Dr. Peter Mahaffy, FCIC - Representative Publications
Mahaffy, P., Bucat, B., Tasker, R., Kotz, J., Treichel, P., Weaver, G., & McMurry, J. (2011) Chemistry: Human Activity – Chemical Reactivity, 1st Canadian and 1st International Editions (Integrated package of introductory university Chemistry textbook and interactive digital learning resources), Nelson Canada. Reviewed in Chemistry International, May-June, 2011.
Mahaffy, P. (2011). The Human Element: Chemistry Education’s Contribution to our Global Future, in The Chemical Element: Chemistry’s Contribution to our Global Future, Garcia, J. Ed., Wiley-VCH: Weinheim.
P. Mahaffy, B. Martin, and collaborators (2011). Visualizing and Understanding the Science of Climate Change. Set of 9 interactive modules for 16-19 year old students as an International Year of Chemistry-2011 legacy project. Phase 1 (Modules 1-4) launched at the IYC-2011 opening ceremony, UNESCO Paris, Jan 26, 2011 (www.explainingclimatechange.com).
B. Martin, P. Mahaffy, and collaborators (2005-2011), Digital Learning Objects in Chemistry, Elementary Science, and Climate Change Science.
Gustafson, B., and Mahaffy, P. (2011). Using Computer Visualizations to Introduce Students to the Particle Nature of Matter, in Reading for Evidence and Interpreting Visualizations in Mathematics and Science Education, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, NL (in-press)
Gustafson, B., and Mahaffy, P. (2011). Introducing Grade 5 Students to the Nature of Models, in Reading for Evidence and Interpreting Visualizations in Mathematics and Science Education, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, NL (in-press)
Gustafson, B., Martin, B., & Mahaffy, P. (2011). Elementary Children’s Shifting Views of Models and the Nature of Matter, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching (in press).
Gustafson, B. & Mahaffy, P. (2011). Students learning about models, Science and Children (in press).
Martin, B., Mahaffy, P., (2010). “Our Climate, Our Change – Using Digital Learning Objects to Present the Complex Science of Global Climate Change,” Proceedings, 9th International Conference on Computer Based Learning in Science, July 4-7, 2010, Warsaw.
Gustafson, B., Mahaffy, P., Martin, B. (2010). “Classroom Chemistry: Considering Small Unseen Particles.” Alberta Science Education Journal, 40 (1), 27-32.
Mahaffy, P.G. “Enlarging our Vision for Chemistry Education,” (2009). Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Science International Conference in celebration of the 175th Anniversary of Mendeleev’s birth, Tobolsk, Russia, September 18, 2009, pages 110-113.
Mahaffy, P., Ashmore, A., Bucat, R., Do, Choon; Rosborough, M. (2008). “Chemists and the Public: IUPAC’s Role in Achieving Mutual Understanding,” Pure and Applied Chemistry, 80 (1), 161-174.
Pearson, G. & Mahaffy, P. (2006). “Education, outreach and codes of conduct to further the norms and obligations of the chemical weapons convention,” Pure and Applied Chemistry, 78 (11), 2169-2192. <
Mahaffy, P. (2006). “A tetrahedral metaphor for understanding chemistry,” J. Chem. Educ., 83(1), journal cover and pp 49-56.
Mahaffy, P. (2006). “Multiple Uses of Chemicals – Bringing Ethical Issues Before the Public,” Proceedings, International Symposium on Education and Outreach Regarding the Chemical Weapons Convention, Bologna, IT, September 21, 2006.
Mahaffy, P. (2004). “The future shape of chemistry education,” Chemistry Education Research & Practice, 5(3), 229-245. Invited Special Section - Contributions of Educational Research to the Practice of Chemistry Education.
P. G. Mahaffy, N. I. Martin, K. E. Newman, B. Hohn, R. J. Mikula (1998). “A Novel Matrix for Environmental Lead Screening,” Environmental Science and Technology, 32 (16), pp. 2467 - 2473.
P. G. Mahaffy (1995). "Breathing Life into Chemists: Resuscitating Chemistry with Insights from 19th-Century Textbooks," J. Chem. Educ., 72 (9), 767 – 773.
P. G. Mahaffy, K. E. Newman and H. D. Bestman. (1993). "Reshaping Introductory Chemistry Labs with Lead Solder and Kiwi Fruit: Investigative Team Projects,” J. Chem. Educ., 70, 76.
P. G. Mahaffy (1992). “Chemistry in Context: How is Chemistry Portrayed in the Introductory Curriculum?" J. Chem. Educ., 69, 52.
P. G. Mahaffy, A. VanderWoude, O. P. Strausz. (1991). "The Gas-Phase Reaction Between Oxygen (3P) Atoms and Hexafluoro-2-butyne," J. Org. Chem., 56, 4289.
P. G. Mahaffy, D. Visser, M. Torres, J. L. Bourdelande and O. P. Strausz (1987). "The Gas-Phase Photolysis of Perfluoro -a-Diazo Ketones: Furan Formation and the Involvement of Transient Oxirenes," J. Org. Chem., 52, 2680.
J. R. Mohrig, D. M. Nienhuis, C. F. Linck, C. Van Zoeren, B. G. Fox and P. G. Mahaffy (1985). "The Design of Laboratory Experiments in the 1980s: A Case Study on the Oxidation of Alcohols with Household Bleach," J. Chem. Educ., 62, 519.
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