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C.lcni] T. Seaborg, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, stars in the CHEM Study Film, "Transuranium Elements" filmed in the Cyclotron Control Room of the LaiLicnce Radiation Lah at Berkeley. California.
V>URRICULUM improvement sometimes requires the impact of a massive nationally financed project. Siicli a project is especially vital in the sciences where expansion of knowledge has been meteoric and where national survival may be dependent upon how both citizens and our future scientists are trained and inspired.
The massive Chemical Education Material Study (usually called "CHEM Study") -more than 700 high school teachers, college chemistry professors and professional staff participating— is financed by the National Science Foundation.
CHEM Study is producing a completely new text, laboratory manual, teacher's guide, and a series of 25 to 30 motion pictures closely integrated with the printed materials.
Since both direction and inspiration for careers often develop at the high school level, and since the need was apparent at this level, CHEM Study was organized for the purpose of improving the curriculum in chemistry in the secondary schools.
CHEM Study is one of a series of National Science Foundation supported projects which include the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) in physics, The School Mathematics Study Group, the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, the Teaching Resources Development in Geology Study, and the Chemical Bond Approach project.
CHEM Study's leadership is impressive and competent. Glenn Seaborg, now Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley when the project was undertaken) is Chairman of the Study. The Director is
CHEM Study Films
PROJECT FOR
CURRICULUM
IMPROVEMENT
By David W. Ridgway
Film Producer
Chemical Education Material Study
(Left to Right) Principles in the discovery of tlie "Transuranium Elements" are chemists Seaborg, Burris Cunningham and Stanley G. Thomp.wn of Berkeley.
Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide— December, 1962
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