Spülmaschinentabs: Ein Alltagsprodukt im Unterricht

Dishwasher tabs in chemistry lessons: Create an understanding for a highly complex everyday chemical product

Journal articleTransferPeer reviewed

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ByKlaus Ruppersberg, Wolfgang Proske
Original languageGerman
Published inChemie in unserer Zeit, 53(3)
Pages180-186
Editor (Publisher)Wiley
ISSN1521-3781
DOI/Linkhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ciuz.201800816
Publication statusPublished – 06.2019

Dishwashing tablets are available in numerous varieties and in every drugstore or supermarket, but who has ever examined this highly complex everyday product more closely? Since the product is alkaline, caution is required, but as the article shows, highly motivating questions and findings are found that have a strong anchoring in everyday life and provide a rich profit for the context‐oriented experimental science education.