Concepts and models in bioinorganic chemistry edited by Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz and Nils Metzler-Nol
Call Number: QP531 .C663 2006
Summary from book jacket:
Destined to set the standard, this book meets the need for a didactic textbook focusing on the role of model systems in bioinorganic chemistry. The first part features concepts in bioinorganic chemistry such as electron transfer, medicinal inorganic chemistry, bioorganometallics and metal DNA complexes, while the second part presents inorganic model chemistry on metallo-enzymes, organized by metal ion. Experts in the pertinent fields provide a didactically well-organized background on relevant biological systems, as well as on their structural, functional and spectroscopic properties. All chapters are similarly structured, each one beginning with a timeline featuring the most important historical facts on the subject, followed by a table of the most significant enzymes. The authors also summarize key developments and open questions within the respective model systems. This book is aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students in chemistry, biochemistry, life science and related fields.
Assessment in Science: Practical Experiences and Education Research edited by Maureen McMahon, Patricia Simmons, Randy Sommers, Diane DeBaets, and Frank Crawley
Call Number: LB1585 .A785 2006
Description from NSTA Website:
If you want the latest research about assessment techniques that really work, you want Assessment in Science. This collection of informative, up-to-date reports is by authors who are practicing K-12 classroom teachers and university-based educators and researchers. Working in teams, they tried out and evaluated different assessment approaches in actual classrooms. The research is sound, but that doesn’t mean it’s hard to grasp. The book stays true to its title by capturing practical lessons in accessible language. As the introduction notes, the reports feature “classroom testing stories, standards-based assessment techniques, teaching-testing dilemmas, portfolio struggles and triumphs, and knowledge of the research on assessment.”
The 18 chapters are structured for ease of comprehension, moving from a detailed description of how the research was carried out, to research findings, to concrete implications for the classroom. There is also a “Links to the Standards” box and resources list in each chapter. Included throughout are 28 tables and 25 figures, some of which are classroom rubrics teachers can actually use.
Though it’s enlightening for classroom teachers at all levels, Assessment in Science is also ideal for curriculum supervisors and professors who teach science education—and anyone else who needs to know what’s most current in proven assessment techniques.
The library has received two new children’s books from “The Elements” series:
Chromium by Nathan Lepora
Call Number: QD181.C7 L47 2006
and
Boron by Richard Beatty
Call Number: QD181.B1 B47 2006
The Chemical Element: A Historic Perspective by Andrew Ede
Call Number: QD466 .E34 2006
The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
Volume 5, Water Pollution
Part H, Estuaries
Call number: QH541.5.E8 E88 2006
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: From Air Pollution to Climate Change, 2nd edition by John H. Seinfeld and Spyros N. Pandis
Call Number: QC879.6 .S45 2006
The Sojourner Truth Library has recently bought Reference Universe! Reference Universe is a database that searches the article titles and indices of reference books. If you every wondered which encyclopedia, dictionary or handbook explains Gibbs Phase Rule or defines Organoboranes, here’s your solution! You can restrict your search to titles available in our library or search reference books world wide.
We hope that Reference Universe, coupled with the Library’s service of free photocopying of Reference books, makes these valuable resources more available for students and faculty alike!
QD467 .S345 2007—The periodic table: its story and its significance / Eric R. Scerri.
“The periodic table is one of the most potent icons in science. It lies at the core of chemistry and embodies the most fundamental principles of the field. This book provides a successor to van Spronsen’s classic book on the subject, but goes further in evaluating the extent to which modern physics has explained the periodic system.”—BOOK JACKET.
