VIRTUAL LABORATORY PRACTICUM AS A PLATFORM FOR PERFORMING A CHEMICAL QUIZ
The main purpose of the virtual laboratory practicum «HimLab-Theorist» developed in the Visual Studio environment is to carry out work on inorganic chemistry with a theoretical tendency. The main emphasis of the authors of this program is on the accuracy of the equations of chemical reactions accompanying the experiments, the correctness of the selection of the reagents necessary for this and knowledge of the formulas of inorganic substances. At the same time, the convenience of working in the shell of the «HimLab-Theorist» lies in the possibility of personally filling the practicum base with the necessary reactions, which, in turn, are compiled on the basis of the base of substances, and the substances themselves - on the basis of the base of chemical elements. At the same time, the elements were previously considered only as the primary level of constructing the content of the laboratory practicum. This article discusses the possibility of using this level as an independent work in order to conduct a quiz on the knowledge of the Periodic system elements. Such a game form allows to evaluate not only the preparation of students for the study of the section «Inorganic Chemistry», but also the erudition of the quiz participants in this field. At the same time, «HimLab-Theorist» allows to create an unlimited number of questions of this quiz on its platform, and the features of the organization of work in a virtual practicum allow students to independently monitor their progress and achieve the best results.