterials in the environment

Nanomaterials have one dimension <100 nm and possess physico-chemical properties dictated by their unusually small size, large surface area, shape and chemical composition. New properties of nanomaterials have boosted their production and industrial applications in many fields (e.g., microelectronics, catalysis, fuel cells, materials science, textiles, biotechnology and medicine). In biomedical fields, nanomaterials are of the appropriate dimensions to interact with biological matter. However, they may also have negative effects on biological systems. Nanotechnology is a major, innovative, scientific and economic growth area, but the increasing production and use of nanomaterials have led to calls for more information regarding the potential impacts that their release may have on human health and the environment.This review addresses analytical approaches for characterization and quantification of nanomaterials in the environment and recent studies on their occurrence, fate and behavior.     

The energy pump and the origin of the non-equilibrium flux of the dynamical systems and the networks

The global stability of dynamical systems and networks is still challenging to study. We developed a landscape and flux framework to explore the global stability. The potential landscape is directly linked to the steady state probability distribution of the non-equilibrium dynamical systems which can be used to study the global stability. The steady state probability flux together with the landscape gradient determines the dynamics of the system. The non-zero probability flux implies the breaking down of the detailed balance which is a quantitative signature of the systems being in non-equilibrium states. We investigated the dynamics of several systems from monostability to limit cycle and explored the microscopic origin of the probability flux. We discovered that the origin of the probability flux is due to the non-equilibrium conditions on the concentrations resulting energy input acting like non-equilibrium pump or battery to the system. Another interesting behavior we uncovered is that the probabilistic flux is closely related to the steady state deterministic chemical flux. For the monostable model of the kinetic cycle, the analytical expression of the probabilistic flux is directly related to the deterministic flux, and the later is directly generated by the chemical potential difference from the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) hydrolysis. For the limit cycle of the reversible Schnakenberg model, we also show that the probabilistic flux is correlated to the chemical driving force, as well as the deterministic effective flux. Furthermore, we study the phase coherence of the stochastic oscillation against the energy pump, and argue that larger non-equilibrium pump results faster flux and higher coherence. This leads to higher robustness of the biological oscillations. We also uncovered how fluctuations influence the coherence of the oscillations in two steps: (1) The mild fluctuations influence the coherence of the system mainly through the probability flux while maintaining the regular landscape topography. (2) The larger fluctuations lead to flat landscape and the complete loss of the stability of the whole system.     

McBain and the centenary of the micelle

In 1913, J.W. McBain introduced the word “micelle” into surface and colloid chemistry in the context of the association of surfactant molecules in aqueous solution. This article gives a biographic account of McBain, and reviews the early work on micellar aggregation, leading up to the pioneering ideas of G.S. Hartley who introduced the first model of the spherical micelle that we would recognise today.     

New study of the stability and of the spectroscopy of the molecular anions NCO- and CNO-

Using highly correlated wave functions, the ground and the low lying excited states of the molecular NCO(-) and CNO(-) anions have been reinvestigated. The stability of the electronic ground state of the two isomers with respect to dissociation and to electron detachment has been checked along the isomerization pathway. The regions of stability of the excited electronic states have been analyzed and identified and it is shown that only the ground state is stable and the corresponding potential energy surface presents three equilibrium positions. The rovibronic spectroscopy of the X (1)Σ(+) state of both NCO(-) and CNO(-) isomers has been determined by a variational approach leading to remarkable agreement with experimental data.     

Use of Isotope Effects To Understand the Present and Past of the Atmosphere and Climate and Track the Origin of Life

Stable isotope ratio measurements have been used as a measure of a wide variety of processes, including solar system evolution, geological formational temperatures, tracking of atmospheric gas and aerosol chemical transformation, and is the only means by which past global temperatures may be determined over long time scales. Conventionally, isotope effects derive from differences of isotopically substituted molecules in isotope vibrational energy, bond strength, velocity, gravity, and evaporation/condensation. The variations in isotope ratio, such as ¹⁸O/¹⁶O (δ¹⁸O) and ¹⁷O/¹⁶O (δ¹⁷O) are dependent upon mass differences with δ¹⁷O/δ¹⁸O=0.5, due to the relative mass differences (1 amu vs. 2 amu). Relations that do not follow this are termed mass independent and are the focus of this Minireview. In chemical reactions such as ozone formation, a δ¹⁷O/δ¹⁸O=1 is observed. Physical chemical models capture most parameters but differ in basic approach and are reviewed. The mass independent effect is observed in atmospheric species and used to track their chemistry at the modern and ancient Earth, Mars, and the early solar system (meteorites).     

Isolation and identification of the anti-isohumulones and the anti-acetylhumulinic acids

The anti-isohumulones [5-(3-methylbutanoyl)-2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-4-hydroxy-4-(4-methylpent-3-enoyl)-cyclopentane-1,3-diones] and the anti-acetylhumulinic acids [5-(3-methylbutanoyl)-2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-4-ethanoyl-4-hydroxy-cyclopentane 1,3-diones] have been isolated from an isomerisation reaction mixture of humulone [2-(3-methylbutanoyl)-4,6-di(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-6-hydroxy-cyclohexane-l,3,5-trione] by counter-current distribution and identified by spectroscopic techniques. The formation mechanism is presented and the stereochemical consequences are discussed. The anti-isohumulones are the most bitter hop compounds presently known.     

Decorating step-by-step and independently the surface and the core of dendrons

Dendrons possessing one activated vinyl group at the core and several chlorine atoms at the end of the branches are used as starting materials to study the possibility to react independently the surface functions and the core function. In particular, the most powerful sequence of reactions for decorating them by organometallic complexes as end groups and amine or alcohol at the core has been determined. In the first step, phenol phosphines are grafted as end groups of the dendrons, and they can be used for the complexation of metals. However, these phosphines must be kept free when amines are used to react with the vinyl core in the next step. Depending on the type of phosphine end groups and on the type of function of the core (amine or alcohol), the complexation of ruthenium ([RuCl₂(p-cymene)]₂) and rhodium ([RhCl(COD)]₂) derivatives by the phosphine end groups can occur without side reaction at the core.     

Influence of the molecular structure and the nature of the solvent on the absorption and fluorescence characteristics of rhodamines

A study of the equilibrium of the molecular forms of rhodamine 19 in aqueous and ethanolic solution is carried out by determining the absorption and fluorescence characteristics of the zwitterionic and the cationic forms of the dye. The optical properties of rhodamine 19 are compared with those obtained for rhodamine 6G and also with those previously reported for rhodamine 3B and for the molecular forms of rhodamine B in water and ethanol. Different aspects of the molecular structure of the rhodamines and solvent effects are discussed, as well as their influence on the photophysical properties of the rhodamines. The aggregation of the molecular forms of rhodamine 19 is also studied in water and ethanol.